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American developmental psychologist

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (born , 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.

Education

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