Kelsey James, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
College of Human Sciences and Humanities
Contact number: 281-283-3428
Email: jamesk@uhcl.edu
Office: A1307-17
Biography
Dr. James is an assistant professor in the psychology department. She received her
Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, working in the Human Memory lab
with advisor Benjamin C. Storm.
She studies human learning and memory with a focus on testing and technology in education.
Dr. James is interested in how we can utilize a theoretical understanding of human
memory to improve educational systems and how we can utilize knowledge of student
performance to improve our theoretical understanding of human memory.
Additionally, her research aims to address how learning and memory are changing in
the digital age, and in particular how constant access to the internet is changing
the ways we use our memory and what we are able to retain long-term.
Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Expertise
- Human learning and memory