He received his PhD in Social-Personality Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completed a Post-Doc under Dr. Alexandra Freund at the University of Zürich, and served as visiting professor at Mississippi State University prior to his current position. His research focuses on how achievement goals influence students’ learning approaches, interest and achievement, and beliefs about effective teaching. He is currently collaborating with Dr. Hulleman on a project examining the distinction between different performance goal measures commonly used in motivation literature. Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 12:23 PM