Diane F. Halpern is an American psychologist and former president of
the
American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association (APA). She is Dean of Social
Science at the
Minerva Schools at KGI

Minerva Schools at KGI (Keck Graduate Institute) and
also the McElwee Family Professor of
Psychology

Psychology at Claremont McKenna
College. She is also past-president of the Western Psychological
Association, The Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and the
Division of General Psychology.
Halpern served on boards and panels at the APA including the Board of
Educational Affairs, the Council of Representatives, the Committee on
International Relations in Psychology, the Committee on Learning
Outcomes, and Teachers of
Psychology

Psychology in Secondary Schools. She chaired
the Panel on Public Policy and APA's National Conference on
Undergraduate Education that resulted in the publication Undergraduate
Education in Psychology: A Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline.
Along with Keith Millis (Northern Illinois University) and Arthur C.
Graesser (University of Memphis), Halpern developed Operation ARA, a
computerized game that teaches scientific reasoning.[1] She also
developed the Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment (Schuhfried
Publishers)[2] that uses multiple response formats which allow
test-takers to demonstrate their ability to think about everyday
topics using both constructed response and recognition formats.
Halpern received her B.A. from
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania and an M.A.
from Temple University. She then received an M.A., from University of
Cincinnati, followed by a Ph.D. from that institution in 1979. After
teaching for many years at the California State University, San
Bernardino, she is currently Professor of
Psychology

Psychology at Claremont
McKenna College.
In 1995, Halpern was part of an 11-member APA task force led by Ulric
Neisser which published Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns, a report
written in response to The Bell Curve. She has also written on
cognitive differences between men and women. She suggests a
biopsychosocial model offers superior insight into cognitive sex
differences than a simple nature-vs-nurture dichotomy. Another topic
of her research is risks associated with left-handedness.[3] Halpern
has also written in opposition of single-sex schooling, noting that it
"lacks scientific support and may exaggerate sexism and gender
stereotyping."[4]
Halpern has won awards for her teaching and research, including:
2013
James McKeen Cattell

James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological
Science (APS) (highest award given by APS)
2013 American Psychological Foundation Arthur W. Staats Award
2009 George A. Miller Award for the outstanding journal article in
psychology
2004 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters (Ph.D.) Mount St. Mary’s
College (Los Angeles)
2002 Outstanding Professor Award from the Western Psychological
Association
1999 American Psychological Foundation (APF) Charles L. Brewer
Distinguished Teaching Award
1996 Distinguished Career Award for Contributions to Education given
by the American Psychological Association
1996 California State University's State-Wide Outstanding Professor
Award
1996 Outstanding Alumna Award from the University of Cincinnati
1996 Silver Medal Award from the Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education
Wang Family Excellence Award
G. Stanley Hall

G. Stanley Hall Lecture Award from the American Psychological
Association.
Publications[edit]
Halpern, D. F. (2014). Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to
Critical Thinking (5th Edition). NY:
Psychology

Psychology Press.
Halpern, D. F. (2012).
Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities (4th
ed.). NY:
Psychology

Psychology Press.
Halpern, D. F. (Ed.). (2009). Undergraduate Education in Psychology: A
Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline. Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association Books.
Halpern, D. F., & Cheung, F. M. (2008). Women at the Top: How
Powerful Leaders Combine Work and Family. NY: Wiley-Blackwell
Publishers.
Miller, D. I., & Halpern, D. F. (2014). The New Science of
Cognitive Sex Differences. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18, 37-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.10.011
Nisbett, R. E., Aronson, J., Blair, C., Dickens, W., Flynn, J.,
Halpern, D. F. & Turkheimer, E. (2012). Intelligence: New findings
and theoretical developments. American Psychologist, 67, 130-159. doi:
10.1037/a0026699
Halpern, D. F., Eliot, L., Bigler, R. S., Fabes, R. A., Hanish, L. D.,
Hyde, J. S., Liben, L., & Martin, C. L. (2011, September 23). The
pseudoscience of single-sex schooling. Science, 333, 1706-1707. DOI:
10.1126/science.1205031
Cheung, F. M., & Halpern, D. F. (2010). Women at the Top: Powerful
Leaders Define Success as Work + Family in a Culture of Gender.
American Psychologist, 65, 182-193 doi: 10.1037/a0017309.
Halpern, D. F. (2005).
Psychology

Psychology at the intersection of work and
family: Recommendations for employers, working families, and policy
makers. American Psychologist, 60, 367-409.
Halpern, D. F. & Murphy, S.E. (Eds.). (2005). From Work-Family
Balance to Work-Family Interaction: Changing the Metaphor. Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Publishers.
Halpern, D.F. (2005). "How time-flexible work policies can reduce
stress, improve health, and save money". Stress and Health, 21.
Halpern, D. F. (2004). "A cognitive-process taxonomy for sex
differences in cognitive abilities". Current Directions in
Psychological Science, 13 (4), 135-139.
Halpern, D. F. (2003). Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to
Critical Thinking (4th Edition). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, Inc. Publishers. Also published in Russian (2003).
Halpern, D. F. & Riggio, H. (2003). Thinking Critically About
Critical Thinking (4th ed.) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Inc. Publishers. (with separate instructors' manual)
Halpern, D. F., & Hakel, M. D. (2003). "Applying the Science of
Learning to the University and Beyond: Teaching for Long-Term
Retention and Transfer". Change, July/August, 2-13.
Halpern, D. F., & Hakel, M. D. (Eds.), (2002). Applying the
Science of Learning to the University and Beyond. New Directions for
Teaching and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Halpern, D. F. (2000).
Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities (3rd
Edition). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Associates, Inc. Publishers.
Halpern, D. F. (1997). Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: A
Brief Edition of Thought and Knowledge. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, Inc. Also published in Spanish (2000).
Halpern, D. F., & Voiskounsky, A. E. (Eds.), (1997). States of
Mind: American & Post-Soviet Perspectives on Contemporary Issues
in Psychology. NY: Oxford University Press.
References[edit]
^ "Operation ARA: A computerized learning game that teaches critical
thinking and scientific reasoning". Thinking Skills and Creativity. 7
(2): 93–100. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.tsc.2012.03.006.
^ "HCTA Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment". Archived from the
original on 2013-12-15.
^ Reuters (April 4, 1991). Being Left-Handed May Be Dangerous To Life,
Study Says. New York Times
^ Science (September 23, 2011). The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex
Schooling. Science
External links[edit]
Diane F. Halpern profile via Edge magazine
Diane F. Halpern website via Claremont McKenna College
Candidate statement for her successful bid for APA president.
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