Background
Drake, Roger Allan was born on July 25, 1943 in Bremerton, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Theodore Francis and Quinica Venetta (Cram) Drake.
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Roger Allan Drake
Edit ProfilePsychology educator and neuroscience researcher
Roger Allan Drake, American Psychology educator and neuroscience researcher. Achievements include research on effects of selective lateral brain activation on optimism, aesthetic judgements, risk, mood perceived control and causal attributions, understanding of persuasion and processing of arguments, including selective memory.
Education
Student, California Institute Technology Bachelor, Western Washington University, 1966; Master of Arts, U. Iowa, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tennessee, 1981.
Career
Professor, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, since 1969. Fulbright lecturer Sheffield Polytech, Yorkshire, England, 1981-1982. Visiting professor U. Colorado, Boulder, 1984-1985, school medicine Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1988-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Science representative faculty senate Western State College, 1990-1995. Board of trustees University Press Colorado, since 1992. Member Society Advancement Social Psychology (president 1989-1994), Society Neurosci., Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Connections
Married Loretta Chen, July 14, 1979.
