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Cognitive Science

All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.

Professors

Richard C. Atkinson, PhD, Emeritus

Richard K. Belew, PhD, Emeritus

Benjamin Bergen, PhD

Lera Boroditsky, PhD

Andrea A. Chiba, PhD

Aaron V. Cicourel, PhD, Emeritus

Seana Coulson, PhD

Sarah Creel, PhD

Gedeon O. Deák, PhD

Virginia de Sa, PhD

Jeffrey L. Elman, PhD, Emeritus

Gilles R. Fauconnier, PhD, Emeritus

James D. Hollan, PhD

Edwin Hutchins, PhD, Emeritus

Terry L. Jernigan, PhD

David J. Kirsh, PhD

Scott Klemmer, PhD

Marta Kutas, PhD

Jean M. Mandler, PhD, Emerita

Douglas A. Nitz, PhD, Department Chair

Donald A. Norman, PhD, Emeritus

Rafael Nuñez, PhD

Jaime A. Pineda, PhD, Emeritus

Joan Stiles, PhD, Emerita

David Zipser, PhD, Emeritus

Associate Professors

Steven P. Dow, PhD

Philip Guo, PhD

Eran Mukamel, PhD

Ayse Saygin, PhD

Bradley Voytek, PhD

Angela J. Yu, PhD

Assistant Professors

Deanna Green, PhD

Anastasia Kiyonaga, PhD

Marcelo Mattar, PhD

Lara Rangel, PhD

Federico Rossano, PhD

Haijun Xia, PhD

Assistant Teaching Professors

Shannon Ellis, PhD

Jason Fleischer, PhD

Taylor J. Scott, PhD

Drew Walker, PhD

Lecturers

Steven Barrera, PhD

Mary E. Boyle, PhD

Christine M. Johnson, PhD

Adjunct Professors

Anders Dale, PhD, Professor, Neurosciences and Radiology

Terrence J. Sejnowski, PhD, Professor/HHMI Investigator, Biological Sciences—Neurobiology, Computer Science and Engineering, and Neurosciences

The Interdisciplinary PhD Program

Professors

Farrell Ackerman, PhD, Linguistics

Stuart Anstis, PhD, Psychology, Emeritus

Adam Aron, PhD, Psychology

Richard C. Atkinson, PhD, Cognitive Science and Psychology, Emeritus

Eric J. Bakovic, PhD, Linguistics

William Bechtel, PhD, Philosophy

Richard K. Belew, PhD, Cognitive Science, Emeritus

Ursula Bellugi-Klima, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Psychology

Benjamin Bergen, PhD, Cognitive Science

Gregory Brown, PhD, Psychiatry, (In Residence)

Leslie Carver, PhD, Psychology

Gert Cauwenberghs, PhD, Bioengineering

Andrea A. Chiba, PhD, Cognitive Science

Patricia S. Churchland, BPhil, Philosophy, Emerita

Paul M. Churchland, PhD, Philosophy, Emeritus

Aaron V. Cicourel, PhD, Cognitive Science and Sociology, Emeritus

Jonathan Cohen, PhD, Philosophy

Garrison W. Cottrell, PhD, Program Director, Computer Science and Engineering

Seana Coulson, PhD, Cognitive Science 

Eric Courchesne, PhD, Neurosciences

Sarah Creel, PhD, Cognitive Science

Sanjoy Dasgupta, PhD, Computer Science and Engineering

Virginia de Sa, PhD, Cognitive Science

Gedeon O. Deák, PhD, Cognitive Science

Diana Deutsch, PhD, Psychology, Emerita

Karen R. Dobkins, PhD, Psychology

Charles P. Elkan, PhD, Computer Science and Engineering

Jeffrey L. Elman, PhD, Cognitive Science

Victor Ferreira, PhD, Psychology

Yoav Freund, PhD, Computer Science and Engineering

Timothy Gentner, PhD, Psychology

Rick Grush, PhD, Philosophy

Eric Halgren, PhD, Radiology

Christie Harris, PhD, Psychology

Gail Heyman, PhD, Psychology

Steven A. Hillyard, PhD, Neurosciences, Emeritus

James D. Hollan, PhD, Cognitive Science

Edwin Hutchins, PhD, Cognitive Science, Emeritus

Terry L. Jernigan, PhD, Cognitive Science

Walter H. Kaye, PhD, Psychiatry

Andrew Kehler, PhD, Linguistics

David J. Kirsh, PhD, Cognitive Science

Scott Klemmer, PhD, Cognitive Science

Robert E. Kluender, PhD, Linguistics

Marta Kutas, PhD, Cognitive Science

Gert Lanckriet, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Donald Macleod, PhD, Psychology, Recall Faculty

Jean M. Mandler, PhD, Cognitive Science, Emerita

Rachel Mayberry, PhD, Linguistics

Craig McKenzie, PhD, Rady School of Management

Hugh B. Mehan, PhD, Sociology, Emeritus

James J. Moore, PhD, Anthropology, Emeritus

John C. Moore, PhD, Linguistics

Douglas Nitz, PhD, Cognitive Science

Rafael Nuñez, PhD, Cognitive Science

Carol Padden, PhD, Communication

Steven Parish, PhD, Anthropology

Harold E. Pashler, PhD, Psychology

Jaime A. Pineda, PhD, Cognitive Science

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, PhD, Psychology

Timothy Rickard, PhD, Psychology

Akos Rona-Tas, PhD, Sociology

Sharon Rose, PhD, Linguistics

Lawrence Saul, PhD, Computer Science and Engineering

David P. Salmon, PhD, Neurosciences, (In Residence)

Terrence J. Sejnowski, PhD, Biological Sciences—Neurobiology

Katerina Semendeferi, PhD, Anthropology

John T. Serences, PhD, Psychology

Larry R. Squire, PhD, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neurosciences

Joan Stiles, PhD, Cognitive Science, Emerita

Shirley Strum, PhD, Anthropology

Clinton Tolley, PhD, Philosophy

Doris Trauner, MD, Neurosciences and Pediatrics

Piotr Winkielman, PhD, Psychology

John Wixted, PhD, Psychology

Nuno Vasconcelos, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professors

Morana Alac, PhD, Communication

Stephan Anagnostaras, PhD, Psychology

Lera Boroditsky, PhD, Cognitive Science

Catherina Gere, PhD, History

Ayelet Gneezy, PhD, Rady School of Management

Roger Levy, PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor, Linguistics

David H. Serlin, PhD, Communication

Bradley Voytek, PhD, Cognitive Science

Angela Yu, PhD, Cognitive Science

Assistant Professors

Philip Guo, PhD, Cognitive Science

Eran Mukamel, PhD, Cognitive Science

Lara Rangel, PhD, Cognitive Science

Federico Rossano, PhD, Cognitive Science

Bradley Voytek, PhD, Cognitive Science

Lecturers

Steven Barrera, PhD, Cognitive Science

Mary E. Boyle, PhD, Cognitive Science

Christine M. Johnson, PhD, Cognitive Science