Jere Edward Brophy (June 11, 1940 – October 16, 2009) was an American

educational psychologist An educational psychologist is a psychologist whose differentiating functions may include diagnostic and psycho-educational Psychological evaluation, assessment, psychological counseling in educational communities (students, teachers, parents, ...

and University Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

. He received the

E. L. Thorndike Award The E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement Awards is an award of the American Psychological Association given to living recipients for substantial career achievements in educational psychology. The award's winners are recognized for research in the best ...

in 2007.

Life and career

Brophy was born in Chicago, Illinois. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1967 from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

, he spent additional eight year at the

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

before joining

faculty in 1976 as professor and senior researcher in the Institute of Research on Teaching. He then served as co-director of the Institute of Research on Teaching from 1981 to 1994 and then began attending the

American Educational Research Association The American Educational Research Association (AERA, pronounced "A-E-R-A") is a professional organization representing education researchers in the United States and around the world. AERA's mission is to advance knowledge about education and p ...

meetings. Brophy was an Elected Fellow of the

, the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

, the

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, and the International Academy of Education. He also was a Fellow of the

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research lab at Stanford University that offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program for scientists and scholars studying "the five core social a ...

, was elected into the

National Academy of Education The National Academy of Education (NAEd) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization in the United States that advances high-quality research to improve education policy and practice. Founded in 1965, the NAEd currently consists of over 300 elec ...

, and was a recipient of an honorary degree from the

University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...

, Belgium in 2004. Brophy married Arlene in 1963 whom he met at the Marillac Social Center in Chicago. Brophy died in Okemos, Michigan in October 2009 at the age of 69.

References

*Brophy J E & Evertson C M (2010) Teaching Young Children Effectively. Journal of Classroom Interaction, Vol. 45.1, Pages 5–8. 1940 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American psychologists Educational psychologists University of Chicago alumni University of Texas faculty Michigan State University faculty Fellows of the American Psychological Association Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences fellows People from Chicago American educational psychologists {{US-psychologist-stub

Life and career

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