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 Volume 22: No. 5, May 2008
Psychologists Named to Prestigious Academies
Four psychologists were among those 90 scientists recently elected to be a member or foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The three new members are:
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Thomas D. Albright, professor and director of the Vision Center Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. |
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Wilson S. Geisler, professor of psychology and biomedical engineering, David Wechsler Regents Chair in Psychology, and Director of the Center for Perceptual Systems at the University of Texas, Austin. |
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J. Anthony Movshon, Silver Professor, professor of neural science and psychology, and director of the Center for Neural Science at New York University. |
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The new foreign associate is:
Anne Cutler, professor at the Institute for Cognition and Information at the University of Nijmegen and director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands. |
APA congratulates all four honorees. The complete list of scientists elected to the National Academy this year can be found at: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04292008.
Also this month, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of seven individuals to its Section on Social and Developmental Psychology and Education. They are:
In Neurosciences, Cognitive Science, and Behavioral Biology:
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Robert Rescorla, Christopher H Browne Distinguished Professor in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania |
In Social and Developmental Psychology and Education:
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Mahzarin Banaji, Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics; Harvard University |
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Susan A. Gelman, Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan |
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Daniel T. Gilbert, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, Harvard University |
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Larry V. Hedges, Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Social Policy, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University |
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David A. Kenny, Professor of Psychology, University of Connecticut |
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Carol L. Krumhansl, Professor of Psychology, Cornell University |
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Alan M. Leslie, Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University
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George Loewenstein, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University |
More information about the American Academy of Arts and Sciences may be found at www.amacad.org.
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