Description & Research Interests:
Dr. Therriault, an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, joined the faculty in 2004. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of New Hampshire and his M. A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow at Florida State University’s Psychology Department working with Dr. Rolf Zwaan from 2002-2004.

Dr. Therriault’s primary research interests include the representation of text in memory, comprehending time and space in language, the link between attention and intelligence, the use of perceptual symbols in language, and educational issues related to these topics.