Jennifer Lerner

Professor of Public Policy and Management
Center for Public Leadership
Office Address
Taubman-150
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 124
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-9962
Email: Jennifer_Lerner@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Jessica Kustoff (617-495-7573)
Jennifer Lerner

Profile

Dr. Jennifer Lerner is Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. She holds additional faculty affiliations at Harvard's Center for Public Leadership, the Psychology Department, the Center for Business and Government, and the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences.

Professor Lerner co-founded and directs the Harvard Kennedy School's Bio-Behavioral Laboratory for Decision Research. The inter-disciplinary laboratory draws on psychology, economics, and neuroscience to study social and emotional influences on human judgment and decision-making. Her teaching revolves around the same set of topics, including executive education at Harvard's School of Public Health and Business School.

Professor Lerner has received several awards for her research, including the 2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The National Science Foundation and the White House annually award the PECASE as the highest national honor for investigators in the early stages of promising research careers.

Professor Lerner's research can be found in scientific journals as well as in popular print (e.g., The New York Times) and broadcast media (e.g., Good Morning America). Grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have nearly continuously funded her training and research.

Courses

Not Offered

  • API-304 Judgment and Decision Making

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