William Damon

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William Damon is a Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Damon has helped develop innovative educational methods such as peer collaboration, project-based learning, and the youth charter. His current work includes a project to promote good work among professionals in a variety of leading fields, and a scientific study that explores the development of purpose in adolescence and early adulthood. Dr. Damon writes on intellectual and moral development through the lifespan. He is the founding editor of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development and editor-in-chief of The Handbook of Child Psychology.

Born

1944
Brockton

Nationality

Profession

Education

Doctorate, University of California, Berkeley
Developmental psychology
( - 1973)
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University
( - 1967)

Employment

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Clark University
(1973 - 1978)
Associate Professor of Psychology, Clark University
(1978 - 1982)
Professor of Psychology, Clark University
(1982 - 1989)
Dean, McColl Graduate School of Business, Clark University
(1983 - 1987)
Chair of Education, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Clark University
(1988 - 1989)
The Mittlemann Family Director, Brown University Center for the Study of Human Development
(1992 - 1998)
Chair of Education, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Brown University
(1989 - 1992)
Brown University
(1997 - )
Titles in academia, Stanford University Center on Adolescence
(1997 - )
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
(1999 - )

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on July 23, 2013

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