Robert Golinkoff, Ph. DUDEL

Academic Honors

HONORS, AWARDS, SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh. Sponsor: Dr. Robert Glaser, 1972-1974.

Graduate Teaching Award, College of Education, University of Delaware, 1978.

Supervised dissertation of Carol Harding, Recipient of George Herbert Ryden

Dissertation Prize. University of Delaware, 1981.

Sloan Fellow in Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1980-1981.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, 1988.

James McKeen Cattell Supplemental Sabbatical Award for Psychologists, 1988.

Distinguished Faculty Award, College of Education, University of Delaware, 1988.

Supervised senior honors thesis of Laura E. Kenealy, Recipient of

Senior Research Award, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, 1993.

Research Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study, University of Delaware, 1993-1994.

Named H. Rodney Sharp Professor, University of Delaware, 1995.

Research featured on PBS series "Human Language; “Good Day Philadelphia;” “Good Morning America;” Fox Washington, DC morning show; National Public Radio; “Wake up Baltimore!”; Comcast Television Morning Show; and ABC World News.

Member, Honor’s Committee in Linguistics, Swarthmore College, 1999, 2002, 2003.

Fellow, American Psychological Association Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) and Division 15 (Educational Psychology).

Nominated for the Build a Better Life Award (2003) for the book (co-authored with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek), Einstein never used flash cards: How our children really learn and why they need play more and memorize less. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press.

Winner, Books for a Better Life Award (2004) for Einstein never used flash cards: How our children really learn and why they need to play more and memorize less. (co-authored with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek) Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press.

Exhibit, PlayWorks, at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, based on the ideas in our book, Einstein never used flash cards: How our children really learn and why they need to play more and memorize less. (September, 2006).

Keynote Address, with K. Hirsh-Pasek, Boston University Conference on Language Development, (November, 2006).

Major Address to Governor Timothy M. Kaine at his Smart Beginnings Summit, Richmond, VA (August, 2006).

Associate Editor, Child Development. Scholar in Residence: Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, CNRS - Université Paris Descartes Centre Biomédical des Saints Pères, May – June, 2007.

GRANTS

Over the years, I have been very fortunate to have my work on language development funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.  I thank these agencies and all the people who are involved in the review process. 

These grants are one of the reasons that I am so committed to writing popular press books.  These books represent a kind of “payback” for the investment of your tax dollars in my work!  It also gives me a chance to share the excitement of research and the significant findings that emerge with people who enjoy learning about children’s amazing capabilities.