Elena L. Grigorenko is an American clinical psychologist and the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston, where she has taught since September 2015. She is also a professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine.

Elena Grigorenko
Born
Elena Leonidovna Grigorenko
NationalityAmerican
EducationMoscow State University
Yale University
AwardsDistinguished Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2004)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsHuman genetics
Psychology
InstitutionsBaylor College of Medicine
University of Houston
Thesis A family study of dyslexia  (1996)
Doctoral advisorsDavid L. Pauls
Robert J. Sternberg

Biography

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Grigorenko received her Ph.D. in general psychology from Moscow State University in 1990, and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology and genetics from Yale University in 1996.[2] Before joining the faculty of the University of Houston, she was the Emily Fraser Beede Professor of Developmental Disabilities, Child Studies, Psychology, and Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University.[3]

Honors and awards

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Grigorenko has received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology and the American Educational Research Association Sylvia Scribner Award, among other awards.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "APA Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  2. ^ a b "Elena Grigorenko, PhD". Yale Child Study Center. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Elena Grigorenko". University of Houston. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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