
Department of Educational Psychology
6-123D Education North
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB Canada
T6G 2G5
(780) 492-4439
j.p.das@ualberta.ca
I took up the position of a research professor at the University of Alberta’s Centre for the Study of Mental retardation in January 1968 and continue to be associated with the Centre (now named J.P. Das Centre on Developmental and Learning Disabilities). I have been the Director of the Centre for 22 years and a professor in Educational Psychology, formally retired in 1996.
Recent Academic Activities
Degrees
PhD - Institute of Psychiatry, University of London (Psychology) 1957
MA - Patna University, Patna, India (Psychology) 1953
BA (Honours) - Utkal University, Cuttack, India (Psychology/Philosophy) 1951
Academic and Research Experience
1994 - Present
Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
1972 - 1994
Director, Developmental Disabilities Centre and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
1968 - 1971
Research Professor, Centre for the Study of Mental Retardation (Named Developmental Disabilities Centre, 1987), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
1965 - 1967
Reader in Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
1964 - 1965
Visiting Associate Professor in Psychology, Psychology Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
1963 - 1964
Kennedy Professor of Psychology, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, TN, USA
1958 - 1963
Reader in Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
1955 - 1957
Research Scholar in Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, London, England
1953 - 1955
Lecturer in Psychology, Ravenshaw College, Utkal University, Cuttack, India
Short Appointments
1981 - Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
1978 - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
1975 - Visiting Scholar/Professor, Moscow State University and Institute of Defectology
Listed in Biographical Directories
Awards
2014 Canadian Psychological Association Award for International Advancement of Psychology
2003 Doctor of Psychology, (honoris causa). University of Vigo, Spain
1999 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
1992 Immigration Achievement Award
1987 University of Alberta, Research Prize
1979 Albert J. Harris Award, International Reading Association
1972 Nuffield Fellow
1963 Kennedy Foundation Professorship
Professional Associations
Editorial Consultation
International Activities