Executive Director of MERLOT
Senior Director
Academic Technology Services
California State University

Gerard L. Hanley Ph.D. is the Executive Director of MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching at www.merlot.org ) and Senior Director for Academic Technology Services for the California State University, Office of the Chancellor. At MERLOT, he directs the development and sustainability of MERLOT’s international consortium of higher education systems and institutions, professional societies, corporations, and other digital libraries as well as the professional development and technology services to improve teaching and learning. At the CSU, Gerry oversees the development and implementation of systemwide academic technology initiatives serving CSU’s 23 campuses with over 22,000 faculty and over 400,000 students. The initiatives include integrated electronic library resources, development and delivery of online teaching and learning resources, strategic planning and purchasing of systemwide academic technologies, web-based outreach, advising, and online instruction for improving college readiness of California high school students. He is also the Director of the Center for Usability in Design and Assessment and is a Professor of Psychology at CSU, Long Beach. Previously held positions include Director of Faculty Development and Director of Strategic Planning at CSU, Long Beach.

He received his BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in Psychology. He has published and presented numerous research and theoretical papers on issues concerning cognition, learning, memory, neuroscience, clinical and community psychology, educational processes & assessment, critical thinking, industrial & organizational psychology, human factors, knowledge engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, and technology in higher education.