Henry L. Roediger, III (nicknamed Roddy) is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated with a B.A in Psychology from Washington & Lee University (1969) and received his Ph.D. from Yale University (1973). He has served on the faculty of Purdue University, the University of Toronto and Rice University. He studies learning and memory, including ways to improve these processes and ways they go awry (such as the development of false memories).