School of Arts and Sciences

Website: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu

Program Directors: Rochel Gelman and Ernest Lepore

Program Faculty:

Mark Baker, Linguistics, RuCCS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Douglas DeCarlo, Computer Science, RuCCS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Richard Duschl, GSE; Ph.D., Maryland (College Park)

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

Steve Hanson, Psychology-Newark; Ph.D., Arizona State 

Haym Hirsh, Computer Science; Ph.D., Stanford

Eileen Kowler, Psychology; Ph.D., Maryland

Ernest Lepore, Philosophy, RuCCS; Ph.D., Minnesota

Alan Leslie, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Oxford

Michael Littman, Computer Science; Ph.D., Brown

L. Thorne McCarty, Computer Science; J.D., Harvard Law School

Brian McLaughlin, Philosophy, RuCCS; Ph.D., North Carolina

Julien Musolino, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., Maryland

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 (Canada)

Ken (Chung-chieh) Shan, Computer Science, RuCCS; Ph.D., Harvard

Manish Singh, Psychology, RuCCS; Ph.D., California (Irvine)

Jason Stanley, Philosophy, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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(s) or consult the cognitive science webpage at:  http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ruccs/academics_uminor.php.

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 webpages at http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/academicgrad.html.