Education

Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Biography

Dr. Jimmeka Guillory Wright earned her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology in 2011 from Texas A&M University. While at Texas A&M University, Guillory Wright was advised and mentored by Dr. Lisa Geraci and Dr. Steven Smith. Guillory Wright began her tenure as an assistant professor of psychology at Spelman College in the Fall of 2011.

Awards

• 2023 Teaching Online Certification through Quality Matters
• 2021-2022 Carnegie Corporation and Rockefeller Foundation Distinguished Research/Creative Scholar
• 2017 Identified as a Global Expert on Debunking of Misinformation
• 2015-2020 U.S. Department of Education's  First in the World Grant for Spelman College
• 2015 Spelman College Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Junior Faculty                   
• 2014 Golden Key International Honor Society Honorary Member, Spelman College Chapter

Courses Taught

Research Methods
Cognitive Psychology
Statistics I
First Year Experience

Research Interests

Dr. Guillory Wright's research interests include the various levels of conscious experience associated with memory. Specifically, her research focuses on inferences in memory, metacognition (how students learn and remember information), and aging and memory.

In her primary line of research, Dr. Guillory Wright uses applied educational materials and classroom experiences to examine the factors that influence student learning and knowledge retention. In this line of research, Dr. Guillory Wright applies recent advances in cognitive science to education practice. The long-term goal of her research in this area is to produce an array of strategies that can be used to improve teaching and learning outcomes. Her research on metacognition in the classroom serves as the foundation for the First in the World grant awarded to Spelman College by the U.S. Department of Education.   

In Dr. Guillory Wright's secondary line of research, she explores the persistence of incorrect inferences in memory and examines the factors that may allow people to overcome the lingering effects of false information. She is specifically interested in the political and medical applications belief perseverance.

Finally, in her third line of research, Dr. Guillory Wright examines aging and memory. Older adults regularly show worse memory performance than younger adults on explicit tests that require them to attempt to recall the past; however, older adults only sometimes show impairments in performance when memory is tested implicitly. Dr. Guillory Wright's research explores the types of memory that do not change with age.

Publications

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Metacognition and Student Learning Research

• Jackson, F.R., Guillory Wright, J., Blankson, A.N., Viceisza, A. & Wade, B. (2020). Implementing an intervention in the Spelman College ADW course. Special edition titled Frontiers and Frameworks in African Diaspora Teaching and Scholarship.  Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies. 8(1), 19-27.
• Blankson, A. N., Guillory, J. J., Jackson, F. R., Viceisza, A. C. G., & Wade, B. H. (2019). Lessons learned from a multidisciplinary randomized controlled trial. Review of Black Political Economy. 46(2) doi:10.1177/0034644619845909
• Guillory, J. (2018). Measuring Metacognitive Calibration Accuracy Across Exams and Question Type. In R. L. Miller and A. Martinez (Eds.). Teaching Tips: A Compendium of Conference Presentations on Teaching, 2016-17. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology website: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/
• Guillory, J. J. & Blankson, A. N. (2017) Using Recently Acquired Knowledge to Self-Assess Understanding in the Classroom. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 3(2), 77-89.
• Brakke, K., Guillory, J. & Patterson, S. (2016) Strategies for Student Success through Living, Learning, and Knowing Self. Faculty Resource Network National Symposium: Teaching a New Generation of Students

Misinformation Research

• Guillory, J. J., & Geraci, L. (2016) The persistence of erroneous information in memory: The effect of valence on acceptance of corrected information. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(2), 282-288.
• Guillory, J. J., & Geraci, L. (2013). Correcting erroneous inferences in memory: The role of source credibility. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 2(4), 201-209.
• Guillory, J. J., & Geraci, L. (2010). The persistence of inferences in memory for younger and older adults: Remembering facts and believing inferences. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 17(1), 73-81.