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67
Citations
25491
World Ranking
886
National Ranking
420

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1967 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Elliot W. Eisner was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spanned several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Psychology and Medicine.

Their scholarly work covered a range of subfields, including:

  • Applied Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • General Health Professions

Eisner's research topics addressed various aspects of mental health and related interventions. Key areas of study included:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry

Frequently publishing in specialized venues, Eisner contributed notably to:

  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • JMIR Mental Health
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Their recent publications included:

  • "Digital tools to support mental health: a survey study in psychosis," 2023, BMC Psychiatry
  • "Barriers and Facilitators of User Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions for People With Psychosis or Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Best-Fit Framework Synthesis," 2025, JMIR Mental Health
  • "Methodological Characteristics and Feasibility of Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies in Psychosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," 2023, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "Teaching webside manner: development and initial evaluation of a video consultation skills training module for undergraduate medical students," 2021, Medical Education Online
  • "Fear of relapse in schizophrenia: a mixed-methods systematic review," 2022, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Among frequent collaborators, Eisner co-authored works with:

  • Sandra Bucci
  • Shôn Lewis
  • Elizabeth Camacho
  • Xiaolong Zhang
  • Cara Richardson

Eisner received recognition for their contributions to educational research and psychology in the form of awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2008
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1969
  • Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association, 1967

Best Publications

  • The Enlightened Eye: Qualitative Inquiry and the Enhancement of Educational Practice

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • The Educational Imagination: On the Design and Evaluation of School Programs

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • The Arts and the Creation of Mind

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • The Promise and Perils of Alternative Forms of Data Representation

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • Qualitative Inquiry in Education: The Continuing Debate

    Elliot W. Eisner;Alan Peshkin

  • Educating Artistic Vision

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • On the Differences Between Scientific and Artistic Approaches to Qualitative Research

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • What Can Education Learn from the Arts about the Practice of Education

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • Forms of Understanding and the Future of Educational Research

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • Does Experience in the Arts Boost Academic Achievement

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • The Art Of Educational Evaluation: A Personal View

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • Conflicting conceptions of curriculum

    Elliot W. Eisner;Elizabeth Vallance

  • From episteme to phronesis to artistry in the study and improvement of teaching

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • Cognition and curriculum reconsidered

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • The kind of schools we need

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • The Primacy of Experience and the Politics of Method

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism: Their Form and Functions in Educational Evaluation

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • The Kind of Schools We Need: Personal Essays.

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • Handbook of Research and Policy in Art Education

    Elliot W. Eisner;Michael D. Day

  • Learning and teaching the ways of knowing

    Elliot W. Eisner

  • On Seeing in Educational Research@@@The Enlightened Eye: Qualitative Inquiry and the Enhancement of Educational Practice

    D. Jean Clandinin;Elliot Eisner

  • Educating Artistic Vision

    John A. Michael;Elliot W. Eisner

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner Harvard University
Alexander Luria
Alexander Luria Lomonosov Moscow State University
Julian C. Stanley
Julian C. Stanley Johns Hopkins University
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University
Michael Cole
Michael Cole University of East London
Marjorie Wilson
Marjorie Wilson University of Leeds
Maxine Greene
Maxine Greene Columbia University
D. Jean Clandinin
D. Jean Clandinin University of Alberta
Patrick Suppes
Patrick Suppes Stanford University

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