Kagan's books have made the bestseller lists, owing to his status as a popularizer of contemporary child psychology.
His more technical scholarship is a staple of child psychology courses around the country.
Kagan is the second tenured Harvard psychologist to announce that he will leave the department this year.
Earlier this fall, Lindsey Professor of Psychology Sheldon H. White '50-'51 announced his retirement. He will depart from Harvard after at the conclusion of the 2000-2001 school year.
To replace the two departures, the department has hired two cognitive neuroscientists.
Susan E. Carey '64 and Elizabeth S. Spelke '71 both accepted tenure here last week.
"We needed to recruit the two best senior people, and these are the two we came up with," said Daniel L. Schacter, chair of the psychology department.
Spelke is currently a professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. She received her PhD from Cornell.
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