The Lewis Paeff and Edna Duchin Lipsitt Lectures in Child Behavior and Development were established by the Lipsitt family in 2000 to celebrate its many years of association with Brown University and to preserve an interest in child psychology at the University. This annual lecture is co-sponsored by Brown University and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. Rhode Island KIDS COUNT is a statewide children’s policy organization that works to improve the health, economic well-being, safety, education and development of Rhode Island children.
Previous speakers include the following:
- 2024: Kang Lee
- 2020: Elizabeth Spelke
- 2019: Kenneth Dodge
- 2018: Arnold Sameroff
- 2017: Daniel Keating
- 2016: David Hemenway
- 2014: Linda Espinosa
- 2013: James Comer
- 2012: Geraldine Dawson
- 2011: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
- 2010: David Hawkins
- 2009: David Kennedy; Teny Gross; Deborah Gorman-Smith
- 2008: Stephen Buka
- 2006: Richard Tremblay
- 2005: Ed Zigler; Jack Shonkoff
- 2004: Peter Ornstein
- 2003: David Goldston