Judith Dunn

Judith Frances Dunn, FBA, FMedSci (born 1939) is a British psychologist and academic, who specialises in social developmental psychology.

Professor

Judith Dunn

FBA FMedSci
Born
Judith Frances Pace

1939 (age 81–82)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1973; div. 1987)​
    Robert Plomin
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    (m. 1987)​
    ChildrenThree
    Academic background
    Alma mater
    Academic work
    DisciplinePsychology
    Sub-discipline
    Institutions

    Early life and education

    Dunn was the daughter of James Pace and Jean Stewart. She studied at New Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1962; as per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree in 1968. While a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, she undertook postgraduate research and she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1982.[1]

    Academic career

    From 1978 to 1986, Dunn was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and a Medical Research Council Senior Scientific Officer.[1][2] From 1986 to 1995, she was Professor of Human Development at Pennsylvania State University.[1] In 1994, she was made an Evan Pugh Professor;[3] an Evan Pugh Professorship is the "highest honor the institution can give to a member of its faculty".[4] From 1995 to 2012, she was Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London.[1][2][5]

    Dunn specializes in children's social emotional and sociocognitive development, parent-child, sibling and peer relationships, and the development of language and communication abilities.[6][7]

    Other work

    Dunn is Chair of The Children's Society's Good Childhood Inquiry, established in 2006, which explores and measures children’s subjective well-being.[8][9]

    Personal life

    In 1961, the then Judith Pace married Martin Gardiner Bernal, a British scholar of modern Chinese political history who also wrote the controversial Black Athena;[1][10] Together, they had one daughter and twin sons.[10] They later divorced.[1] From 1973 to 1987, she was married to John Montfort Dunn, a British political theorist, before they too divorced.[1] In 1987, she married Robert Plomin, an American psychologist.[1]

    Honours

    In 1996, Dunn was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for humanities and social sciences.[2] In 2000, she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).[1]

    Selected works
    • Dunn, Judy (1988). The beginnings of social understanding. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674064539.
    • Booth, Alan; Dunn, Judith F., eds. (1994). Stepfamilies: who benefits? who does not?. Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum. ISBN 978-0805815443.
    • Alan Booth; Judith F. Dunn, eds. (1996), Family-School Links: How Do They Affect Educational Outcomes?, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ISBN 0805818405
    • Dunn, Judith; Deater-Deckard, Kirby (2001), Children's views of their changing families, Family change series, York Publishing Services, ISBN 9781842630310

    References
    1. "DUNN, Prof. Judith Frances". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
    2. "Professor Judith Dunn". British Academy. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
    3. "Evan Pugh Professors". Office of the Vice President for Research. The Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
    4. "Three faculty members named Evan Pugh University Professors". Penn State News. The Pennsylvania State University. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
    5. "IoP: staff: Dunn, Judith F". Iop.kcl.ac.uk. 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
    6. "Judith Dunn - Biography - Research Portal, King's College, London". Kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
    7. "MRC Professorship for Plomin and Dunn - Research Portal, King's College, London". Kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
    8. "The Good Childhood® Inquiry". Childrenssociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
    9. Reitemeier, Bob (19 September 2006). "Everyone has a stake in childhood". The Telegraph.
    10. Blue, Gregory (21 June 2013). "Martin Bernal obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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