David Pillemer
Senior Fellow
David B. Pillemer is the Dr. Samuel E. Paul Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of New Hampshire. Previously, he was Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College. At Wellesley, Pillemer was Faculty Director of the Pforzheimer Learning & Teaching Center and Psychological Director of the Wellesley College Child Study Center.
Pillemer’s research specialty is autobiographical memory across the life span. He has studied memory development in children, memory and self-esteem, “flashbulb” memories of momentous events, memories of educational experiences, and gender and cultural differences in memory performance. A new area of research examines the psychological meaning of cross-cultural variations in infants’ sleep arrangements and special object attachments. He is the author or editor of several books, including Momentous Events, Vivid Memories and Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research, both published by Harvard University Press, and Developmental Psychology and Social Change, published by Cambridge University Press.