Howard Gardner
The John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, GSE
Gardner is best known in educational circles for his theory of multiple intelligences, a critique of the notion that there exists but a single human intelligence that can be assessed by standard psychometric instruments.For twenty years, he carried out neuropsychological research at the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center. He is also a co-founder of the Mind, Brain, and Education concentration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.