Dr. Hamlin received his doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Washington and has worked and taught psychology and education classes to hundreds of students at several top universities including the University of Washington, Drexel University, Thomas Jefferson University, Pepperdine University, Loyola Marymount University and Touro University as well as the Microsoft Corporation. Starting with his graduate school research which focused on the integration of the learning sciences and educational technology, he has gone on to direct professional education and training programs both in traditional settings and in virtual environments for medicine, dentistry, business and allied health.

Dr. Hamlin has written and presented numerous papers in instructional technology and his research projects have received $1,000,000 in sponsored support. These funded projects include an Internet Collaboratory to support the application of research to health care practices and a follow-up project to create an evidence-based health care institute as well as projects focused in cognitive instruction,
information ethics and apprenticeship training.