Harris Cooper | |
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Born | United States |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Academic psychologist |
Awards | Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research, American Educational Research Association (1984) Frederick Mosteller Award for Contributions to Research Synthesis Methodology, International Campbell Collaboration (2007) Ingram Olkin Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contribution to Research Synthesis, Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (2008) |
Academic background | |
Education | B.A., psychology and sociology M.A., psychology Ph.D., social psychology |
Alma mater | State University of New York at Stony Brook University of Connecticut |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Duke University |
Harris Cooper is an American academic social psychologist and an author of nonfiction books. He is the Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Duke University.[1]
Cooper is best known for his works on research synthesis methodology and educational policies and practices. Among his authored works are publications in academic journals, including Psychological Bulletin and American Psychologist[2] as well as books such as Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis: A Step-by-Step Approach[3] and Ethical Choices in Research: Managing Data, Writing Reports, and Publishing Results in the Social Sciences.[4] He is the recipient of the 2008 Ingram Olkin Award from the Society of Research Synthesis Methodology.[5]
Cooper is the editor-in-chief of the journal American Psychologist.[6]