Jere Edward Brophy (June 11, 1940 – October 16, 2009)[1] was an American educational psychologist[2] and University Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University.
He then served as co-director of the Institute of Research on Teaching from 1981 to 1994 and then began attending the American Educational Research Association meetings.
He also was a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, was elected into the National Academy of Education, and was a recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Liège, Belgium in 2004.
[6] Brophy married Arlene in 1963 whom he met at the Marillac Social Center in Chicago.
[6] Brophy died in Okemos, Michigan in October 2009 at the age of 69.