Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society

Chair

William Bechtel (2002-2010)
Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego

Executive Officer

Thomas B. Ward (2004-2009)
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama
- Categorization; concepts and conceptual combination; generative thinking; creativity and imagination.

Conference Officer

Kevin Gluck (2008-2011)
- Computational models; human performance and learning.

Past Chair

Johanna Moore (2002-2009)
Human Communication Research Centre, Edinburgh University

Chair Elect

Peter Cheng (2004-2009)
Department of Informatics, University of Sussex
- The nature of representational systems, both external in the world and internal to the mind. A particular interest is diagrams that support advanced forms of cognition, such as complex problem solving, discovery and conceptual learning.

Cognitive Science Journal Editor

Arthur Markman
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
- Similarity and analogy, categorization, decision making and consumer behavior.

TopiCS in Cognitive Science Journal Editor

Wayne D. Gray
Department of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Integrated cognitive systems, computational cognitive modeling, cognitive engineering. Interested in basic and applied research that leads to understanding the interplay of cognition, perception, and action in routine interactive behavior.

Governing Board

Michael Mozer (2000-2008)
Computer Science Department, University of Colorado
- Computational models of visual perception, selective attention, working memory, awareness, and neuropsychological disorders; machine learning algorithms and applications.

Mary Hegarty (2007-2012)
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Spatial cognition, comprehension, reasoning and individual differences.

Barbara Landau (2008-2013)
Johns Hopkins University
- Language learning, spatial representation, and the relationship between the two.

Danielle S. McNamara (2006-2011)
Department of Psychology, University of Memphis
- Text comprehension, cognitive applications to educational practice.

Naomi Miyake (2004-2009)
School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University

Elissa Newport (2005-2010)
Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Rochester University
- Language acquisition.

Vladimir Sloutsky (2005-2010)
Center for Cognitive Science, Ohio State University
- Conceptual development, interrelationships between cognition and language.

Linda B. Smith (2003-2008)
Department of Psychology, Indiana University , also Ex-Officio member of Board as Chair of the Rumelhart Prize Committee

Ron Sun (2007-2012)
Cognitive Science Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Human and machine learning, connectionist reasoning and knowledge representation, hybrid models, multi-agent interaction and cognitive social simulation.

Barbara Tversky (2003-2008)
Department of Psychology, Stanford University
- Spatial thinking and language; event perception, cognition, and description; diagrammatic reasoning; memory; design; categorization.

Stella Vosniadou (2006-2011)
Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens
- Learning and cognitive development, mechanisms of knowledge acquisition.