Rate My Professor Jenni Redifer

Redifer's research specializations encompass cognitive psychology, working memory capacity and its influence on retrieval from long-term memory, cognitive load during learning, neuromyths and psychological misconceptions, retrieval practice, self-efficacy, metacognition, and creative thinking, with applications to student learning and achievement. Key publications include "Self-efficacy and performance feedback: Impacts on cognitive load during creative thinking" (Learning & Instruction, 2021), "Investigating the testing effect: Retrieval as a characteristic of effective study strategies" (Learning & Instruction, 2018), "Characteristics of effective study strategies" (Learning & Instruction, 2018), "Prevalence of learning styles in educational psychology and introduction to education textbooks: A content analysis" (Psychology Learning & Teaching, 2019), and "Implicit theories, working memory, and cognitive load: Impacts on creative thinking" (SAGE Open, 2019). Her contributions have earned awards such as the American Psychological Association Division 15 Dissertation Award (2012), University of Florida Graduate Student Teaching Award (2010), Western Kentucky University College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Excellence Awards for Research (2014), Public Service (2018), and Service (2021), and the University Faculty Award for Service (2021). Redifer holds committee roles including elected member of the APA Board of Educational Affairs (2023-present), chair of WKU's Quick Turn Around Grant Committee (2015-present) and CEBS REACH Week Committee (2017-present), and serves as Review Editor for Cognition and reviewer for journals like Journal of Educational Psychology, Learning & Instruction, and Frontiers in Psychology.