Dr. Thadeus Meeks Assistant Professor (e-mail) Education: Ph.D., 2009
University of Georgia Specialization:
Cognitive Psychology Phone:
(618) 650-3659 Office:
AH-0122 | 
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About Dr. Meeks
J. Thadeus Meeks won the Sigma Xi Researcher of the Year Award in 2011. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in Cognitive Psychology and he is now an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at SIUE. Dr. Meeks presently teaches Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics, and Foundations of Psychology. His research interests broadly revolve around human learning and memory. More specifically, he is interested in such topics as how we remember to complete our intentions (prospective memory), how we remember the source of information, and how we experience the different varieties of memory. His research has been published in such journals as Memory & Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, and the Journal of Memory and Language. Dr. Meeks also enjoys sports, outdoor activities, and cooking.
Mentoring Expertise
Dr. Meeks is available to mentor students interested in pursuing graduate degrees in experimental areas of psychology, especially those interested in cognitive psychology.
Representative Publications
- Meeks, J. T., & Marsh, R. L. (2010). Implementation intentions about nonfocal event-based prospective memory tasks. Psychological Research, 74, 82-89.
- Brewer, G. A., Marsh, R. L., Clark-Foos, A., & Meeks, J. T. (2010). Noncriterial recollection influences metacognitive monitoring and control processes. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.
- Clark-Foos, A.,Brewer, G.A., Marsh, R. L., Meeks, J. T., & Cook, G. I. (2009). The valence of event-based prospective memory cues or the context in which they occur affects their detection. American Journal of Psychology. 122(1), 89-97.
- Meeks, J. T., Hicks, J. L., & Marsh, R. L. (2007). Metacognitive awareness of event-based prospective memory. Consciousness and Cognition: An International Journal. 16(4), 997-1004.
- Marsh, R. L., Meeks, J. T., Hicks, J. L., Cook, G. I. & Clark-Foos, A (2006). Concreteness and item-to-list context associations in the free recall of items differing in context variability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 32(6), 1424-1430.
