Jacqueline V. Lerner (born 1954) is Professor of Applied Developmental & Educational Psychology in the

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, where she has taught since 1996. She is a member of the

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, the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, and

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. With her husband and research collaborator Richard M. Lerner, she has been active in promoting the concept of

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Personal life

Lerner was born Jacqueline Rose Verdirame in

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, in 1954. She is married to Richard M. Lerner, who is also a psychologist; they live in Wayland,

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. They have three children and four grandchildren.

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Faculty profile
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