Robert Kegan
Developmental psychologist and educator
Robert Kegan is an American developmental psychologist who taught at Harvard for forty years. His research looks at how adults keep growing and learning.
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American Born 1946 in Minnesota, United States
About Robert Kegan
Robert Kegan was born in 1946 and is an American developmental psychologist. He held a professorship in adult learning and professional development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he taught for forty years until he retired in 2016. His research and writing on adult development span some thirty years. He has argued that people can keep developing psychologically beyond adolescence, and that modern life requires it. Editions of his books The Evolving Self and In Over Our Heads exist in several languages. Immunity to Change is another of his books. Kegan is a licensed psychologist and practicing therapist. He also lectures to professional and general audiences and consults on professional and organization development. He served as co-director of the Change Leadership Group.