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Ellen Winner is a professor emerita of psychology at Boston College and a senior research associate at Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Over her career, she has authored five influential books, including 'Invented Worlds: Psychology and the Arts' (1982) and 'Art Works: Psychological Exploration' (2019). Her work focuses on the psychology of art and education, exploring how children's understanding of metaphor and irony develops through their interactions with art. Winner has co-authored several significant titles such as 'Studio Thinking' and has edited various handbooks on arts education. Currently, she is investigating the impact of Project Zero's educational frameworks and tools, which have been influential in art education since the project's founding in 1967. Through her research, Winner has contributed to the understanding of how educational experiences in the arts can enhance cognitive and emotional development in children.
Administered via Harvard Griffin GSAS; encompasses PhD in Education.