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

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, and

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. With her husband and research collaborator

Richard M. Lerner Richard M. Lerner (born February 23, 1946) is professor of Human Development at Tufts University, occupying the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science. Also at Tufts, he directs the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development.

, 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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