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Lynn S. Liben (born YEAR if info is available, also YEAR of death if applicable) is a scientist known for her research on child development, racial stereotypes and her knowledge on space and gender including the study of sex-related differences in spatial skills and of the gender gap in performance on the annual National Geographic Bee. She holds the position of Developmental Psychology professor and director of the cognitive and social development lab at Penn State University.

Dr. Liben is past President of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Division 7 (Developmental) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and the Piaget Society. She also does editing for many articles on psychology and has many publications to add to her work. She is currently the editor of the Monographs of the society for research in child development and was previously Editor of Child Development and of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Biography
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Liben received her undergraduate degree (BA)in Psychology at Cornell University. She attended graduate school at Michigan University where she obtained her Ph.D in Developmental Psychology. She worked under the supervision of [Insert Name of Mentor] at [Insert University]. Some of the work Liben researched are addressing sexism with children, Understanding and Undermining the development of gender dichotomies, probability values and human values in evaluating single-sex education sex roles and much more.

Liben spent most of her time at Penn State during her career but has held multiple faculty appointments at the University of Rochester and the University of Pittsburgh. She also spent sabbatical leaves at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard, the National Geographic Society, the City University of New York, the University of Freiburg, New York University, and the University of Canberra. Some of her positions outside of Penn State include Visiting Scholar, STEM Education Research Centre (SERC), Faculty of Education, University of Canberra, Bruce ACT 2601 Australia,Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; New York University,Guest Professor, Department of Economics and Behavioral Sciences; Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany.

Liben has been actively involved in research and professional activities at the intersection of developmental psychology and education. Founding Director of the Child Study Center,

Research
Libens research includes current status and future directions of research on race, ethnicity, and culture in child development. Research in the special issue disentangles race, ethnicity, culture, and immigrant status, and identifies mediators of sociocultural variables on developmental outcomes. Research on normal development in context for ethnic and racial minority children, addresses racial and ethnic identity development. With her work we now have better understandings as to why these specific factor effect developmental outcomes. What impact has the work had on society?

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