R. Eric Landrum, PhD, was awarded a Presidential Citation for remarkable contributions to undergraduate education in psychology.
Professor of psychology at Boise State University, in Idaho, Landrum has advanced our understanding of educational conditions that facilitate success and the use of the science of teaching and learning strategies that improve the efforts of scientists-educators. As a one of nine working group chairs at the 2008 APA National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology, he spearheaded writing a chapter on the desired outcomes of an undergraduate education in psychology. In 2012, he served on the Board of Educational Affairs Task Force on Psychology Major Competencies, which revised the APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major. In 2013, he presented at the Education Leadership Conference on education and ethics. He is a highly sought after speaker and prolific writer on undergraduate teaching, research and outcomes assessment. Co-editor of the Journal on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the 2014 president of Div. 2, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Landrum continues to lead the discipline.