Alexandra Logue

Alexandra Logue is an internationally known behavioral scientist specializing in learning and motivation. She received her A.B. and Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Harvard University. Following graduate school, Dr. Logue joined the faculty of SUNY Stony Brook, where she ultimately became Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department. As a faculty member, Dr. Logue primarily conducted research on quantitative models of choice behavior. She subsequently served as Dean of Baruch College, Provost of New York Institute of Technology, and Executive Vice Chancellor (chief academic officer) of the City University of New York, a system of over 500,000 matriculated and nonmatriculated students. Recently, as a Research Professor, she has focused on rigorous research concerning college student success. In 2016 she and her colleagues published the only (positive) results of a randomized controlled trial of corequisite math remediation to date. Her most recent book, Pathways to Reform: Credits and Conflict at The City University of New York (2017, Princeton), is a case study involving transfer credit policy that illustrates the difficulty of making change in higher education. She is the recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Hake Award for excellence in bridging basic and applied research, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the Psychonomic Society.