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Kimberly Wright Cassidy
Kimberly Wright Cassidy (born c. 1963) was named the ninth president of Bryn Mawr College on February 12, 2014[1] and was formally inaugurated on September 20, 2014.[2] She had served as interim president since Jane Dammen McAuliffe ended her term as president on June 30, 2013.[3]
Kim Cassidy | |
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Cassidy in 2000 | |
| 9th President of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2013 Acting: June 30, 2013 – September 20, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Dammen McAuliffe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | The development of the child's theory of mind (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Kelly |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Institutions | Bryn Mawr College |
Education edit
Cassidy received her master's degree and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and earned a bachelor's degree with distinction in psychology from Swarthmore College.[4]
Career edit
Cassidy joined the Bryn Mawr faculty in the Department of Psychology in 1993, and was Chair of Bryn Mawr's Department of Psychology from 2004 to 2007. She was the Provost from 2007 until she became the Interim President on July 1, 2013.[5]
Works edit
- Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Kemler Nelson, Deborah G.; Jusczyk, Peter W.; Cassidy, Kimberly Wright; Druss, Benjamin; Kennedy, Lori (1987). "Clauses are perceptual units for young infants". Cognition. 26 (3): 269–286. doi:10.1016/S0010-0277(87)80002-1. ISSN 0010-0277. PMID 3677573. S2CID 31433274.
- Nelson, Deborah G. Kemler; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Jusczyk, Peter W.; Cassidy, Kimberly Wright (2009). "How the prosodic cues in motherese might assist language learning". Journal of Child Language. 16 (1): 55–68. doi:10.1017/S030500090001343X. ISSN 0305-0009. PMID 2925815. S2CID 2682574.
- Cassidy, Kimberly Wright; Kelly, Michael H. (1991). "Phonological information for grammatical category assignments". Journal of Memory and Language. 30 (3): 348–369. doi:10.1016/0749-596X(91)90041-H. ISSN 0749-596X.
- Cassidy, Kimberly Wright; Werner, Rebecca Stetson; Rourke, Mary; Zubernis, Lynn S.; Balaraman, Geetha (2003). "The Relationship Between Psychological Understanding and Positive Social Behaviors". Social Development. 12 (2): 198–221. doi:10.1111/1467-9507.00229. ISSN 0961-205X.
References edit
- ^ Susan Snyder (12 February 2014). "Bryn Mawr College names Cassidy as ninth president". philly.com. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "'Interim' no more, Bryn Mawr's president moves forward". philly.com. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
- ^ . Bryn Mawr College. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "Bryn Mawr Board Appoints Provost Kimberly Wright Cassidy as Interim President : News". news.brynmawr.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
- ^ "A Leader for Us All - Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin". bulletin.brynmawr.edu.