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Name: Richard Lerner
Title: Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science
Departmental Affiliation: Child Development Department
Degrees: Ph.D. City University of New York; M.A. Hunter College of the City University of New York
Expertise: Developmental Science
Major Awards: Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, 1999-present, Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Human Development, Brown University, September 1999-August 2000, Anita L. Brennan Professor of Education, School of Education, Boston College, 1996-1999, Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner Eminent Scholar Chair in the Department of Family, Child, and Consumer Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Florida State University, 1994-1995, Ph.D. Alumni Special Achievement Award, City University of New York, 1989, Lansdowne Visiting Scholar, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, February, 1989, Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin, Germany, Fall, 1983, AMOCO Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 1982, Hunter College Hall of Fame (Elected 1981), Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1980-1981, Distinguished Visitor Program, American Psychological Association, 1980-1981, Strathmore's "Who's Who," Honored member, Registry 1998-99, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Charter Fellow, American Psychological Society, Fellow, American Psychological Association (Division 2: Teaching of Psychology, Division 7: Developmental Psychology, Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues), Charter Fellow, American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America, National Honor Society for Psychology (Psi Chi), Kappa Omicron Nu (Omicron Alpha Chapter), National Home Economics Honor Society
E-mail: richard.lerner@tufts.edu

Other websites: http://ase.tufts.edu/epcd/fac-staff/bergstrom.asp
Scholarship & Research: The application of developmental science across the life span; developmental systems theory; personality and social development in adolescence; developmental methodology; programs and policies for children, youth, and families; university-community collaboration and outreach scholarship.

Lerner, R. M. (2004). Liberty: Thriving and civic engagement among America’s youth. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Lerner, R. M., & Steinberg, L. (Eds.). (2004). Handbook of Adolescent Psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.

Lerner, R. M., Jacobs, F., & Wertlieb, D. (Eds.). (2003). Applying developmental science for youth and families: Historical and theoretical foundations. Volume 1 of Handbook of applied developmental science: Promoting positive child, adolescent, and family development through research, policies, and programs. Editors: Richard M. Lerner, Francine Jacobs, and Donald Wertlieb. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Lerner, R. M., Easterbrooks, M. A., & Mistry, J. (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of psychology: Vol. 6. Developmental psychology. Editor-in- Chief: I. B. Weiner. New York: Wiley.

Lerner, R. M., Taylor, C. S., & von Eye, A. (Eds.). (2002). Pathways to positive development among diverse youth. New directions for youth development: Theory, practice, and research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Lerner, R. M. (Ed.). (2002). Concepts and theories of human development (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

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