Education
Dr. Paul Resta, Director of the LTC
Dr. Resta's education includes a B.S. from Arizona State University in Psychology, a M.S. from Washington State University in Psychology and a Ph. D. from Arizona State University in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on learning and measurement.
Career Background
Prior to coming to the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Resta was a Professor of Learning and Training Technologies and Director of the Center for Technology and Education at the University of New Mexico (UNM). He also served as Associate Dean for Research and was principal investigator of a number of projects focused on technology and improving the quality of education for Native American and Hispanic students. While at UNM he generated over $11 million in funded projects. He also founded ENAN, the Educational Native American Network, a national telecommunications network funded by the U.S. Department of Interior. ENAN enables hundreds of Indian schools across the country to access the Internet and provides Indian students with opportunities to communicate and collaborate with others across the country and globe.
On leave of absence from the UNM, he served as Chief of Research, Planning and Technology in the U.S. Department of Education National Institute of Education. In this position he was responsible for the direction of the Institute's programmatic and planning activities, including planning the development of the present constellation of educational research centers and regional laboratories, and the development of a national initiative on educational technology. He received a commendation for his leadership from the Director of the National Institute of Education and the Secretary of Education.
Previously, Dr. Resta directed research in computer-based instructional systems at the Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory and was a Human Factors Scientist with System Development Corporation where he was responsible for computer-based systems training for the North American Air Defense Command. At Goodyear Aerospace Corporation, he served as Project Manager of multisensory imagery interpretation training projects for the U.S. Air Force and NASA.