Lisa M. Oakes is an American psychologist and professor who has made major contributions to understanding infant cognitive development. She wrote an influential book, ''Developmental Cascades: Building the Infant Mind''(with David Rakison), which promotes a cascades approach to conceptualizing development. She also wrote a textbook on infant psychological development, ''Infancy: The development of the whole child'' (with Vanessa LoBue and Marianella Casasola). From 2018-2020, she was the President of the International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS), the major professional society for research on infant psychological development, and she is currently Editor-in-Chief of the society’s journal, ''Infancy''.
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