Dr. Scotty D. Craig is currently serving as a Research Assistant Professor with the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis, with a specialization in cognitive psychology and a focus on the learning sciences. His research interests include the application of Cognitive Psychology to the learning science area focusing on laboratory, online, and classroom research. His research has been conducted in a cross disciplinary areas of psychology, education, and technology. Past research areas include several intersections of emotions and cognition, human discourse, vicarious learning, question asking, multimedia educational environments including animated pedagogical agents and human-computer interactions.