Harris Cooper is Professor of Psychology and Director of Program in Education at Duke University.  His research interests follow two paths.  The first concerns research synthesis:  studying how research syntheses and meta-analysis can best be carried out and how their results can be communicated to general audiences, as well as scholars.  His book, Synthesizing Research: A Guide for Literature Reviews, presents a brief overview of how to conduct a rigorous research synthesis.  He is also the editor, with Larry Hedges, of the Handbook of Research Synthesis.  He has published research syntheses in varied fields, including personality and social psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology and education policy, marketing, and developmental medicine and child neurology.  Cooper is also interested in the application of social and developmental psychology to educational policy issues.  His research on homework has appeared in both scholarly outlets and as part of a guide for policy and practice, The Battle over Homework: Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents. He also studies the impact of after school programs, summer school, and school calendar variations on students and their families. He is current editor for the Psychological Bulletin and will serve through 2008. The Institute for Scientific Information (2005) ranked the Psychological Bulletin as 4^th among 1747 social science journals with regard to both the number of times it is cited and the impact of articles on their field.  He is current chair of the American Psychological Association’s Council of Editors, chair of its ad hoc Committee on Journal Article Reporting Standards, and a member of its committee revising the APA Publication Manual. Cooper holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Connecticut.