BJ Casey

BJ Casey
OccupationProfessor of Psychology
Awards
  • 2017 Social & Affective Neuroscience Society Distinguished Scholar Award
  • 2019 Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Huttenlocher Award
  • 2021 Association for Psychological Science Lifetime Achievement Mentor Award
  • 2022 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
  • 2023 Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Neuroscience
Academic background
Alma materAppalachian State University
University of South Carolina
Academic work
InstitutionsBarnard College of Columbia University

Betty Jo "BJ" Casey[1] is an American cognitive neuroscientist and expert on adolescent brain development and self control.[2] She is the Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience at Barnard College of Columbia University where she directs the Fundamentals of the Adolescent Brain (FAB) Lab[3] and is an Affiliated Professor of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, Yale University.

Casey has served on several national and international advisory boards and has won numerous honors and awards for her scientific discoveries that have been featured in several media outlets such as National Geographic,[4] Time,[5] and NPR.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Cohen, Joyce (2009-02-27). "A Wish List Fulfilled for an Apartment Hunter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  2. ^ "Research Highlights Strengths Of Adolescent Brain". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  3. ^ "FABLAB | Barnard College". Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  4. ^ "Teenage Brains". Magazine. 2011-10-01. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  5. ^ "Why Teenage Brains Are So Hard to Understand". Time. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  6. ^ "Understanding The Mysterious Teenage Brain". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  7. ^ "The Teen Brain: Half Baked or Well Done?". Support our science. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  8. ^ "Letters: Science And Religion, And The Teenage Brain". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.