Ellen Winner
EducationRadcliffe College
Harvard University
SpouseHoward Gardner
Websitewww.ellenwinner.com

Ellen Winner is a psychologist and a professor at Boston College.[1] She specializes in psychology of art.[1][2]

Winner graduated from the Putney School in 1965[3] and received a PhD in developmental psychology from Harvard University in 1978.[4] She collaborated on Project Zero to conduct studies about the way people experience and perceive art.[5] Winner noted how psychological explorations beginning in the realm of philosophy pertained to art.[5]

From 1995 to 96, Winner served as president of the American Psychological Association Division 10.[6] In 2000, Winner was awarded the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychology and the Arts.[7]

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References

  1. ^ a b Menaker, Daniel (2017-06-21). "Two New Books Offer Advice for the Socially Awkward". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. ^ Bloom, Paul (2018-09-06). "What We Know About Art and the Mind". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  3. ^ Cuerdon, Don (Fall 2015). "Putney Post". Putney Post. p. 23. Archived from the original on 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  4. ^ "Harvard researcher on psychology of art". Harvard Gazette. 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  5. ^ a b "BC's Winner Speaks on Art and Psychology at Harvard Bookstore". The Heights. 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  6. ^ "History of Division 10". div10.org. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  7. ^ "Awards & Recognitions". div10.org. Retrieved April 5, 2019.


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