Rochel Gelman (born January 23, 1942) is an emeritus
psychology professor at
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Science.
Gallistel is married to fellow psychologist
C. Randy Gallistel
Charles Ransom Gallistel (born May 18, 1941) is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University. He is an expert in the cognitive processes of learning and memory, using animal models to carry out research on these topics. Gallistel is ...
. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty she taught at the
University of California, Los Angeles.
Awards and honors
Dr. Gelman is a member of the
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...
,
winner of the 1995 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the
American Psychological Association (APA),
a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
the
Cognitive Science Society,
and a William James Fellow of the American Psychological Society.
She also serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF).
Dr. Gelman was featured on ''Closer to the Truth: Science, Meaning and the Future'', a
PBS series created, produced, and hosted by Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn.
References
External links
Profile at Rutgers University's Cognitive Development and Learning Lab*
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Living people
1942 births
Canadian psychologists
Developmental psychologists
Educational psychologists
Fellows of the Society of Experimental Psychologists
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
University of Toronto alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Rutgers University faculty
Cognitive development researchers
Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society