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 Scott Perkins is a long-time professor in the Department of Psychology at Abilene Christian University and holds joint appointments as the University’s Director of Research and the Coordinator of Mobile Learning Research. He hold the doctorate in Experimental Psychopathology from The Pennsylvania State University and completed a residency in Clinical Psychology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Perkins has been at ACU for 22 years and throughout this time has conducted research and published/presented findings with numerous student co-authors, many of whom have gone on to pursue teaching and research careers of their own. Recently, the majority of his research efforts have focused on assessing the impact and success of ACU’s Mobile Learning Initiative; addressing topics such as the relationship of mobile device utilization to student academic performance and engagement, faculty acceptance of educational transformation and innovation, strategies to facilitate development of faculty research expertise on mobile learning topics within their discipline, and on coordinating multi-site investigations of the various aspects of mobile learning device deployment and utilization in higher educational settings.
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