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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Harvard University, 1980; B.A. in Psychology, McGill University, 1976.

Research Interests: Cognitive science, language, human nature, and evolutionary psychology.

Appointments: Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University (current); Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University.

Awards: Troland Research Award, National Academy of Sciences (1993), Humanist of the Year (2006).

Publications:

• The Language Instinct (William Morrow, 1994).
• Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Viking, 2018).

Additional Contributions: Frequent contributor to The New York Times and The Guardian; public speaker on cognitive science.