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Roman Taraban is a Professor of Psychological Sciences at Texas Tech University's College of Arts & Sciences, specializing in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience. He directs the Cognition Lab and co-leads the Ethical Engineer initiative. His research integrates cognitive psychology with engineering ethics, educational technology, and bilingual literacy, emphasizing empirical approaches to learning processes.
Education includes a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University (1988), an M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Chicago (1981), and post-doctoral training at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1988-1989).
Research interests focus on text analysis, early reading instruction, learning strategies, categorization, and engineering ethics. His work employs psycholinguistic methods to investigate language processing, ethical reasoning in cross-cultural contexts, and technology-enhanced pedagogy. Recent projects examine bilingual education frameworks and metacognitive development in engineering students.
Publications reflect interdisciplinary themes: cognitive modeling (2024), engineering ethics (2022-2023), and educational technology (2020-2022), with consistent emphasis on empirical validation and cross-cultural applications across 40+ works.
Awards:
- Chancellor's Council Distinguished Teaching Award (2019)
- President's Excellence in Teaching Professorship (2018-2021)
- Psychonomic Society Fellow (2015)
- Fulbright-Nehru Research Scholar (2010)
Advises graduate students in cognition and education research. Leads NSF-funded initiatives like the Ethical Engineer platform and DREAM Project, fostering global ethics dialogues and arts-integrated engineering pedagogy.
Directs the Cognition Lab (www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/cognition), developing tools for analyzing learning behaviors. Collaborates with STEM educators through CISER (Center for Integration of STEM Education & Research) to innovate curriculum design.
