Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot | |
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| Born | August 22, 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Notable students | Eve Ewing Adrienne Keene Stephen Raudenbush Sarah Dryden-Peterson |
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (born August 22, 1944) is an American sociologist who examines the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom life, socialization within families and communities, and the relationships between culture and learning styles. She is the Emily Hargroves Fisher professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a 1984 MacArthur Genius.