Associate Professor
Room: 818 COE
Phone: (404) 413-8314
Email: ackruger@gsu.edu
Vita
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, GA 30302-3979
EDUCATION:
MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST:
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kruger, A.C. (2011). Communion and culture. In S. R. Garrels (Ed.), Mimesis and science: Empirical research on imitation and the mimetic theory of culture and religion. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.
Kruger, A.C., & Konner, M. (2010). Who responds to crying? Maternal care and allocare among the !Kung. Human Nature, 21, 309-329.
Love, A., & Kruger, A.C. (2005). Teacher beliefs and student achievement in urban schools serving African American students. Journal of Educational Research, 99, 87-98.
Kapsch, L.A., & Kruger, A.C. (2004). Changes in children’s figure drawing following kinesthetic experience. Visual Arts Research, 30, 62-74.
Kruger, A.C., & Tomasello, M. (1996). Cultural learning and learning culture. In D.R. Olson & N. Torrance (Eds.), Handbook of education and human development: New models of learning, teaching, and schooling (pp. 369-387). Cambridge: Blackwell.
Kruger, A.C. (1993). Peer collaboration: Conflict, cooperation, or both? Social Development, 2, 165-182.
Tomasello, M., Kruger, A.C., & Ratner, H.H. (1993). Cultural learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16, 495-552.
Kruger, A.C. (1992). The effect of peer and adult-child transactive discussions on moral reasoning. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 38, 191-211.
Kruger, A.C., & Tomasello, M. (1986). Transactive discussions with peers and adults. Developmental Psychology, 22, 681-685.
SELECTED FUNDED RESEARCH
Kruger, A.C., Jones, C., & Jennings, D. (2008-12). Alliance Theatre Institute for Educators: Georgia Wolf Trap for English Language Learners (GWTELL). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement. $1,100,000.
Kruger, A.C., Jones, C., & Jennings, D. (2005-8). Georgia Wolf Trap / Alliance Theatre Institute for Educators. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement. $809, 316.