Ellen Langer

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name = Ellen Langer

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birth_date = March 25, 1947
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occupation = Psychology professor
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Ellen Jane Langer (born March 25, 1947) is professor of psychology at Harvard University who has studied the illusion of control, decision making, aging and mindfulness theory.

Biography

Ellen Langer received her PhD in Social and Clinical Psychology from Yale University in 1974. In the late 1970s, she attained the noteworthy distinction clear cut of becoming the first woman to be tenured in psychology at Harvard University [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2DD153BF930A1575AC0A961958260] .

In 1980 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Other honors include the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest of the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Contributions of Basic Science to Applied Psychology award from the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, the James McKeen Cattel Award, and the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize. She is the author of 69 research articles and six academic books, including "Mindfulness" and "The Power of Mindful Learning".

References

* Hilts, Philip J. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2DD153BF930A1575AC0A961958260 "Scientist at Work: Ellen J. Langer; A Scholar of the Absent Mind"] , "The New York Times", September 23 1997. Accessed October 29 2007.
* Langer, Ellen J. (1989). "Mindfulness". Reading, MA: Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-52341-8
* Langer, Ellen J. (1997). "The Power of Mindful Learning". Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-33991-9
* Langer, Ellen J. (2005). "On Becoming an Artist". New York, NY: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-45629-7

External links

* [http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~langer/ Personal site at Harvard]