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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]
Following his Postdoctoral Fellowship,Pennycook became an assistant professor of Behavioural Science at the University of Regina's Hill and Levene Schools of Business. In 2018,he received a research grant from the Miami Foundation to examine why people fall for fake and hyperpartisan news. [7] He also edited a book,The New Reflectionism in Cognitive Psychology:Why Reason Matters and authored five book chapters. As a result of his academic achievements,Pennycook received the Canadian Society for Brain,Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) Vincent Di Lollo Early Career Award. [8] Later that year,Pennycook was named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars,Artists,and Scientists. [9]
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