Aimée Dorr
Dean, GSE&IS
Professor
Moore Hall 2320405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles , CA 90095-1521
Education
- Ph.D., Psychology, Stanford University, 1970
- M.A., Psychology, Stanford University, 1966
- B.A., Mathematics, Stanford University, 1964
Teaching and Research Interests
Research interests have focused on the roles of electronic media and technology in children’s informal and formal education, the integration of technology into the K-12 and college curriculum, and media literacy. Teaching interests include: research methods, children and electronic media, personality and social behavior in education.
Expertise
Select Publications
Dorr, A., Arms, E., & Hall, V. (2008) Developing the next generation of education researchers: UCLA’s experience with the Spencer Foundation Research Training Grant. Teachers College Record, Volume 110, Number 7, 2008, p. 1424-1457.
Dorr, A. (2001). Media literacy. In M. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. Oxford, England: Elsevier Science Limited.
Schacter, J., Chung, G. K. W. K., & Dorr, A. (1998). Children’s internet searching on complex problems: Performance and process analysis. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 49, 840-849.
Dorr, A., & Rabin, B. E. (1995). Parents, children, and television. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting, vol. 4: Applied and practical considerations of parenting (pp. 323-357). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Dorr, A. (1994). What constitutes literacy in a culture with diverse and changing means of communication? In D. Keller-Cohen (Ed.), Literacy: Interdisciplinary conversations. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.