Joe Kim

Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University

Joe Kim is an Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University and is actively involved in the scholarship of teaching and learning. He co-ordinates the innovative McMaster Introductory Psychology (macintropsych.com) program which combines traditional lectures with interactive online resources and small group tutorials. The program has been prominently featured by numerous media outlets. His passion and commitment to his students and course design has made him one of the best and most innovative teachers at McMaster.

He also directs the Applied Cognition in Education Lab (acelab.mcmaster.ca), which aims to understand how cognitive principles, such as attention, memory and learning, can be applied to develop evidence-based interventions in education and training. He also organizes the annual McMaster Symposium on Education & Cognition (edcog.mcmaster.ca), which brings together cognitive scientists, educators and policy makers to explore how cognitive science can be applied to educational policy and instructional design.