Robert J. Sternberg , is an American psychologist and psychometrician and the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University. He was formerly IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University and the President of the American Psychological Association. He is a member of the editorial boards of numerous journals, including American Psychologist. Sternberg has a BA from Yale University and a PhD from Stanford University. He holds nine honorary doctorates from one South American and eight European universities, and additionally holds an honorary professorate at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.