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Richard Shweder

American anthropologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1945 · age 81

Richard Allan Shweder is an American cultural anthropologist and a figure in cultural psychology. He is currently Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Human Development in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1985
AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research

About this person

He is the author of Thinking Through Cultures: Expeditions in Cultural Psychology (1991) and Why Do Men Barbecue? Recipes for Cultural Psychology (2003).

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81