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Edward Wasserman, Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology in the Department of Psychology, has been on the College’s faculty since 1972. Professor Wasserman is internationally known for his research on animal cognition and comparative psychology, funded by NSF and NIMH. He is a prolific producer of research on categorization and visual perception in pigions, whose work is regularly published in such leading scholarly journals as the American Psychologist and the Journal of Experimental Psychology. His work has also reached the broader community through publications in the American Scientist. A highly respected teacher of undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, he was among the founders of the interdisciplinary neuroscience graduate program and has been an active participant in the undergraduate Literature, Science & the Arts B.A. program. He has served on the University’s Faculty Senate (president, 1997-98) and on the CLAS Executive Committee. He is an elected member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists and has served as a member of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society. He has served as president of the American Psychology Association, Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Division, and as president of the Comparative Cognition Society. |
