Professor Dr. Art Markman

Biography

Art Markman is the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds appointments in the Department of Psychology, Human Dimensions of Organizations, and Marketing. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois in 1992. His research interests encompass four main areas: similarity and analogy, decision making, consumer behavior, and knowledge representation. Markman's work examines how people process similarities and make comparisons, analyzing the cognitive processes involved in these judgments. He is also interested in the motivational factors that influence learning and decision-making. Additionally, Markman served as the founding director of the Human Dimensions of Organizations program from 2011 to 2018, which integrates education in the humanities and social sciences for leaders in business, nonprofits, and governance. He has spent years as the executive director of the IC² Institute, fostering economic development in small communities, and has held various administrative roles in the provost's office at his university. Markman is an author of numerous books aimed at making cognitive science accessible to a broader audience, and he produces a radio show podcast at KUT.

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