Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You

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Robert J. Sternberg PhD received his BA from Yale and his PhD from Stanford. He also is the recipient of 13 honorary doctorates. He is professor of human development at Cornell University and honorary professor of psychology at the University of Heidelberg Germany. Prior to that he served as a university dean provost and president. Earlier he was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education in the Department of Psychology at Yale University and director of the Yale Center for the Psychology of Abilities Competencies and Expertise (PACE Center). Dr. Sternberg was the 2003 president of APA and the 20122013 president of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. He is editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science and previously was editor of The APA Review of Books: Contemporary Psychology and Psychological Bulletin. He has won many awards including the James McKeen Cattell Award of the Association for Psychological Science. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education and a fellow of APA Association for Psychological Science American Educational Research Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science.