Philip Kellman

Who is Philip Kellman?

Philip Kellman is a professor of psychology and the current cognitive psychology area chair at University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the creator and president of Insight Learning Technology, Inc, a company that aims to apply perceptual learning and adaptive learning technology to improve education. His research interests involve perception and visual cognition, specifically visual perception of objects, space, and motion. He is also an expert in perceptual learning, adaptive learning, and their applications to skill acquisition and educational technology.

Kellman obtained his Bachelor of Science with honors from Georgetown University in 1976. From there he earned his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. His PhD advisor was Elizabeth Spelke. Upon graduation, he was a professor at Swarthmore College before joining the UCLA faculty in 1994.