Judith Dunn
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Professor Judith Dunn FBA FMedSci |
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Judith Frances Pace 1939 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | British |
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| Children | Three |
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| Discipline | Psychology |
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Judith Frances Dunn, FBA, FMedSci (born 1939) is a British psychologist and academic, who specialises in social developmental psychology.
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.
From 1978 to 1986, Dunn was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and a Medical Research Council Senior Scientific Officer. From 1986 to 1995, she was Professor of Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. In 1994, she was made an Evan Pugh Professor; an Evan Pugh Professorship is the "highest honor the institution can give to a member of its faculty". From 1995 to 2012, she was Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London.
Dunn specializes in children's social emotional and sociocognitive development, parent-child, sibling and peer relationships, and the development of language and communication abilities.
Dunn is Chair of The Children's Society's Good Childhood Inquiry, established in 2006, which explores and measures children’s subjective well-being.
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