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lera boroditsky

ucsd, cognitive science building, room 166
lera at ucsd dot edu
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academic positions




2013-0000 Associate Professor, 
Cognitive 
Science, UCSD

2004-2013 Assistant Professor of 
Psychology, Stanford University

2003-2004 Class of 1942 Career Development Professor at MIT

2001-2004 Assistant Professor in the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at 
MIT





education





 PhD - 2001 in Cognitive
Psychology from Stanford University 




 BA - 1996 with Honors in Cognitive Science from Northwestern 
University




awards





2013 -   2011 APA Distinguished 
Scientist Lecturer

2012 -   2011 Finalist for NIH 
Director's Pioneer 
Award

2011 -   2011 Utne 
Visionary: Selected as one of 25 People Changing the World by Utne 
Reader

2011 - 2014 NSF award

2010 - 2016 McDonnell Scholar 
award

2003 - 2009 NSF CAREER award

2003 -  2003 Class of 1942 Career 
Development Professorship for 
innovative and imaginitive teaching (3 years)

2002 - 2007 Searle Scholars 
award 


2002 - 2003 Surdna Foundation Research Award 

2001 -  2001 Outstanding Service 
Award, Stanford Psychology

1999 -  1999 Marr Prize awarded by 
the Cognitive Science Society 

1997 -  1997 National Science 
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

1995 - 1995 Benton J. Underwood 
Research Fellowship - Northwestern
University