Biography
Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. He also is Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany. He was previously President and Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Wyoming. Before that, he was Provost, Senior Vice President, Regents Professor of Psychology and Education, and George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair of Ethical Leadership at Oklahoma State University. He was previously Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology and Education at Tufts University, and before that, IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, Professor of Management, and Director of the Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale University.
Sternberg's Google h index is 237, his i-10 index 1237, and his total citations exceed 241,000.
Sternberg's main research interests are in intelligence, creativity, wisdom, thinking styles, teaching and learning, love, jealousy, envy, and hate.
His most recent books are Transformational creativity (2024, Palgrave--with Karami), Giftedness in childhood (2023, Cambridge--with Desmet), The hidden talents model (2023, Cambridge--with Ellis, Abrams, Masten, Tottenham, & Frankenhuis), and the Palgrave handbook of transformational giftedness for education (2022, Palgrave--with Ambrose and Karami).
He is a Past President of the American Psychological Association, the Eastern Psychological Association, Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, as well as Treasurer of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. He has been Editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science, Psychological Bulletin, and The APA Review of Books: Contemporary Psychology. He holds 13 honorary doctorates and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education.
His awards include:
Stern Award from Wroclaw University, Poland, 2023; Florence L. Denmark Award for Significant Contributions to Psychology, Psychology Department, Pace University, 2019; Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, 2018; William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2017; Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Lifetime Contributions to General Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division of General Psychology (1), 2017; Distinguished Service Award, International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2011; Presidential Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to the Public Understanding of Psychology, American Psychological Association Division of Media Psychology (46), 2008; Sir Francis Galton Award, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, 2008; E. Paul Torrance Award, National Association for Gifted Children, 2006; Interamerican Psychologist Award, Interamerican Society of Psychology, 2005; Arnheim Award, Division of Psychology and the Arts (10) of the American Psychological Association, 2005; Anton Jurovsky Award, Slovak Psychological Society, 2004; Arthur W. Staats Award, American Psychological Foundation and the Society for General Psychology (American Psychological Association Division 1), 2003; Farnsworth Award, Division of Psychology and the Arts (10) of the American Psychological Association, 2003; E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award, Division of Educational Psychology (15) of the American Psychological Association, 2003; Positive Psychology Network Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, 2002; Outstanding Academic Title, CHOICE (American Library Association) for International handbook of giftedness and talent, co-editor, 2001; Distinguished Lifetime Contribution to Psychology Award, Connecticut Psychological Association, 1999; Palmer O. Johnson Award, American Educational Research Association, 1999; James McKeen Cattell Award, Association for Psychological Science, 1999; Distinción of Honor SEK, Institución Educativa SEK, Madrid, 1997; Sylvia Scribner Award, American Educational Research Association (Division C), 1996; International Award, Association of Portuguese Psychologists, 1991; Award for Excellence, Mensa Education and Research Foundation (MERF), 1989; Citation Classic Designation, Institute for Scientific Information for Intelligence, information processing, and analogical reasoning: The componential analysis of human abilities, 1987; Outstanding Book Award, American Educational Research Association for Beyond IQ: A triarchic theory of human intelligence, 1987; Research Review Award, American Educational Research Association (co-recipient), 1986; Distinguished Scholar Award, the National Association for Gifted Children, 1985; Cattell Award, Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, 1982; Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist Award, Division of Developmental Psychology (7) of the American Psychological Association, 1982; Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1981; Sidney Siegel Memorial Award, Stanford University, 1975; Wohlenberg Prize, Berkeley College, Yale University, 1972.
He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also is a member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
In 2024, research.com ranked Sternberg #7 among American psychologists and #15 among psychologists in the world for scientific impact; he was also listed as #366 in the United States and #561 in the world for all scientists in all fields by research.com (based on h-indices from Microsoft Academic Graph). He has been listed as the #1 lifetime ranking in the field of Human Development and Family Studies by ScholarGPS, 2023; https://scholargps.com/scholars/62053591962903/robert-j-sternberg. He also has been listed as one of the “The 50 Most Influential Living Psychologists” by The Best Schools, 2018, https://thebestschools.org/features/most-influential-psychologists-world/; listed as one of the “Top 33 Psychologists for Psychology Textbook Citations”, Griggs & Christopher, Teaching of Psychology, 2016, 43(2), p. 114 (ranked #5); listed as one of the “Top 100 Psychologists of the 20th Century,” APA Monitor, July/August 2002, p. 29 (ranked #60); listed as one of the 200 most eminent psychologists of the modern (Post World-War II) era by Diener, Oishi, Park survey in Archives of Scientific Psychology (ranked #61); ISI Highly Cited List in Psychology/Psychiatry (2003–) (based on scientific citations 1981–1999); Listed in the Esquire Register recognizing the achievements of outstanding American men and women under 40, 1986; Listed as one of the 100 “Top Young Scientists in the U.S.,” Science Digest, 1984.
His fellowships and scholarships include Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellowship to Slovakia, 2005; IREX Visiting Scholar Fellowship to Russia, 2000; Honored Visitor Fellowship, Taiwan National Science Council, December 1998; Sir Edward Youde Memorial Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong December, 1997; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1985–1986; Yale Senior Faculty Fellowship, 1982–1983; Yale Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1978–1979; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1972–1975; National Merit Scholarship, 1968–1972.
My main research interests are in intelligence, creativity, wisdom, thinking styles, leadership, ethics, love, jealousy, envy, and hate. I have taught courses in most of these areas, as well as in cognitive psychology, educational psychology, introductory psychology, lifespan development, ethics, and professional socialization.
My current collaborative research projects with my colleagues focus on adaptive intelligence. We have published a number of studies relevant to this construct. The idea is that intelligence as measured by tests is a relatively narrow construct. The challenges of adaptation in life are very different from the challenges of tests. Our projects show that when people are given real-life problems to solve--pertaining to handling of a pandemic, or to fighting global climate change, or to handling interpersonal conflicts--their ways of solving problems are different from their ways of solving test problems. Moreover, the people who are adept at solving real-world problems often are not the ones who are adept in solving test-like problems.
In 2021, we started a new program of research on transformational giftedness. The idea is that we tend to identify students as gifted in a transactional ways. They excel in societally-sanctioned activities, in exchange for which our society rewards them with good test scores, grades, university admissions, and awards. In contrast, I argue, we should seek students who are transformationally gifted--ones who seek to make a positive, meaningful, and enduring difference to the world.
I am the author of over 2,000 publications and, as a principal investigator, have received more than $20 million in grant funding. I have won more than two dozen awards for my work.
I was cited in an APA Monitor report as one of the top 100 psychologists of the 20th century (#60)
In a report in Archives of Scientific Psychology by Diener and colleagues I was cited as one of the top 200 psychologists of the modern era (#60).
Listed #1 lifetime ranking in the field of Human Development and Family Studies by ScholarGPS, 2023; https://scholargps.com/scholars/62053591962903/robert-j-sternberg
Listed #15 in the world and #7 in the United States for “Top Scientists in the Field of Psychology” by research.com May 2023; https://research.com/scientists-rankings/psychology
#1 cited author over the past 10 years by global h-index corrected for self-citation and local g-index in the Journal of Intelligence; #2 in global h-index in the journal, Intelligence, in which I do not regularly publish (J. Intell. b, 11(2), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11020035 - 14 Feb 2023)
Listed as #366 in United States and #551 in the world for all scientists by research.com (based on h-indices from Microsoft Academic Graph) February 2024; https://research.com/scientists-rankings/
Listed as #20 in the world and #10 in the United States for “Top Psychology Scientists” by research.com May 2022; https://research.com/scientists-rankings/psychology
Top 25 Influential Psychologists Today, 2010-2020, https://academicinfluence.com/rankings/people/most-influential-psychologists-today
Listed in the top 2% of scholars in citations in the field of education by Stanford University, November 2020, ranked #3 in citations in the field of education
Listed as one of the “30 most influential psychologists working today” https://www.bestmastersinpsychology.com/30-most-influential-psychologists-working-today/ 2019
Listed as one of the “100,000 most cited scientists” in PLOS1 Biology, #713, career as of 2018 (top 0.01% of scientists in terms of impact), published August 12, 2019, https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384
Listed as one of the “The 50 Most Influential Living Psychologists” by The Best Schools, 2018, https://thebestschools.org/features/most-influential-psychologists-world/
Listed as one of the “Top 33 Psychologists for Psychology Textbook Citations”, Griggs & Christopher, Teaching of Psychology, 2016, 43(2), p. 114 (ranked #5)
I have been cited over 241,000 times with an h index of 237.
In 2018, I won the Grawemeyer Award for my idea of successful intelligence and previously, the APS James and Cattell Awards for my contributions to the field of intelligence, broadly defined.
I taught HD 1150, Introduction to Infant and Child Development, and the accompanying section, HD 1160, in the fall of 2014. In the spring of 2015 I taught HD 4440 and HD 6440, the undergraduate and graduate sections of my course on The Nature of Intelligence. In the fall of 2015, I taught HD 1100, Lifespan Development, as well as HD 4450 and 6450, Ethical Challenges in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. In the fall of 2016, I taught HD 1100 and also HD 4440 and 6440. In the fall of 2017, I taught HD 4440 and 6440 as well as a new course on the Nature of Leadership. In the fall of 2018, I taught HD 3450 and also HD 4540 and 6540, Creativity and Its Development. In recent years, I have taught HD 1170 on Adolescence. I plan in fall 2022 to teach a course on wisdom. I also advise undergraduate students who do research with me, most of whom sign up for credit through independent study. I meet with my students on a regular basis. I base my instruction on the augmented theory of successful intelligence, meaning that I emphasize in teaching and assessment creative, analytical, practical, and wisdom-based/ethical thinking.
HD 1100: Introduction to Lifespan Development
HD 1150: Human Development: Infancy and Childhood
HD 1160: Section for Infancy and Childhood
HD 3450: The Nature of Leadership
HD 4010: Empirical Research
HD 4440: The Nature of Human Intelligence
HD 6440: The Nature of Human Intelligence
HD 4450: Ethical Challenges in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
HD 6450: Ethical Challenges in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
HD 4550: The Psychology of Wisdom
2022
Ambrose, D., Sternberg, R. J., & Karami, S. (2022). In conclusion: Where we currently stand in the march toward transformational giftedness. In R. J. Sternberg, D. Ambrose, & S. Karami, (Eds.), Palgrave handbook of transformational giftedness for education (pp. 427-441). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Glück, J., & Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Wisdom, morality, and ethics. In R. J. Sternberg & J. Glück (Eds.), Wisdom: An introduction (pp. 118-134). Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The educational intervention gifted children need most: To become wise, not just smart. Gifted Education International, https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294221138
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The emperor has no clothes: The naked truth about the construct validity of traditional methods of gifted identification. Roeper Review, DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2022.2115179
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The field of psychology never maxed out on the ideas of Max Wertheimer: A new look at Productive Thinking. American Journal of Psychology, 135(2), 248-250. https://doi.org/10.5406/19398298.135.2.12
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Giftedness as trait vs. state. Roeper Review, 44(3), 135-143. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02783193.2022.2071365.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Identify transformational, not just transactional giftedness! Gifted Child Quarterly, 66(2), 159-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/001698622110379
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The intelligent attitude: What is missing from intelligence tests. Journal of Intelligence, 10,116. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence1004011
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The job search. In M. Prinstein (Ed.), The portable mentor (3rd ed., pp. 546-564). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Meta-intelligence: Understanding, control, and coordination of higher cognition processes. In R. M. Holm-Hadulla, J. Funke, & M. Wink (Eds.), Intelligence: Theories and applications (pp. 339-350). Springer. [Updated and fully translated version of 2021 book published by University of Heidelberg Press.)
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The missing links: What is missing from definitions of creativity? Journal of Creativity, 32, 100021, doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2022/100021.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The most important gift of all? The gift of courage. Roeper Review, 44(2), 73-81. DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2022.2043501
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Nonverbal communication in relationships as a link between affect and social intelligence. In R. J. Sternberg, & A. Kostic (Eds.), Nonverbal communication in close relationships (pp. 363-372). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022, March 25). Personal talent curation in the lifetime realization of gifted potential: The role of adaptive intelligence. Gifted Education International, https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294221086505c
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Positive creativity as the intersection between creativity, intelligence, and wisdom. In H. Kapoor & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Creativity and morality. Academic Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The role of ideals in intimate relationships. In A. Pismenny & B. Borgaard (Eds.), The moral psychology of love (pp. 89-106). New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). The search for the elusive basic processes underlying human
intelligence: Historical and contemporary perspectives. Journal of Intelligence, 10: 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10020028
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Transformational creativity. In V. Glaveanu, Palgrave encyclopedia of the possible. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_259-1
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Time bomb: How the Western conception of intelligence Is taking down humanity. In R. J. Sternberg & D. D. Preiss (Eds.), Intelligence in context: The cultural and historical foundations of human intelligence (pp. 393-411). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Transformational giftedness: Who’s got it and who does not? In R. J. Sternberg, D. Ambrose, & S. Karami, (Eds.), Palgrave handbook of transformational giftedness for education (pp. 355-371). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J. (2022, June 22). The vexing problem of dark giftedness. Gifted Education International, https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294221110459
Sternberg, R. J., Ambrose, D., & Karami, S. (Eds.) (2022). Palgrave handbook of transformational giftedness for education. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., Chowkase, A., Parra-Martinez, F. A., & Landy, J. (2022). Criterion-referenced assessment of intelligence: Is it possible, plausible, or practical? Journal of Intelligence, 10: 57. https: // doi.org /10.3390/jintelligence10030057
Sternberg, R. J., Conway, A. R. A., & Halpern, D. F. (Eds.) (2022). How intelligence can be a solution to consequential world problems. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-3650-7
Sternberg, R. J., & Desmet, O. (2022, July 20). Introduction to terminological controversies in gifted education. Gifted Education International, https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294221117096
Sternberg, R. J., Ehsan, H., & Ghahremani, M. (2022). Levels of teaching science to gifted children. Roeper Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2022.2115178
Sternberg, R. J., & Fischer, C. (2022). Diverging roads: Democracy, anocracy, autocracy, dictatorship? Possibility Studies and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699221128220
Sternberg, R. J., Glaveanu, V., & Kaufman, J. C. (2022). In quest of creativity: Three paths toward an elusive grail. Creativity Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2022.2107299
Sternberg, R. J., & Glück, J. (Eds.) (2022). The psychology of wisdom: An introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., & Glück, J (2022). What is wisdom and why is it important? In R. J. Sternberg & J. Glück (Eds.), Wisdom: An introduction (pp. 3-14). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., & Glück, J. (2022). Wisdom: The psychology of wise thoughts, words, and deeds. Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., Glück, J., & Karami, S. (2022). Psychological theories of wisdom. In R. J. Sternberg & J. Glück (Eds.), The psychology of wisdom: An introduction (pp. 53-69). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., Hurwitz, E. R., Hwang, A. H.-C., & Kuhl, M. K. (2022). Love of one’s musical instrument as a predictor of happiness and satisfaction with musical experience. Psychology of Music, https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356221095262
Sternberg, R. J., Jarvin, L., & Desmet, O. (2022). Lessons from the conservatory model as a basis for undergraduate education and the development of intelligence. Journal of Intelligence, https://doi: 10.3390/jintelligence10020034
Sternberg, R. J., & Kostic, A. (Eds.) (2022). Nonverbal communication in close relationships. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., & Lubart, T. (2022). Beyond defiance: An augmented investment perspective on creativity. Journal of Creative Behavior, DOI: 10.1002/jocb.567.
Sternberg, R. J., & Preiss, D. D. (2022). Conclusion: Intelligence does not inhere within the individual but rather in person x task x situation interactions. In R. J. Sternberg & D. D. Preiss (Eds.), Intelligence in context: The cultural and historical foundations of human intelligence (pp. 415-431). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., & Preiss, D. D. (Eds.) (2022). Intelligence in context: The cultural and historical foundations of human intelligence. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., Siriner, I., Oh, J., & Wong, C. H. (2022). Cultural intelligence: What is it and how can it effectively be measured? Journal of Intelligence, https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10030054
Tromp, C. H., & Sternberg, R. J. (2022). Dynamic creativity: A person x task x situation interaction framework. Journal of Creative Behavior, http://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.551
Tromp, C., & Sternberg, R. J. (2022). How constraints impact creativity: An interaction paradigm. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000493
2023
Desmet, O., & Sternberg, R. J. (2023, December 21). Those who gift only themselves: An analysis of gifted narcissists as ultimate self-transactionalists. Roeper Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2023.2285042
Ellis, B. J., Abrams, L. S., Masten, A. S., Sternberg, R. J., Tottenham, N., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2023). The hidden talents model: Implications for science, policy, and practice. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Kowal, M., Sorokowski, P., Dinić, B. M., Pisanski, K., Gjoneska, B., Frederick, D. A., Pfuhl, G., Milfont, T. L., Bode, A., Aguilar, L., García, F. E.,; Abad-Villaverde, B., Kavčič, T., Miroshnik, K. G., Ndukaihe, I. L. G., Šafárová, K., Valentova, J. V., Aavik, T., Blackburn, A. M., Çetinkaya, H., Duyar, I., Guemaz, F.,…,& Sternberg, R. J. (2023, October 26). Validation of the short version (TLS-15) of the Triangular Love Scale (TLS-45) across 37 languages. Archives of Sexual Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02702-7
Rodríguez-Fernández, M. I., & Sternberg, R. J. (2023). The search for meaning in the life of the gifted. Gifted Education International. https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294231189923
Sorokowski, P., Kowal, M., Sternberg, R. J., Aavik, T., Akello, G., Alhababah, M. M., & … Sorokowska, A. (2023, January 14). Modernization, collectivism, and gender equality predict love experiences in 45 countries. Scientific Reports, 13(1):773. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26663-4.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). A balance theory analysis of xenosophia. Possibility Studies and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/2753869923121491.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Cultural creativity: A componential model. In D. D. Preiss, M. Singer, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Innovation, culture, and change across cultures (pp. 363-387). Springer.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023, October 11). Eight lessons from my research on creativity. Greater Good Magazine, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/eight_lessons_from_my_research_on_creativity
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Evolving implicit metaphors for understanding giftedness: From banks to foundations. Roeper Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2023.2212617
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Foreword: The many worlds of college admissions. In K. Geisinger (Ed.), College admissions and college admissions testing in a time of transformational change (pp. ix-xix). New York: Routledge.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Giftedness does not reside within a person: Defining giftedness in society is a three-step process. Roeper Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2022.2145400.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). In the movies, someone always defuses the time bomb—in real life, not so much: What is wrong with contemporary conceptions of giftedness. In C. Fischer, C. Fischer-Ontrup, F. Käpnick, N. Neuber, & C. Reintjes (Eds.), Potentziale erkennen—Talente entwickeln—Bildung nachhaltig gestalten (pp. 373-379). Waxmann.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Individual, collective, and contextual aspects in the identification of giftedness. Gifted Education International, 40(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294231156986.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Intelligence. In Oxford research encyclopedias: Education: Education, cultures, and ethnicities, research and assessment methods. (Update to 2019 Encyclopedia article.) DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.872
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Intelligence is not the “entire repertoire of knowledge,” but rather the repertoire of adaptive knowledge: Commentary on Ackerman (2023). American Psychologist, 78(3), 301–302. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001082
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Intelligences. In G. R. Goethals, S. T. Allison, & G. J. Sorenson (Eds.), Sage encyclopedia of leadership studies. Sage.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Introduction: Intelligence, creativity, and wisdom: A brief intellectual history of the theory and research on their interrelationships. In R. J. Sternberg, J. C. Kaufman, & S. Karami (Eds.), Intelligence, creativity, and wisdom: Exploring their connections and distinctions (pp. 1-20). Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023, March 24). Review of Measuring researchers’ success more fairly: going beyond the H-index. Qeios ID: 8BKDMT. https://doi.org/10.32388/8BKDMT
Sternberg, R. J. (2023, December 21). The topic that is not to be discussed: The meaning and deployment of giftedness in the dominion of Lord Voldemort. Roeper Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2023.2285046
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Toxic giftedness. Roeper Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2022.2148311
Sternberg, R. J. (2023) Transformationelle Begabung: Wer besitzt sie und wer besitzt sie nicht? In C. Fischer, C. Fischer-Ontrup, F. Käpnick, N. Neuber, & C. (Eds.), Potenziale erkennen – Talente entwickeln – Bildung nachhaltig gestalten. (pp 285 – 301). Münster: Waxmann. https://www.waxmann.com/index.php?eID=download&buchnr=4667
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Unwrapping gifts: Understanding the inner workings of giftedness through a panoply of paradigms in the field of psychology. Roeper Review, DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2023.2172754
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). What is wisdom? Sketch of a TOP (tree of philosophy) theory. Review of General Psychology, Review of General Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680231215433.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). What matters is the deployment, not the possession of gifts: A tribute to Marcia Gentry. Roeper Review, 45(4), 243-251.
Sternberg, R. J. (2023). Why test-optional and other test-light options have worked so well in college admissions. College and University, 98(3), 37-44.
Sternberg, R. J., & Desmet, O. (2023). Giftedness in childhood. New York: Cambridge University Press. file:///Users/rjs487/Downloads/giftedness_in_childhood.pdf
Sternberg R. J., Co, C., Siriner, I., Soleimani Dashtaki, A., & Wong, C.-H. (2023). Cultural intelligence deployed in one’s own vs. in a different culture: The same or different? Journal of Intelligence, 11,212. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11110212.
Sternberg, R. J., Ghahremani, M., & Ehsan, H. (2023). Combating myside bias in scientific thinking: A special challenge for the gifted. Roeper Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2023.2212361
Sternberg, R. J., & Karami, S. (2023). Intelligence, creativity, wisdom: A 6P Analysis. In R. J. Sternberg, J. C. Kaufman, & S. Karami (Eds.), Intelligence, creativity, and wisdom: Exploring their connections and distinctions (pp. 339-366). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., & Karami, S. (2023). Technology: Does it help or harm intelligence—or both? In S. Mukherjee, V. Dutt, & N. Srinivasan (Eds.), Applied cognitive science and technology: Implications of interactions between human cognition and technology (pp. 251-259). Singapore: Springer Nature.
Sternberg, R. J., Kaufman, J. C., & Karami, S. (Eds.) (2023). Intelligence, creativity, and wisdom: Exploring their connections and distinctions. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., Preiss, D. D., & Karami, S. (2023). An historical causal-chain theory of conceptions of intelligence. Review of General Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680231158790
Sternberg, R. J., & Reis, S. M. (2023). In remembrance of Marcia Gentry: Major themes emerging in a special issue in her honor. Roeper Review, 45(4), 268-271.
Sternberg, R. J., & Reis, S. M. (2023). Introduction to the special issue in honor of Marcia Gentry. Roeper Review, 45(4), 215.
Sternberg, R. J., & Rodríguez-Fernández, M. I. (2023). Humanitarian giftedness. Gifted Education International, 40(1), 92-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294231167749
Sternberg, R. J., Tromp, C., & Karami, S. (2023). Intelligence, creativity, and wisdom are situated in the interaction among person x task x situation. In R. J. Sternberg, J. C. Kaufman, & S. Karami (Eds.), Intelligence, creativity, and wisdom: Exploring their connections and distinctions (pp. 367-386). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
2024
Sternberg, R. J. (2024). A duplex model of giftedness. Gifted Child Quarterly, 68(2), 91-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/00169862231217730.
Sternberg, R. J. (2024). Wrong suffix: Gifted education for career choice should focus on “gifting” rather than on being “gifted.” Gifted Education International, https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294241233508.
In press
Ehsan, H., & Sternberg, R. J. (in press). It’s not just London Bridge that Is falling down: The need to revisit mission in engineering education. In B. MacFarlane (Ed.), STEM education for high-ability learners (2nd ed.). Waco, TX: Prufock.
Renzulli, J. S., Sternberg, R. J., & Ambrose, D. (in press). The field of giftedness: Past, present, and prospects: An interview with Joseph S. Renzulli and Robert J. Sternberg. Roeper Review.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Sternberg, R. J. (in press). The 6P framework for understanding wisdom. In D. Rooney & J. P. Brienza (Eds.), The Elgar encyclopedia of wisdom. Edward Elgar Publishing Co.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Affirmative development of adaptive intelligence: Four errors in causal inferences about human abilities. Learning and Thriving Across the Lifespan: The 100-Year Intellectual Legacy of Professor Edmund W. Gordon. In M. Chatterji, A. S. Wells, & E. W. Gordon (Eds.), Teachers College Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). The balance theory of wisdom. In D. Rooney & J. P. Brienza (Eds.), The Elgar encyclopedia of wisdom. Edward Elgar Publishing Co.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Foreword to The Nature and Nurture of Talent: A New Foundation for Education and Optimal Human Development, by David Dai. Cambridge University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Intelligence. In F. Darbellay (Ed.), Elgar encyclopedia of inter- and transdisciplinarity. Edward Elgar.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Novelty and usefulness are not enough: What matters more is creative quality. In R. Reiter-Palmon, Z. Ivcevic, M. Grohman, & M. Tang (Eds.), Crises, creativity, and innovation. Palgrave.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Reality capture: Why we need transformational creativity more than ever before. In R. J. Sternberg & S. Karami (Eds.), Transformational creativity. Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Reflections on love. In R. Hanley (Ed.), Love: A history. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). The relationship of wisdom to intelligence and creativity. In D. Rooney & J. P. Brienza (Eds.), The Elgar encyclopedia of wisdom. Edward Elgar Publishing Co.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). The role of credulity in failed problem solving. In A. N. Wendt, D. Holt, & L. Stockhausen (Eds.), Complexity and problem-solving. Festschrift in honour of Joachim Funke’s 70th birthday. Heidelberg, Germany: University of Heidelberg Press.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Teaching for creativity was the right answer to the wrong question: So, what should we have asked? In J. Katz-Buonincontro & T. Kettler (Eds.), Oxford handbook of creativity and education. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sternberg. R. J. (in press). Transformational giftedness in action. Roeper Review.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). Varieties of transformational and transactional creativity. In R. J. Sternberg & S. Karami (Eds.), Transformational creativity. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). What’s wrong with the world anyway? Psychological origins of a collective failure of humanity. In M. D. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of multidisciplinary perspectives on character development. Routledge.
Sternberg, R. J. (in press). WICS: The super (necessary) constraints of creativity, intelligence, and wisdom synthesized. In C. Tromp, R. J. Sternberg, & D. Ambrose (Eds.), Constraints in creativity: An interdisciplinary exploration. Brill Publishers.
Sternberg, R. J., & Karami, S. (in press). Why transformational creativity? In R. J. Sternberg & S. Karami (Eds.), Transformational creativity. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., Landy, J., & Long, J. (in press). Measuring adaptive intelligence of the gifted through critical problem analysis. Roeper Review.
Sternberg, R. J., & Niu, W. (Eds.) (in press). Critical thinking across disciplines: Theory and classroom practice (Vol. 1). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., & Niu, W. (Eds.) (in press). Critical thinking across disciplines: Applications in the digital age (Vol. 2). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J., & Soleimani Dashtaki, A. (in press). Guilford’s insights on creativity: Reflections on their contribution. In V. Glaveanu, G. Puccio, & M. Schwartz (eds.), The mid-century creativity reader. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Sternberg, R. J., Wong, C. H., & Baydil, B. (in press). Understanding scientific wisdom. Roeper Review.
Tromp, C., Sternberg, R. J., & Ambrose, D. (Eds.) (in press). Constraints in creativity: An interdisciplinary exploration. Brill Publishers.
I am a member of the National Academy of Education and am a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
I have been an Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Heidelberg, where I taught this past summer (without honorarium).
Together with my wife, Karin Sternberg, we started a major website this year, lovemultiverse.com, which we actively update several times a week with information for readers about how to improve their intimate relationships.
March 22. I gave an invited address to the biennial meeting of SRCD, Baltimore, on adaptive intelligence.
April 29. I gave a colloquium at Pace University on adaptive intelligence and also received the Florence Denmark Award for my contributions to psychology.
June 28. I gave a colloquium to the Psychology Department at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, on adaptive intelligence. I also taught a course at Heidelberg on leadership.
August 7. I gave a Podcast for Cambridge University Press on intelligence.
August 29. I gave an invited lecture on teaching for successful intelligence to the entire professional staff of the Watkins Glen School District.
September 11. I gave a talk at Keeton House on the Western view of intelligence and why it is failing.
September 16. I gave a colloquium to HD and anyone else who was interested on why the GRE is inadequate for graduate admissions.
October 4. I gave an invited talk on adaptive intelligence to a national group of business people interested in emotional intelligence.
October 10. I met with a Dutch governmental group on reforming the Dutch system of assessment for university admissions.
October 21. I spoke to a Cornell undergraduate group of researchers (CURB) on adaptive intelligence.
November 12. I spoke to a Cornell undergraduate group of researchers on scientific thought.
President, American Psychological Association
President, Division 1 of APA
President, Division 15 of APA
President, Division 20 of APA
President, Division 25 of APA
President, The Eastern Psychological Association
President, The Federation of Association in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS)
President, The International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology
Treasurer, The Association of American Colleges and Universities
Chair , The Against Hate Action Group at the First Congregational Church of Ithaca
B.A., summa cum laude, honors with exceptional distinction in psychology, , Psychology, Yale University
Ph.D., Psychology, Stanford University