Gordon Pennycook
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MA, 2011, PhD, 2016, University of Waterloo
Gordon Pennycook | |
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| Born | Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Education | BA, 2009, University of Saskatchewan MA, 2011, PhD, 2016, University of Waterloo |
| Thesis | What makes us think?: a three-stage dual-process model of analytic engagement (2016) |
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| Institutions | University of Regina |
Gordon Robert Pennycook is a Canadian psychologist who is an associate professor at Cornell University.[1] He is also an adjunct professor of Behavioural Science at the University of Regina's Hill and Levene Schools of Business. In 2020, he was elected to be a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.
Pennycook grew up in Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada.[2] He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Saskatchewan before enrolling at the University of Waterloo for his Master's degree and PhD.[3] At the University of Waterloo, Pennycook co-authored On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit which won the 2016 Ig Nobel Peace Prize.[4] Upon graduating, he received the Governor General's Gold Medal for outstanding scholastic achievements of a student in Canada and accepted a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale University.[5] As a Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pennycook became interested in fake news and conducted studies on people sharing misinformation on social media.[6]
