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Dr. Jeremy E. Sawyer is Assistant Professor of Psychology at CUNY鈥檚 911爆料 Community College. Jeremy studies how Vygotskian theory applies to children鈥檚 development of language, cognition, and motivation. He has published on children鈥檚 private speech, bilingualism, play and playful learning, and how political activism may reduce implicit bias. Jeremy鈥檚 research on the Black Lives Matter movement and implicit racial bias has been covered in outlets including Pacific Standard, Popular Science, World Economic Forum, and The New York Times.

Jeremy teaches courses in developmental and educational psychology, and a course on disabilities geared toward educational settings. Jeremy has a doctorate in Developmental Psychology from the CUNY Graduate Center, and he is a NY State certified Bilingual (Spanish/English) School Psychologist who worked with children with disabilities in NYC Public Schools.

Jeremy co-facilitates CUNY Unlimited - a group of faculty, staff, and students that focuses on including students with intellectual disabilities in higher education. An avid chess player, Jeremy advises the KCC Chess Club. Originally from Buffalo, NY, Jeremy has lived in Florida, Georgia, California, and Medellin, Colombia.

KCC Courses

PSY 35: Educational Psychology

PSY 32: Developmental Psychology

PSY 24: Psychological Disorders in Young Children

Education

Ph.D. Developmental Psychology (CUNY Graduate Center)

M.S.Ed. School Psychology, Bilingual Spanish Extension (Queens College, CUNY)

B.A. Psychology (Stanford University, CA)

College Teaching

CUNY 911爆料 Community College (2018-Present)

Hunter College, Queens College, and College of Staten Island (2014-2017)

Selected Publications

Sawyer, J. & Brooks, P. J. (2021). Sociodramatic play enhances preschoolers鈥� private speech and motivation across activities. Cognitive Development, 59.

Gampa, A. & Sawyer, J. (2021). Science for the People, 23(3), 56-59.

Sawyer, J. & Gampa, A. (2020). Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(1), 198-219.

Schlesinger, M., Sawyer, J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Fabiano, R.  (2020). Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice, 3(1):5, 1-13.

Schlesinger, M. A., Hassinger-Das, B., Zosh, J. M., Sawyer, J., Evans, N. E., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 19(2):5, 202-216.

Murano, D., Sawyer, J., & Lipnevich, A. (2020). Review of Educational Research, 90(2), 227-263.

Sawyer, J. & Goldstein, T. (2019). Empirical Studies of the Arts, 37(1), 32鈥�59.

Sawyer, J. & Gampa, A. (2018). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44(7), 1039鈥�1059.

Sawyer, J. & Stetsenko, A. (2018). Special issue of Language Sciences: Karl Marx and the Language Sciences, 70, 143-154.

Sawyer, J., Obeid, R., Bublitz, D., Schwartz, A., Brooks, P. J. & Richmond, A. J. (2017). Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 3(4), 257-271.

Sawyer, J. (2017). Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 38, 84-96.

Sawyer, J. (2016). Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 36, 489-505.

Research Interests

Children鈥檚 private speech (self-talk) as a tool for imagination, cultural understanding, and cognitive development.

Sociodramatic play and playful learning.

Psychological effects of activism and social movements such as Black Lives Matter, the Disability Rights Movement, and labor activism.

Institutional Affiliations

Jean Piaget Society (JPS)

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

International Society for Cultural-historical and Activity Research (ISCAR)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Awards and Grants

PSC-CUNY Research Award, 2021-2022 (Traditional B). 鈥淧utting the 鈥榤ovement鈥� into psychology: Integrating Vygotsky, social psychology, and social movements.鈥�

CUNY Community College Research Grant Program (CCRG), 2021. 鈥淏uilding the Early Part of the Teacher Pipeline: Factors that Impact Transfer and Retention Rates of Early Childhood Education Community College Students.鈥� Rebecca Garte and Jeremy Sawyer.

PSC-CUNY Research Award, 2019-2020 (Traditional A). To support psychological research on work alienation, class consciousness, and activism.

William Stewart Travel Award, 2019-2020.

Semi-Finalist, National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship, 2017. National Academy of Education, Washington, DC.

In the Media

Research covered in World Economic Forum article 鈥淐olourism: How skin-tone bias affects racial equality at work.鈥� (August 26th, 2020)

Interviewed for Popular Science article 鈥淎nti-Black bias affects just about everyone. What鈥檚 the best way to deal with implicit racism?鈥� (June 17th, 2020)

Research covered in CUNY Graduate Center Psychology News story 鈥淗opeful finding for protests: Racial bias declines during the Black Lives Matter movement.鈥� (June 9th, 2020)

Research covered in The New York Times article 鈥淲hy most Americans support the protests.鈥� (June 5th, 2020)

Research featured in 鈥�13 Scholars Shedding Light on the Roots of Racial Injustice." (February 7, 2020) CUNY Graduate Center News.

Research featured in Sum article 鈥淗ow did #BlackLivesMatter affect racism?鈥� (August 29th, 2018)

Interviewed for PsyPost article 鈥淪tudy: Racial bias declined during the Black Lives Matter movement 鈥� but not during Obama鈥檚 presidency鈥� (April 11th, 2018)

Research featured in Pacific Standard article 鈥淩acism declined during the Black Lives Matter campaign鈥� (April 2nd, 2018)

Personal Interests

Chess, tennis, travel, trying to learn guitar, and raising a toddler.