Lera Boroditsky

Lera Boroditsky
Left to right: Performance artist Xandra Ibarra, cultural anthropologist Adrian Van Allen, Boroditsky in 2017
Born
Belarus
Alma materNorthwestern University
(BA, 1996),
Stanford University
(PhD, 2001)
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorGordon H. Bower

Lera Boroditsky (born c.1976[1]) is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and cognition. She is one of the main contributors to the theory of linguistic relativity.[2] She is a Searle Scholar, a McDonnell Scholar, recipient of a National Science Foundation Career award, and an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientist.[3] She is Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. She previously served on the faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Stanford University.

  1. ^ Hamilton, Joan O'C. (5 October 2011). "You Say Up, I Say Yesterday". stanfordmag.org. Stanford Magazine May/June 2010.
  2. ^ "Boroditsky – Papers". lera.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  3. ^ "Curriculum Vitae – Lera Boroditsky". lera.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-25.