Welcome to the website
of Barry Zimmerman
 

Barry J. Zimmerman is a Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology and Head of Learning, Development, and Instruction area at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He has also been affiliated as a visiting scholar at Stanford University in 1991 and the University of Padua in 2006. He has conducted research and written extensively on the role of social learning and self‑regulatory processes of children, youth, and adults. More specifically, he has studied children’s and youth's acquisition of adults' concepts, standards, and competencies from social modeling and emulative experiences at home and in school. He has written more than 200 research articles, book chapters, and professional conference papers. He has also written or edited 13 books or journal volumes on social cognitive and self‑regulatory processes in the learning of children and youth. He has also conducted research on lung disease and was elected Chair of the Behavioral Science Assembly of the American Thoracic Association and Council member of the American Lung Association. 

For information about the Ph.D. program at the Graduate Center, see the information for prospective students below as well as the Educational Psychology website.

 
Contact

How to Contact Me

Ph.D. Program in Educational Psychology
Graduate Center of the City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Office 3204.05

Phone: 212-817-8291
email: bzimmerman@gc.cuny.edu

 
Prospective Students
 
Current Course Offerings
 
Education
 

Research Publications

 
Current Research Grant
 

To Prospective Students:

If you are interested in Ph.D. level study in Educational Psychology with a specialization in literacy acquisition, you should consider the program here at the CUNY Graduate Center. It is located on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan across the street from the Empire State Building.

Honors & Awards
 
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Course Offerings:

Dr. Zimmerman teaches the following courses:

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Doctoral Dissertations of Students I Have Supervised.

Dr. Zimmerman has chaired dissertations for the following students:

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Education

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    Recent Books
           
    1.Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement: Theoretical Perspectives (2001)
     
  2.Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions (2002)
 
  3.Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning: Theory, Research, and Application (2007)
 
 
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Research Grants
 
  Dr. Zimmerman has received grants from the U. S. Institutes of Health for his research in childhood asthma and has received the New York City Department of Health Award for preventive care of childhood asthma. He has also received grants from the U. S. Department of Education, Institute for Educational Sciences, and the National Science Foundation for instructional interventions with at-risk students. 
 
   
 
Honors and Awards
 
  President of Division 15 of the American Psychological Association (Educational Psychology)
   
  Senior Scientist Award of American Psychological Association Division 16 for sustained and exceptional program of scholarship
   
  The Sylvia Scribner Award of the American Educational Research Association for exemplary research in learning and instruction
 
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Positions Held
 
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Professional Activities
 
  AFFILIATIONS
 
  Fellow of 3 divisions of the American Psychological Association (7, 15, and 16)
 
    Fellow of the American Psychological Society
     
 
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BOARD OF ADVISORY EDITORS
 
  Contemporary Educational Psychology
 
  Educational Psychology Review
 
  Developmental Review
 
  Metacognition and Learning
 
  American Educational Research Journal
 
  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
 
  School Psychology Quarterly
 
 
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Website Created by:
Rick Bruce
Last Update:
July 11, 2003