Vita

Charles R. Gallistel
Born: May 18, 1941
Marital Status: Married to Rochel Gelman, December 21, 1969
Children: Adam Hirshel, June 28, 1975

 

Academic History

Stanford University, A.B., 1963
Yale University, Ph.D., 1966

 

Professional Background

2000-   Professor (II) of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Rutgers University
2002-2010 Co-Director Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
1989-2000 Professor of Psychology, UCLA (now Emeritus)
1989-2000 Member of the Interdisciplinary Degree Program in Neuroscience, UCLA
1988-1989 Bernard L. & Ida E. Grossman Term Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1983-1989 Member of the Graduate Group in Neuroscience, Univ. of Penn.
1981-1984 Chair, Department of Psychology, Univ. of Penn.
1979-1983 Member of the Graduate Group in Biology, Univ. of Penn.
1976-1989 Professor, Department of Psychology, Univ. of Penn.
1966-1976 Assistant Professor - Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

 

Honors

  • Member National Academy of Sciences (USA) 2002
  • Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2001
  • William James Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science 2006
  • Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists
  • Warren Medal of the Society of Experimental Psychologists 2006
  • Hebb Award from Division 6 of the American Psychological Association 2011
  • Fellow, Sage Mind Institute, UC, Santa Barbara, Mid May-June, 2008
  • Schlossberg Lecture, Brown, 2010
  • Teuber Lecturer MIT 2006
  • Blackwell Lectureship, University of Maryland, Nov 2003
  • APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer (MPA, May 2004)
  • MacEachern Lectureship, University of Alberta, Oct. 1997
  • James McKeen Cattell Fund Sabbatical Award '95-'96
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1984-1985
  • Chair Section J (Psychology) AAAS (1995)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

 

National Administrative Posts and Memberships

  • Publication Board, Psychonomic Society, 2002 - 2009
  • APS Advisory Board 2001 – 2004
  • Member Physiology, Behavior and Neuroscience Study Section, NIMH  (1996-1998)
  • Co-chair Basic Behavioral Processes Sub-Committee of NIMH Basic Behav. Sciences Task Force, 1993
  • Founding coeditor of Current Directions in Psychological Science (1991-1995)
  • Chair, Publication Board, Psychonomic Society (1987-1989)
  • Chair, Animal Res. Comm., Fed. of Behav., Psychol., and Cog. Sciences(1986 - 1989)
  • Editorial Board of Cognition (1991- 2006)
  • Member, Association for Psychological Science
  • Member, Society for Neuroscience

 

Website: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/gallistel