Susan Gelman

Susan Gelman
Gelman in 2016
Born (1957-07-24) July 24, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOberlin College, Stanford University
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology and linguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Websitesites.lsa.umich.edu/gelman-lab
External videos
video icon “Henry Russel Lecture 2021”, University of Michigan, Gelman's lecture begins @17 minutes in.

Susan A. Gelman (born July 24, 1957) is currently Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of psychology and linguistics and the director of the Conceptual Development Laboratory at the University of Michigan.[1] Gelman studies language and concept development in young children.[2][3] Gelman subscribes to the domain specificity view of cognition, which asserts that the mind is composed of specialized modules supervising specific functions in the human and other animals.[4][5][6] Her book The Essential Child is an influential work on cognitive development.

Gelman was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2008[7] and the National Academy of Sciences in 2012.[8] She has served as the President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (2018)[9] and the President of the Cognitive Development Society (2005-2007).[10][11] Gelman was a founding co-editor of the journal the Annual Review of Developmental Psychology.[12]

  1. ^ "Susan Gelman". University of Michigan. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ Foster-Hanson, E.; Leslie, S.J. (2016). "How does generic language elicit essentialist beliefs?". In Rhodes, M.; Papafragou, A.; Grodner, D.; Mirman, D.; Trueswell, J.C. (eds.). Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Cognitive Science Society. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ^ Gelman, Susan A. (1 January 2009). "Learning from Others: Children's Construction of Concepts". Annual Review of Psychology. 60 (1): 115–140. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093659. ISSN 0066-4308. PMC 2829654. PMID 18631027. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. ^ Visala, Aku (28 June 2013). Naturalism, Theism and the Cognitive Study of Religion: Religion Explained?. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4094-8155-3. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ Smith, Michael Sharwood; Truscott, John (2014). The Multilingual Mind: A Modular Processing Perspective. Cambridge University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9781107729605.
  6. ^ Carey, Susan (2011). The Origin of Concepts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 272, 383.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Academy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Wadley, Jared (2012-05-03). "Psychology researcher Susan Gelman elected to National Academy of Sciences". Record Update. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Past Presidents". Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  10. ^ "About CDS (Past Officers)". Cognitive Development Society. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  11. ^ Wellman, Henry M.; Ornstein, Peter A.; Woodward, Amanda; Uttal, David (2017). "History of the Cognitive Development Society: The First 16 Years". Journal of Cognition and Development. 18 (3): 392–397. doi:10.1080/15248372.2016.1276915. S2CID 151490715.
  12. ^ "Annual Review of Developmental Psychology Editorial Committee". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 15 September 2021.