Department of Psychology

Bonnie Kanner, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Office: Sullivan 242C

Phone: (508) 929-8782

Email: bkanner@worcester.edu

Education

MS, CAS - School Psychology - University of Albany, SUNY

PhD - Developmental Psychology - Clark University

BA - SUNY Albany  

Area of Specialization

Social and cognitive development among peers, from preschool through late childhood.  Enculturated beliefs about marriage among college-aged young adults in India and the U.S.

Representative Scholarly Activity

Lewandowski,**T., Kanner, B., & Mishra, G. Cultural Differences in College Students’  Expectations

 for Marriage in India and the United States.  A poster submitted to the Undergraduate Research

Conference at Mt. Holyoke College, April, 2001.

Kanner, B. G. (2002).  The cultural framing of conceptions of development. Psychology and Developing

Societies, 14, 1.

Kanner, B. G. & Budwig, N. (June, 2000). Linking Age-Related Changes in Preschoolers’ Conflicts and

Conflict Resolutions to Their Developing Understanding of Self and Other. Paper to be presented at

the 30^th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Montreal, Canada.  

Davisson, D., LeMay, E., & Kanner, B. G. (submitted for April, 2000). A Cultural Comparison of

Parents’ Beliefs and Values Concerning Their Parenting Roles and Maturity Demands in India and the

United States.  A paper submitted for presentation at the 25^th Annual Greater Boston Undergraduate

Psychological Research Conference, Massachusetts.