Purdue Notebook 
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Berndt came to Purdue in 1984. Prior to that he was on the faculties at the University of Oklahoma and Yale University.
Berndt earned his doctorate in child psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1975. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Harvard College in 1971. His research has been primarily in the area of children's friendships and peer relationships.
Berndt has been a consultant to the National Institute of Health, most recently in 1996, and served on the panel on Work, Family and Community of the National Research Council in 1982. He has also served as an editor or consultant for journals such as Developmental Psychology, Child Development and Bulletin of the Hong Kong Psychological Society.
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