Jeanne brooks gunn biography examples

American developmental psychologist

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (born 1946, in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American developmental psychologist and professor.

She is currently the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Jeanne brooks gunn biography examples

Education

Brooks-Gunn received her B.A in psychology at Connecticut College in 1969. She went to graduate school at Harvard University where she obtained her Ed.M in Human Learning and Development in 1970.

Brooks-Gunn continued her studies the University of Pennsylvania, receiving her Ph.D. in human learning and development under the supervision of Michael Lewis.^[1]

Career

Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development at Teachers College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University and co-director of the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University.^[2] Her current studies include