Sylvia Scribner (1923 – July 20, 1991) was an American psychologist and educational researcher who focused on the role of culture in literacy and learning.
[3] She held a series of positions prior to becoming a faculty member of the CUNY Graduate School in 1981, including: senior research associate at Rockefeller University (1970–1978); associate director of the National Institute of Education (1978–1979); and senior scientist at the Center for Applied Linguistics (1979–1981).
Her seminal work is perhaps The Psychology of Literacy[4] with co-author Michael Cole, on linguistics and learning in the Vai of Liberia.
The editors all were close with Scribner: Ethel Tobach, Rachel Joffe Falmagne, Mary Brown Parlee, & Laura M.W.
[6] Recipients include Marilyn Jager Adams, Richard C. Anderson, Gavriel Salomon, and Keith Stanovich.