Robert C. Gardner obtained his Ph. D. in psychology from McGill University in 1960 under the direction of Wallace E. Lambert. He spent his last year of residency studying and working with John B. Carroll at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. He joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario as a lecturer in 1961, and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1962, Associate professor in 1966, and Professor in 1970. In July 2000, he was appointed Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario, where he is continuing his research on individual differences in second language acquisition, teaching the graduate course in research design, and serving as statistical consultant to the department.
