Jerome Bruner

Institution New York University Current Position Research Professor of Psychology Highest Degree Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University, 1941 Research Interests Applied Social Psychology Culture/Ethnicity Emotion Ethics/Morality Person Perception Psychology and Law Social Cognition Courses Taught Psychological Foundations of the Law Vengeance and the Law   Jerome Bruner New York University 200 Mercer Street New York, New York 10012 U.S.A. Home Page Phone: (212) 998-7816 Fax: (212) 673-6118 Jerome Bruner is University Professor at New York University and teaches principally at NYU's School of Law. In his long and distinguished career, first as Professor of Psychology at Harvard and then as Watts Professor at Oxford, Dr. Bruner has been at the forefront of what became, in the 1960s, the "Cognitive Revolution" that continues to influence psychology around the world. In addition to his scholarly research, Dr. Bruner has worked on educational reform in the United States and served on the President's Science Advisory Committee during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. His 1961 book "The Process of Education" was and is one of the educational reform movement's major guides. Since the early 1960s, Dr. Bruner has been involved in a variety of educational enterprises, including the founding of Head Start, of which he was a major architect. Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Bruner has received many awards and honors, including the International Balzan Prize, the CIBA Gold Medal for Distinguished Research, and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association. Books: Amsterdam, A. G., & Bruner, J. (2000). Minding the law. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bornstein, M. H., & Bruner, J. S. (Eds.). (1989). Interaction in human development. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Bruner, J. (2002). Making stories: Law, literature, life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J. (1996). The culture of education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J. (1991). Acts of meaning: Four lectures on mind and culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J. (1986). Actual minds, possible worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J. (1983). Child's talk: Learning to use language. New York: Norton. Bruner, J. (1977). The process of education (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J. (1962). On knowing: Essays for the left hand. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J., & Haste, H. (Eds.). (1987). Making sense: The child's construction of the world. New York: Methuen. Bruner, J. S. (1973). Beyond the information given: Studies in the psychology of knowing. Oxford, UK: W. W. Norton. Bruner, J. S. (1971). The relevance of education. New York: Norton. Bruner, J. S., Goodnow, J. J., & Austin, G. A. (1956). A study of thinking. New York: Wiley. Bruner, J. S., Jolly, A., & Sylva, K. (Eds.). (1976). Play: Its role in evolution and development. New York: Basic Books. Connolly, K., & Bruner, J. (Eds.). (1974). The growth of competence. Oxford, UK: Academic Press.

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