Paul L. Harris

Paul L. Harris FBA (born 14 May 1946) is a British psychologist and academic specialising in child development. He is a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]

Education

Harris earned a B.A. in Psychology from Sussex University and a D. Phil. in Psychology and Experimental Psychology from St John's College, Oxford.[1]

Research

Since 2001 he has been a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.[2] His research focuses on how children use their imaginations, first-hand experience, and trust in what they're told, to understand the world.[3]

Publications

The Development of Psychological Understanding, 1989.
Perspectives on the Child's Theory of Mind, edited, 1991, with G.E. Butterworth, A.M. Leslie, et H.M. Wellman.
Children's Understanding of Emotions 1989, avec C. Saarni.
Developing Theories of Mind 1988 with J.W. Astington et D.R. Olson.
The Work of the Imagination 2000.
Imagining the Impossible: Magical, Scientific, and Religious Thinking in Children, co-editor, 2000, with K. S. Rosengren et C. N. Johnson.
Trusting What You’re Told: How Children Learn from Others, 2015.

Awards

In 1998 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[4]
In 2005 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[5]
In 2006 he was made a member of the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences.[6]
In 2007 he was granted an honorary Doctorate from the University de Rennes.[7]
In 2009 he was elected a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.[8]
In 2014 he was awarded the American Psychological Association Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in developmental psychology.[9]
In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[10]

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References

"Curriculum Vitae: Paul L. Harris" (PDF). harvard. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
"Paul L. Harris to Join Faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education". Harvard Graduate School of Education. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674065727
"British Academy Fellowship". 1998. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2005
Harris Elected to the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences
A Rennes, un moment historique et émouvant avec Jorge Semprun
"APS Fellowship". 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
"Eleanor Maccoby Award" (PDF). APA. 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
"2015 Class list - American Academy of Arts and Sciences" (PDF). AAAS. 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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[cv-1] "Curriculum Vitae: Paul L. Harris" (PDF). harvard. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[join-2] "Paul L. Harris to Join Faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education". Harvard Graduate School of Education. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[3] ttp://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674065727

[BA_Fellowship-4] "British Academy Fellowship". 1998. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[5] List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2005

[6] Harris Elected to the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences

[7] A Rennes, un moment historique et émouvant avec Jorge Semprun

[APS_Fellowship-8] "APS Fellowship". 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[Eleanor_Maccoby_Award-9] "Eleanor Maccoby Award" (PDF). APA. 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

[10] "2015 Class list - American Academy of Arts and Sciences" (PDF). AAAS. 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2018.