Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Web Site: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu
Program Director: Karin Stromswold
Program Faculty:
Mark Baker, Linguistics, RuCCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Douglas DeCarlo, Computer Science, RuCCS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Jacob Feldman, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jerry Fodor, Philosophy, RuCCS; Ph.D., Princeton
C.R. Gallistel, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Yale
Rochel Gelman, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Lila Gleitman, RuCCS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Alvin Goldman, Philosophy, RuCCS; Ph.D., Princeton
Jane Grimshaw, Linguistics, RuCCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Bela Julesz, RuCCS; Ph.D., Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Ilona Kovács, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Eotvos Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary)
Eileen Kowler, Psychology; Ph.D., Maryland
Ernest Lepore, Philosophy, RuCCS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Alan Leslie, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Oxford
L. Thorne McCarty, Computer Science; J.D., Harvard Law School
Thomas Papathomas, Biomedical Engineering, RuCCS; Ph.D., Columbia
Alan Prince, Linguistics, RuCCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zenon Pylyshyn, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Saskatchewan
Manish Singh, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., California (Irvine)
Stephen Stich, Philosophy, RuCCS; Ph.D., Princeton
Matthew Stone, Computer Science, RuCCS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Karin Stromswold, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.D., Harvard Medical School
Bruce Tesar, Linguistics, RuCCS; Ph.D., Colorado
Additional Faculty:
For a list of additional faculty associated with the program, contact
the program director or consult the cognitive science web pages.
Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary area of scholarship concerned
with understanding the nature and development of such intelligent
capacities as perception, language, reasoning, planning, problem
solving, and related skills, whether these capacities are instantiated
in biological or artificial systems. The goal of the cognitive science
minor is to provide a structured way for undergraduates to study and
carry out research in cognitive science with guidance from faculty
members affiliated with the program in cognitive science. Any
undergraduate may pursue a minor in cognitive science, regardless of
his or her major. The interdisciplinary cognitive science minor is
likely to be of particular interest to undergraduates majoring in
fields that are directly related to cognitive science (e.g., computer
science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, biological
sciences, mathematics, statistics, biomathematics, communication, and
engineering). For additional information about the cognitive science
minor, call the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS) at
732/445-0635; send email to undergrad@ruccs.rutgers.edu, or consult the
cognitive science undergraduate web pages at http:
//ruccs.rutgers.edu/academicugrad.html.