Janellen Huttenlocher
| Janellen Huttenlocher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 17, 1932 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 2016 (aged 84) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Buffalo, Harvard University |
Janellen Huttenlocher (February 17, 1932 – November 20, 2016) was a psychologist and professor known for her research in the field of the child's environment in the development of cognitive skills. She studied at the University at Buffalo and Harvard University. She was a recipient of the APS William James Fellow Award, the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, and the SRCD Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development.
Huttenlocher (née Burns) was born in Buffalo, New York. She received her B.A. at the University of Buffalo in 1953, married her husband Peter Huttenlocher in 1954, and had three children. Huttenlocher attended Harvard University for her graduate studies in Psychology, completing her M.A. in 1958 and Ph.D in 1960 under the supervision of Professor Frederick Mosteller. She completed postdoctoral training at Harvard University in the 1960s in the midst of the cognitive revolution. Huttenlocher joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago in 1974, after teaching at Columbia University. She was the William S. Gray Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the time of her death.
Huttenlocher co-authored two books and over 100 research articles on a range of topics including language development, spatial reasoning, memory, and quantitative development. Her book Making space: The development of spatial representation and reasoning, co-authored with Nora Newcombe, provided a comprehensive account of how children actively construct mental models of spatial environments. Her second book Quantitative development in infancy and early childhood, co-authored with Kelly Mix and Susan Levine, focused on how children develop numerical concepts and quantitative reasoning skills.
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