Shirley Feldman

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Shirley Feldman
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Fields Developmental psychology
Institutions Stanford University

Sarah Shirley Feldman (born March 1, 1944) [1] is an American developmental psychologist and senior research scientist in Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where she is also associate director in the Program in Human Biology. She was the director of Stanford's Center for the Study of Families, Children, and Youth from 1991 until the center closed in 1994. [2] [3] She collaborated with Paul R. Ehrlich on the 1977 book The Race Bomb: Skin Color, Prejudice, and Intelligence. [4] [5]

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  1. "Feldman, S. Shirley". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  2. "Feldman, S. Shirley". Center on Adolescence. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  3. "Youth Studies center to shut down for lack of funding". Stanford University. 1994-04-06. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  4. Stone, Lael (1978-12-07). "Debunking the race and IQ myth". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  5. "Books of The Times". The New York Times. 1977-10-01. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-03-05.