Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count

About Richard E. Nisbett

Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan and Research Professor at Michigans Institute for Social Research. He has taught courses in social psychology cultural psychology cognitive psychology and evolutionary psychology. His research focuses on how people from different cultures think perceive feel and act in different ways. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association and the William James Fellow Award of the American Psychological Society and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.