Amy Lynne Shelton is a U.S. cognitive psychology professor and academic administrator serving as the director of the Center for Talented Youth since 2022. She is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education.
Amy Shelton | |
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| Born | Amy Lynne Shelton |
| Alma mater | Illinois State University Vanderbilt University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive psychology |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
| Doctoral advisor | Timothy P. McNamara |
Life
editShelton earned a B.S. in psychology from the Illinois State University.[1] She completed a master's degree (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) in cognitive psychology at Vanderbilt University.[2] Her dissertation was titled, The Role of Egocentric Orientation in Human Spatial Memory.[3] Timothy P. McNamara was Shelton's doctoral advisor.[3]
From 2002 to 2013, Shelton worked in the department of psychological and brain sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Education.[2] Her research focuses on spatial cognition, learning and memory, spatial skill development, and neurodevelopmental disorders.[1] She then took a joint position in the school of education and the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) as its director of research.[2] From January 2019 to July 2020, she was the interim CTY director, succeeding Elaine Tuttle Hansen.[2][4] In 2022, she became director of CTY.[2] She is also a professor and a former associate dean for research in the school of education.[2] Shelton holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.[2] She is on the editorial board of Spatial Cognition and Computation and is a past editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Hirsch, Arthur (2012-10-14). "Linking the social and spatial". The Baltimore Sun. pp. A3. Retrieved 2023-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Amy Shelton Selected to Lead the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore". Women In Academia Report. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ a b Shelton, Amy Lynne (May 1999). The Role of Egocentric Orientation in Human Spatial Memory (Ph.D. thesis). Vanderbilt University. OCLC 43555928.
- ^ "Amy Shelton named interim director at Center for Talented Youth". The Hub. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2023-07-15.