Richard M. Lerner

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Richard M. Lerner (born February 23, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York City[1]) is professor of psychology at Tufts University, occupying the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science. Also at Tufts, he directs the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development.[2]

Lerner has authored more than 500 scholarly publications,[1] and was founding editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and of Applied Developmental Science, which he continues to edit.[2]

Selected works

  • Lerner, Richard M. Concepts and Theories of Human Development. 3rd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2002.
  • Silbereisen, R. K. and Richard M. Lerner (eds.). Approaches to Positive Youth Development. Los Angeles: Sage, 2007.
  • Damon, William and Richard M. Lerner. Child and Adolescent Development: An Advanced Course. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.
  • Lerner, Richard M. and Laurence Steinberg (eds.) Handbook of Adolescent Psychology. 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.
  • Lerner, Richard M., Willis F. Overton, Michael E. Lamb, and Alexandra Freund (eds.). The Handbook of Life-Span Development. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010.
  • Lerner, Richard M., Jacqueline V. Lerner, and Janette B. Benson. Positive Youth Development. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011.
  • Molenaar, Peter C. M., Richard M. Lerner, and Karl M. Newell (eds.). Handbook of Developmental Systems Theory and Methodology. Guilford, 2014.
  • Lerner, Richard M. and Willis F. Overton (eds.). Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science. 4 vols. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2015.
  • Lerner, Richard M. and Jasna Jovanovic. Cognitive and Moral Development: Academic Achievement in Adolescence. Florence: Taylor and Francis, 2016.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lerner full CV (accessed November 2, 2011)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lerner profile at Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development (accessed November 2, 2011)