Jo-Anne LeFevre (born 1960) is a Canadian

cognitive scientist Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes. It examines the nature, the tasks, and the functions of cognition (in a broad sense). Mental faculties of concern to cognitive scientists include percep ...

specializing in

numeracy Numeracy is the ability to understand, reason with, and apply simple numerical concepts; it is the numerical counterpart of literacy. The charity National Numeracy states: "Numeracy means understanding how mathematics is used in the real world ...

and the

cognitive science of mathematics Numerical cognition is a subdiscipline of cognitive science that studies the cognitive, developmental and neural bases of numbers and mathematics. As with many cognitive science endeavors, this is a highly interdisciplinary topic, and includes re ...

. She is Chancellor's Professor of Cognitive Science and Psychology, and Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science at

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...

. Her research has included the development of a test used to screen "tens of thousands of Canadian children" for risk of delayed mathematical development.

Education and career

LeFevre was a student of psychology at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1982, a master's degree in 1985, and a Ph.D. in 1988. Her dissertation, ''A differentiated-resource view of reading skill'', was supervised by Peter Dixon. She became an assistant professor at the

University of Winnipeg The University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg, UW, or U of W) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It offers undergraduate programs in art, business, economics, education, science and applied health as well as graduate progra ...

in 1987, and moved to Carleton University in 1988, becoming associate professor in 1992, full professor in 1997, and Chancellor's Professor in 2015.

Recognition

LeFevre is the 2018 recipient of the Mentorship Award of Women in Cognitive Science Canada, and the 2023 recipient of the Donald O. Hebb Distinguished Contribution Award of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefevre, Jo-Anne Living people Canadian cognitive scientists Women cognitive scientists Mathematical cognition researchers University of Alberta alumni Academic staff of University of Winnipeg Academic staff of Carleton University 1960 births