Donald Cunningham

Barbara Jacobs Chair Emeritus in Education and Technology

Indiana University, Bloomington

Donald Cunningham is a member of the departments of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Science, Semiotic Studies and Informatics. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he earned his B.A. at Wittenberg University and his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois. He joined the faculty at Indiana University in 1969. He has twice served as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of Education and currently directs two research centers: Center for Research on Learning and Technology and Center for Applied Semiotics. In 1990-91 he was Garfield Weston Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. He founded the Center for Research on Educational Applications of Multimedia and served as Professor and Head of Department at the University of New England in Australia in 1992-94. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Charter fellow of the American Psychological Society. In April of 2001, he was named as Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Illinois College of Education.

Cunningham has written many articles and chapters in the general area of cognition and instruction. He pursues an active program of research and development in computer mediated instruction and is a leading contributor to the development of semiotic/constructivist theories of learning and instruction. Most recently his research has focused on abductive models of reasoning and problem solving.

Home: (727) 821-1324; E-mail: cunningh@indiana.edu