Guest Speaker to Discuss Expanding Admission Criteria

From Jeanne Hearn, President’s Office: Dr. Robert J. Sternberg, psychologist, psychometrician, and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, will be the featured speaker on Friday, February 20, 2–4 p.m., in the Redfern Arts Center Recital Hall.

A summa cum laude graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in Psychology, Sternberg holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and has authored more than 1000 books, book chapters, and articles. He will discuss his triarchic theory of intelligence, authored in 2003, which broadens conventional definitions of intelligence. During his presentation, Dr. Sternberg will discuss his work at Tufts University in expanding admission criteria for undergraduate students to evaluate their capacity for success, exploring the cultural differences and intelligences of students.