Thomas C. Reeves is a professor of instructional technology at The University of Georgia where he teaches program evaluation, multimedia design, and research courses. Since receiving his Ph.D. at Syracuse University in 1979, he has developed and evaluated numerous interactive multimedia programs for both education and training. In addition to more than 100 presentations and workshops in the USA, he has been an invited speaker in other countries including Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Finland, Malaysia, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan. He is a past president of the Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems (ADCIS) and a former Fulbright Lecturer. In 1995, he was selected as one of the "Top 100" people in multimedia by Multimedia Producer magazine, and in 1997, he became the editor of the Journal of Interactive Learning Research.

Dr. Reeves' research interests include:

- evaluation of instructional technology for education and training,

- socially responsible research goals and methods in education,

- mental models and interactive multimedia user interface issues,

- electronic performance support systems (EPSS), and

- applications of instructional technology in developing countries.

Recent and on-going projects include:

- member of the Scientific Panel on Interactive Consumer Health Information for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

- evaluation of networked digital multimedia developed by Interactive Media Laboratory at Dartmouth Medical School,

- development of an EPSS for training developers for NCR Corporation (awarded U.S. Patent in 1997), and

- founding member of the Learning and Performance Support Laboratory (LPSL) at The University of Georgia.