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Featured great leader
Michael Lamb is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at University of Cambridge and the 2021 winner of the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society.
From Michael Lamb: “Without the extraordinary trail-blazing careers [of giants like Zigler and Bronfenbrenner], I doubt that I could have for so long focused my research on issues such as childcare quality, factors affecting children’s adjustment following parental separation, and the factors affecting the quality of children’s testimony. I am especially honored that my contributions have been deemed worthy of an award named for a distinguished psychologist who had a huge influence on my own career.”
Other great leaders in Div. 7
Elizabeth Spelke, PhD, winner of the 2020 Div. 7 Mentor Award, answers questions about her experiences as mentor and mentee, and provides suggestions for early career scholars.
Meltzoff received an award from Div. 7, putting him on the same award list as Jerome Bruner (1975 awardee), his graduate advisor.The launchpad for his work was a 1977 paper in Science on neonatal imitation. His research also includes neuroimaging techniques and the study of how children acquire racial biases and prejudices.
Cynthia García Coll, PhD, is the Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor Emerita at Brown University, as well as an adjunct professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Puerto Rico.
About the Great Leaders series
Div. 7 pays tribute to visionaries in the field of developmental psychology to serve as models for students and early career psychologists and to recognize the accomplishments of its members and other innovators. By featuring great leaders in Div. 7 and developmental psychology, the division seeks to showcase achievements and research in the field that will inspire others.