Jay Belsky#
| Membership Number: | 2742 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psyc/staff/academic/jbelsky http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/jbelsky |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2001 Robert M. And Natalie Reid Dorn Endowed Chair Professor, University of California
- 1999-2011Present Birkbeck University of London
- Chair of Psychology
- Director, Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues
- 1978-2001 Penn State University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
- Distinguished Professor of Human Development (1996-2001)
- Professor of Human Development (1986-1996)
- Associate Professor of Human Development (1983-1986)
- Assistant Professor of Human Development (1978-1983)
- 1977-1978 Research Associate, The Prenatal/Early Infancy Project, Elmira, NY
Fields of Scholarship
- Developmental Psychology
- Child development
Honours and Awards
- 1974 Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College
- 1974 Outstanding Senior Psychology Major, Vassar College
- 1977 Foundation for Child Development Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University
- 1983 Invited Participant American Council of Learned Societies — Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Seminar on Human Development, Moscow, USSR, June 1983
- 1983 Boyd McCandless Award for Distinguished Early Contribution in Developmental Psychology, American Psychological Association
- 1984 Research Scientist Development Award (National Institute of Mental Health)
- 1986 Fellow, Division of Developmental Psychology, American Psychological Association
- 1988 Outstanding Research Achievement Award, College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University
- 1989 Fellow, American Psychological Society
- 1992 Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement, the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University
- 1996 Distinguished Professorship, Penn State University
- 2000 Director, Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck University of London
- 2001 Highly Cited Researcher designation, Institute of Scientific Information, Philadelphia, PA
- 2007 Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society, American Psychological Association, Division 7.
