Although retired, Dr. Lynch is a Professor Emeritus and serves in an advisory role with Northeastern University and plans to continue doing so in the years ahead.
WALPOLE, MA, June 28, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Mervin Lynch has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A licensed psychologist with a passion for social sciences, Dr. Lynch dedicated his career to bettering society through education. A retired professor emeritus for Northeastern University, he is highly regarded for his prominent role in the research and development of measuring affective behaviors, self-concepts, dogmatism, creative behavior and mood state in children. Coming from a background of research in Mass Communication and Education, he held impactful roles as the director of national symposia on self-concept and on creativity in children, the director of graduate programs, and lead evaluation consultant for the national science prism project with Northeastern. In recognition of professional excellence over four decades, Dr. Lynch was an invited member of two national panels on self-concept and locus of control, one supported by funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the other supported by funds from the U.S. Office of Education, and has achieved 10- and 25-year distinguished service awards from research organizations he served as President, The New England Educational Research Organizations and ones he has founded and served as President and Executive Officer, The Eastern Educational Research Organization, and The Association for the Advancement of Educational Research.
Dr. Lynch holds a Bachelor of Science from Iowa State University, a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. However, it is not just his education that has led Dr. Lynch to obtain national recognition for this work; it is largely due to his passion for social sciences and human health subjects. Throughout his career, he authored a number of professional articles and papers on trends in theory and research as they pertain to children's behavior, and he published three books, entitled "Elements of Statistical Inference in Education & Psychology," "Self-Concept: Current Trends in Theory and Research," and "Teaching the Creative Child: K-8." Although retired, Dr. Lynch is a Professor Emeritus and serves in an advisory role with Northeastern University and plans to continue doing so in the years ahead.
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