Elena L. Grigorenko is an American clinical psychologist and the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston, where she has taught since September 2015. She is also a professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.
Elena Grigorenko | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elena Leonidovna Grigorenko |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Moscow State University Yale University |
| Awards | Distinguished Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2004)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human genetics Psychology |
| Institutions | Baylor College of Medicine University of Houston |
| Thesis | A family study of dyslexia (1996) |
| Doctoral advisors | David L. Pauls Robert J. Sternberg |
Biography
editGrigorenko received her Ph.D. in general psychology from Moscow State University in 1990, and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology and genetics from Yale University in 1996.[2] Before joining the faculty of the University of Houston, she was the Emily Fraser Beede Professor of Developmental Disabilities, Child Studies, Psychology, and Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University.[3]
Honors and awards
editGrigorenko has received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology and the American Educational Research Association Sylvia Scribner Award, among other awards.[2]
References
edit- ^ "APA Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ a b "Elena Grigorenko, PhD". Yale Child Study Center. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Elena Grigorenko". University of Houston. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
External links
edit- Elena Grigorenko publications indexed by Google Scholar
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