Head of psychological sciences named associate vice provost for Indianapolis

Jeffrey Karpicke, the James V. Bradley Professor and head of the Department of Psychological Sciences, has accepted an offer to serve as associate vice provost Purdue University in Indianapolis. Karpicke will support the development, selection and implementation of new academic degree programs in Indianapolis under the leadership of Senior Vice Provost David Umulis. 

Umulis said Karpicke will bring many needed qualifications and connections as the school identifies and develops faculty from both Indianapolis and West Lafayette to support the teaching and research vision for the new campus.  

“In the future, Purdue Indianapolis will launch new programs that take advantage of the entire Purdue ecosystem,” Umulis said. “These programs, and the scholars and students who support them, will fully be a part of the West Lafayette system. Associate Vice Provost Karpicke will be a major player as we create that future.”

Karpicke will start in the new role Nov. 13.

As a scholar, Karpicke conducts research that sits at the interface between cognitive science and education, with an emphasis on the importance of retrieval processes for learning. He is author of over 60 publications, including two papers published in Science. Karpicke’s research has been funded by over $15 million in grants from the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health.