Olusola Adesope

Olusola O. Adesope is the Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education and Professor of Educational Psychology at Washington State University.

Olusola Adesope
Born
Ibadan, Nigeria
SpouseTolu
Academic background
EducationM.Sc., 2005, PhD., 2010, Simon Fraser University
ThesisThe cognitive effects of verbal redundancy and animated concept maps on learning. (2010)
Academic work
InstitutionsWashington State University

Early life and education

Adesope was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria.[1] He first left Nigeria for the United States and worked as an IT Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then immigrated to Canada in 2003 with his wife Tolu and enrolled at Simon Fraser University (SFU).[2] At SFU, he earned his Master's degree in educational technology and his doctorate degree in educational psychology.[1] In 2011, he received the G.M. Dunlop Award for best doctoral thesis in educational psychology completed at a Canadian university.[3]

Career

In 2010, Adesope joined the faculty of Educational Psychology at Washington State University.[4] He received the TICL Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award two years later from the American Educational Research Association.[5] He also conducted a study with researchers at Simon Fraser University which found that one-on-one computer-based tutoring was more effective than traditional teacher-based instruction when used on larger class sizes.[6]

In 2017, Adesope was appointed to a second term on the editorial board of the Review of Educational Research journal.[7] He was also promoted to the Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education.[8] In this role, he collaborated with Kripa Sundar to research how “seductive details” could deter learning in the classroom.[9]

References
  1. Chapman, C. Brandon. "Sola Adesope: Professor finds joy in education". education.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  2. "Education doctoral grad maps promising research path". sfu.ca. June 10, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. "Sola Adesope is the 2011 G.M. Dunlop Award winner". sfu.ca. June 16, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  4. "CoPsy News". education.wsu.edu. Summer 2012. p. 1. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  5. Chapman, C. Brandon (March 7, 2014). "Adesope recognized for early career education research". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  6. Chapman, C. Brandon (May 27, 2015). "Study: Intelligent computer programs are effective teachers". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  7. "Adesope reappointed to board of top education journal". news.wsu.edu. January 30, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  8. Miller, McKenna (October 29, 2017). "Adesope named Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  9. Zaske, Sara (March 19, 2020). "Seductive details inhibit learning". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

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