Dr. Robert Cocking was a phycologist who made a great impact in his field. At 59, he was a researcher for the National Science Foundation when he was brutally murdered.  His loss to the research community was devastating. 

He earned a graduate degree in clinical psychology and a doctorate from Cornell in Human Development and Family Studies. His work was based on cognitive theory, and he was passionate about the development of ALL children. He studied at-risk populations and their achievements in mathematics and advocated for more research in under-represented populations. He studied the impacts of children's cognitive development and their interactions with various forms of media. 

Books:

• Children in the Digital Age

• Interacting With Video

• Linguistic and Cultural Influences on Learning Mathematics (Psychology of Education and Instruction Series)

Informational Sites:

• One Person Made a Difference

• OBIT

• Phycologist's Killing