Paul L. Harris Explained

Paul L. Harris (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 Science and Letters.^[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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Curriculum Vitae: Paul L. Harris . harvard . 4 August 2018.
2. News: Paul L. Harris to Join Faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education . 4 August 2018 . . 20 June 2001 . en.
3. Web site: Search Results | Harvard University Press.
4. Web site: British Academy Fellowship . 1998 . 20 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031753/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/ord.cfm?member=3128 . 21 May 2014 . dmy-all .
5. [List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2005]
6. http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2006/05/12_harris.html Harris Elected to the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences
7. http://www.ouest-france.fr/2007/12/01/rennes/a-Rennes-2-un-moment-historique-et-emouvant-avec-Jorge-Semprun-52553532.html A Rennes, un moment historique et émouvant avec Jorge Semprun
8. Web site: APS Fellowship . 2009 . 20 May 2014.
9. Web site: Eleanor Maccoby Award . APA . 2014 . 20 May 2014.
10. Web site: 2015 Class list - American Academy of Arts and Sciences . AAAS . 2015 . 29 May 2018.