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My research maintains that cognitive performance is often inextricably linked to cultural contexts. Cultural contexts provide systems of meaning that influence how individuals come to understand the world around them, and it is within these contexts that individuals develop approaches to thinking and problem solving. In terms of education, this work suggests that the best performance occurs when the context for learning builds upon the cultural experiences of the learner.
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Brenda A. Allen is Associate Provost and Director of Institutional Diversity at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She received her B.A. in 1981 from Lincoln University, PA. and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Howard University in 1984 and 1988, respectively. From 1987 – 1990 she was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in the departments of Psychology and African/African American Studies at Yale University. Allen went to Smith College in 1990 where she was a Professor of Psychology. In 2000, she became the Assistant to the President and Director of Institutional Diversity at Smith. Brenda joined the administration at Brown in July, 2003. She also is an Adjunct Professor in the Deapartment of Africana Studies.
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