Michael Tanenhaus

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Michael Tanenhaus
Born	Iowa City
Alma mater	University of Iowa Columbia University
Scientific career
Institutions	Antioch College University of Rochester Wayne State University

Michael Tanenhaus is an American psycholinguist, author, and lecturer. He is the Beverly Petterson Bishop and Charles W. Bishop Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics at the University of Rochester. From 1996 to 2000 and 2003–2009 he served as Director of the Center for Language Sciences at the University of Rochester.

Tanenhaus's research focuses on processes which underlie real-time spoken language and reading comprehension. He is also interested in the relationship between linguistic and various non-linguistic contexts.