Professor Robert Sternberg

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University and Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg. He was previously President and Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Wyoming, Provost, Senior Vice President, Regents Professor of Psychology and Education, and George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair of Ethical Leadership at Oklahoma State University, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University and Director of the PACE (Psychology of Abilities, Competencies and Expertise) Center, and IBM Professor of Psychology and Education and Professor of Management at Yale University. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor Sternberg's research covers a wide range of areas, including intelligence, creativity, wisdom, leadership, love and close relationships, and hate. He is the author of over 1000 books and articles, and has won roughly two dozen awards for his scholarship. His research has taken him to five different continents, where he has studied the relationship between culture and competence.

Robert Sternberg was listed:

• as one of the "Top 100 Psychologists of the 20th Century," APA Monitor, 2002;
• as one of the "100 Top Young Scientists in the U.S.", Science Digest, 1984;
• in the Esquire Register recognizing the achievements of outstanding American men and women under 40, 1986.

He received his PhD from Stanford University and his B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with honours with exceptional distinction in psychology, from Yale University. He also has received 5 honorary doctorates. Sternberg is a past-president of the American Psychological Association (APA), and has served on the Boards of Directors of the APA, APA Insurance Trust, American Psychological Foundation, and Eastern Psychological Association.