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Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, director of the the USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education (CANDLE) and Fahmy and Donna Attallah Chair in Humanistic Psychology, has been elected to the , the organization announced on Friday, March 10.

The mission of the National Academy is to advance high-quality research that improves education policy and practice. Consisting of U.S. members and international associates, members of the academy are selected based on their portfolio of education-related research; Immordino-Yang joins 18 new members in this year’s class.

“This is among the most prestigious honors for an education researcher,” said ������̳ Dean Pedro A. Noguera. “Mary Helen’s remarkable academic career focuses on the psychology of education and development of learning. This recognition is a well-deserved honor.”

A professor of education at the ������̳ School of Education, Immordino-Yang studies the psychological and neurobiological bases of social emotion, self-awareness and culture and their implications for learning, development and schools. In addition, she is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the and faculty member at the .

“I am grateful to the National Academy members and my colleagues,” said Immordino-Yang. “This represents a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with some of the most respected thinkers in the field, and to contribute to much-needed innovations in what we value and how we understand and support schools and schooling in the modern era.”

Immordino-Yang joins Noguera among current ������̳ faculty in the National Academy. Previous faculty named to the academy include Ron Avi Astor, Estela Mara Bensimon, Shaun R. Harper, Robert Rueda, Gale Sinatra and William G. Tierney.