Harry P. Bahrick

Research Professor of Psychology
Helen Whitelaw Jackson University Professor
B.S. West Virginia University (civil engineering)
M.A. West Virginia University
Ph.D. The Ohio State University in experimental psychology (1950)

Dr. Bahrick has been on the faculty of the department since 1949 and has been a full professor since 1956. He has also held guest professorships at Kenyon College, The Ohio State University, Florida State University, the University of South Florida (Tampa), the University of Marburg (Germany), and the University of Hamburg (Germany). Dr. Bahrick received research grants from the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health over a 25-year period (1956-80) to investigate human memory. He currently holds a five-year grant for $530,000 from the National Science Foundation to investigate the maintenance of knowledge throughout the human life-span. This grant provides opportunities for students to become paid research assistants part time during the academic year and full time during the summer. Dr. Bahrick's other achievements include a Fulbright Professorship in Germany (1959-60), Ohio Wesleyan's Bishop Welch Meritorious Teaching Award (1971), and the Helen Whitelaw Jackson University Professorship at Ohio Wesleyan (1976). He is the author of over 50 professional publications and many chapters in specialty books on the topic of memory. His research is frequently cited in introductory psychology textbooks and has been the subject of articles in popular magazines such as Psychology Today and Science News. Dr. Bahrick holds the university's only research professorship and recently received national recognition by being selected as the sole recipient of the American Psychological Foundation's 1994 Teacher of the Year Award.