About

Regan A. R. Gurung is a social psychologist by training with research encompassing social and pedagogical psychology. He has had over 110 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and has authored 15 books. His most recent books are Teach Like A Champ (with Elizabeth Yost Hammer), and Psychology: Themes and Variations (12e) an Introductory Psychology textbook with Wayne Weiten. His other recent books include Study Like A Champ (with John Dunlosky), Transforming Introductory Psychology (with Garth Neufeld), and Thriving in Academia (with Pam Ansburg & Mark Basham). He is founding co-editor of APA’s journal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, co-chaired the APA Introductory Psychology Initiative, and is past president of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Foundation’s Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching in Psychology (2019), the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education’s  Wisconsin Professor of the Year (2009), and was selected to deliver APA’s Harry Kirke Wolf Lecture (2017) and the APS-David Myers Distinguished Lecture on the Science and Craft of Teaching Psychological Science (2021). At Oregon State University, he is Professor of Psychological Science and was the recipient of Oregon State University’s highest teaching award, the Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award (2024) and was the 2024 Margaret and Thomas Meehan Honors College Eminent Mentor. He has received Presidential Citations from Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology (2024) and the Society for Teaching of Psychology (2026). Dr. Gurung taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) for twenty years before moving to Corvallis, Oregon in 2019.  While at UWGB, he served in many different roles, including Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department Chair of Human Development; Co-Director of the University’s Teaching Scholars Program; and on the University of Wisconsin System’s Office of Professional Development Executive Committee. He has consulted with and conducted workshops at numerous Teaching and Learning Centers both nationally and internationally.