Gavriel Salomon, PhD

Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Center for Advanced Studies, University of Haifa

Dr. Salomon is the Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Haifa. He has previously held positions at Hebrew University and Tel-Aviv University in Israel, Universidad IberoAmericana in Mexico, Harvard, Indiana University, Stanford, USC, the University of Michigan, and the University of Arizona. Dr. Salomon's work spans a range of topics, including the cognitive effects of media's symbol systems, the expenditure of mental effort, mindfulness and mindlessness, organizational change, the design of intelligent computer tools, the design and systemic study of technology-afforded learning environments, and research on peace education.