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Abraham Maslow
Abraham Harold Maslow was an American professor of psychology at Brandeis University, Brooklyn College, New School for Social Research and Columbia University who created Maslow's hierarchy of ...
Abraham Harold Maslow was an American professor of psychology at Brandeis University, Brooklyn College, New School for Social Research and Columbia University who created Maslow's hierarchy of ...
Albert Ellis (psychologist)
Albert Ellis (September 27, 1913 – July 24, 2007) was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).
Albert Ellis (September 27, 1913 – July 24, 2007) was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).
Anna Schwartz
Anna Jacobson Schwartz (born November 11, 1915) is an economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City, and according to Paul Krugman "one of the world's greatest monetary ...
Anna Jacobson Schwartz (born November 11, 1915) is an economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City, and according to Paul Krugman "one of the world's greatest monetary ...
Ashley Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg on June 28, 1905, London, England - died November 26, 1999, Princeton, New Jersey, United States) was a British-American anthropologi...
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg on June 28, 1905, London, England - died November 26, 1999, Princeton, New Jersey, United States) was a British-American anthropologi...
Barry Schwartz (sociologist)
Barry Schwartz is an American sociologist.
Barry Schwartz is an American sociologist.
Carol Chomsky
Carol Chomsky (July 1, 1930 – December 19, 2008) was an American linguist and education specialist who studied language acquisition in children.
Carol Chomsky (July 1, 1930 – December 19, 2008) was an American linguist and education specialist who studied language acquisition in children.
Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, PhD, (born April 7, 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he r...
Daniel Ellsberg, PhD, (born April 7, 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he r...
David Theo Goldberg
David Theo Goldberg, PhD (b.
David Theo Goldberg, PhD (b.
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd (born 1919) is an American political economist, economic historian and political activist.
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd (born 1919) is an American political economist, economic historian and political activist.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the disciplines of linguistics.
Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the disciplines of linguistics.
Elisa New
Elisa New (born in 1958) is a Professor of English at Harvard University.
Elisa New (born in 1958) is a Professor of English at Harvard University.
Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings.
Erik Erikson was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings.
Franco Modigliani
Franco Modigliani (June 18, 1918 – September 25, 2003) was an Italian economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT Department of Economics, and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in E...
Franco Modigliani (June 18, 1918 – September 25, 2003) was an Italian economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT Department of Economics, and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in E...
Gar Alperovitz
Gar Alperovitz is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park Department of Government and Politics.
Gar Alperovitz is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park Department of Government and Politics.
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (born 28 September 1930 New York City) is a US sociologist, historical social scientist, and world-systems analyst.
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (born 28 September 1930 New York City) is a US sociologist, historical social scientist, and world-systems analyst.
Isidor Chein
Isidor Chein was a psychologist who conducted research on minority group identification.
Isidor Chein was a psychologist who conducted research on minority group identification.
Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: H...
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: H...
Jay Jasanoff
Jay Harold Jasanoff (; born June 12, 1942) is an American linguist and Indo-Europeanist, best known for his h₂e-conjugation theory of the Proto-Indo-European verb.
Jay Harold Jasanoff (; born June 12, 1942) is an American linguist and Indo-Europeanist, best known for his h₂e-conjugation theory of the Proto-Indo-European verb.
Jerome Bruner
Jerome Seymour Bruner is an American psychologist who has made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology, as well as to hist...
Jerome Seymour Bruner is an American psychologist who has made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology, as well as to hist...
Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan is an American psychologist.
Jerome Kagan is an American psychologist.
Judith Reisman
Judith A. Reisman (; born Judith Ann Gelernter on 11 April 1935) is an American cultural conservative writer.
Judith A. Reisman (; born Judith Ann Gelernter on 11 April 1935) is an American cultural conservative writer.
Kurt Lewin
Kurt Zadek Lewin (September 9, 1890 - February 12, 1947) was a Polish-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology.
Kurt Zadek Lewin (September 9, 1890 - February 12, 1947) was a Polish-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology.
Lawrence Klein
Lawrence Robert Klein (born September 14, 1920) is an American economist.
Lawrence Robert Klein (born September 14, 1920) is an American economist.
Lawrence Kohlberg
Lawrence Kohlberg was a Jewish American psychologist born in Bronxville, New York, he was the son of Alfred Kohlberg, a Jewish man, and of his second wife, Charlotte Albrecht, a Protestant woman.
Lawrence Kohlberg was a Jewish American psychologist born in Bronxville, New York, he was the son of Alfred Kohlberg, a Jewish man, and of his second wife, Charlotte Albrecht, a Protestant woman.
Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was a German-American political philosopher and classicist who specialized in classical political philosophy.
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was a German-American political philosopher and classicist who specialized in classical political philosophy.
Leon Festinger
Leon Festinger, was an American social psychologist, responsible for the development of the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, Social Comparison Theory, and the discovery of the role of propinquity...
Leon Festinger, was an American social psychologist, responsible for the development of the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, Social Comparison Theory, and the discovery of the role of propinquity...
Marjorie Shostak
Marjorie Shostak (May 11, 1945 - October 6, 1996) was an American anthropologist.
Marjorie Shostak (May 11, 1945 - October 6, 1996) was an American anthropologist.
Melville J. Herskovits
Melville Jean Herskovits was an American anthropologist who firmly established African and African American studies in American academia.
Melville Jean Herskovits was an American anthropologist who firmly established African and African American studies in American academia.
Melvin Konner
Melvin Konner, MD, PhD, is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Emory University.
Melvin Konner, MD, PhD, is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Emory University.
Metamotivation
Metamotivation is a term coined by Abraham Maslow to describe the motivation of people who are self actualized and striving beyond the scope of their basic needs to reach their full potential.
Metamotivation is a term coined by Abraham Maslow to describe the motivation of people who are self actualized and striving beyond the scope of their basic needs to reach their full potential.
Morris Swadesh
Morris Swadesh was an influential and controversial American linguist.
Morris Swadesh was an influential and controversial American linguist.
Nadav Safran
Professor Nadav Safran was an expert in Arab and Middle East politics, and a former director of Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Professor Nadav Safran was an expert in Arab and Middle East politics, and a former director of Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and activist.
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and activist.
Paul Krugman
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary ...
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary ...
Paul Lazarsfeld
Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901 – August 30, 1976) was one of the major figures in 20th-century American sociology.
Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901 – August 30, 1976) was one of the major figures in 20th-century American sociology.
Paul Samuelson
Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist, and the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist, and the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Richard Herrnstein
Richard J. Herrnstein (May 20, 1930 – September 13, 1994) was an American researcher in animal learning in the Skinnerian tradition.
Richard J. Herrnstein (May 20, 1930 – September 13, 1994) was an American researcher in animal learning in the Skinnerian tradition.
Robert Fogel
Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926) is an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926) is an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Robert Heilbroner
Robert L. Heilbroner (March 24, 1919 – January 4, 2005) was an American economist and historian of economic thought.
Robert L. Heilbroner (March 24, 1919 – January 4, 2005) was an American economist and historian of economic thought.
Roger Myerson
Roger Bruce Myerson (born March 29, 1951) is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory."
Roger Bruce Myerson (born March 29, 1951) is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory."
Seymour Itzkoff
Seymour William Itzkoff (born 1928) is an American professor known for his research into intelligence.
Seymour William Itzkoff (born 1928) is an American professor known for his research into intelligence.
Seymour Melman
Seymour Melman (December 30, 1917 – December 16, 2004) was an American professor emeritus of industrial engineering and operations research at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engin...
Seymour Melman (December 30, 1917 – December 16, 2004) was an American professor emeritus of industrial engineering and operations research at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engin...
Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila Jasanoff is an American academic and significant contributor to the field of Science and Technology Studies.
Sheila Jasanoff is an American academic and significant contributor to the field of Science and Technology Studies.
Simon Kuznets
Simon Smith Kuznets (; ; April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was a Russian American economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who won the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic...
Simon Smith Kuznets (; ; April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was a Russian American economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who won the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic...
Solomon Asch
Solomon Eliot Asch (September 14, 1907 – February 20, 1996), also known as Shlaym, was an American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology.
Solomon Eliot Asch (September 14, 1907 – February 20, 1996), also known as Shlaym, was an American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology.
Stanley Diamond
Stanley Diamond (January 4, 1922 – March 31, 1991) was an American poet and anthropologist.
Stanley Diamond (January 4, 1922 – March 31, 1991) was an American poet and anthropologist.
Tobias Schneebaum
Tobias Schneebaum (March 25, 1922 – September 20, 2005) was an American artist, anthropologist, and AIDS activist.
Tobias Schneebaum (March 25, 1922 – September 20, 2005) was an American artist, anthropologist, and AIDS activist.
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Urie Bronfenbrenner was a Russian American psychologist, known for developing his Ecological Systems Theory, and as a co-founder of the Head Start program in the United States for disadvantaged ...
Urie Bronfenbrenner was a Russian American psychologist, known for developing his Ecological Systems Theory, and as a co-founder of the Head Start program in the United States for disadvantaged ...
Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur Joseph Cohen (June 10, 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – May 17, 1987, Seoul, South Korea) was an American social scientist and federal civil servant.
Wilbur Joseph Cohen (June 10, 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – May 17, 1987, Seoul, South Korea) was an American social scientist and federal civil servant.