Susan Goldin-Meadow
Office:
University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
5848 S. University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-2585, 702-1562
Fax: (773) 702-0320
e-mail: sgm@uchicago.edu
Education
| 1967-1971 | Smith College, B.A |
| 1969-1970 | Institut des Sciences de l’Education, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1971-1975 | University of Pennsylvania M.A. in Psychology, 1972 Ph.D. in Psychology, 1975 |
Academic Positions
Academic Positions
| 2006-Present | Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago |
| 2001-2005 | Irving B. Harris Professor, University of Chicago |
| 1992-2001 | Full Professor Department of Psychology, Committee on Human Development, Department of Education,The Center for East Asian Studies, and the College University of Chicago |
| 1981-1992 | Associate Professor, University of Chicago |
| Jan-May 1981 | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Department of Psychology University of Illinois at Champaign |
| 1976-1981 | Assistant Professor, University of Chicago |
Honors & Awards
| 1969-1970 | Junior Year Abroad (Smith College), Geneva Switzerland |
| 1971 | B.A., Magna cum laude with honors in psychology, Smith College |
| 1971 | Sigma Xi, Smith College |
| 1971-1975 | NICHHD Graduate Trainee, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1974-1975 | Spencer Foundation Research Award, University of Pennsylvania The spontaneous generation of a language: The study of deaf children of hearing parents (with H. Feldman) |
| 1975 | AAUW Predoctoral Fellowship Award |
| 1975 | NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded |
| 1979 | Ten Outstanding Young Citizens Award for Professional Achievement presented by the Chicago Junior Association of Commerce and Industry |
| 1998 | Research Grant from the Isaac & Viola H. Stern Endowment Fund for Extraordinary Service to the University |
| 1998-2003 | NIH Study Section (BBBP-3, Language and Communication) |
| 1999-2000 | Member, Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, sponsored by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine |
| 2000-2001 | James McKeen Cattell Fellowship |
| 2000-2001 | John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 2001 | Irving B. Harris Professorship in Psychology |
| 2002-2003 | Chair, Committee to select the recipient of the Mentor Award, American Psychological Association, Division 7 |
| 2003-2006 | Representative from the Linguistic Society of America to the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2003 | APS William James Distinguished Lecture |
| 2004 | Invited to present the Nijmegen Lectures, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics |
| 2004-2009 | Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum, Advisory Board |
| 2004-2008 | Advisory Council of the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health |
| 2004- | Founding Editor, Language Learning and Development |
| 2005 | Invited to present a Master Lecture at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association |
| 2005 & 2006 | APA Science Leadership Conference |
| 2006 | Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor |
| 2006 | Offered a Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences |
| 2007 | Book Award from the Cognitive Development Society for “Hearing Gestures: How Our Hands Help Us Think” |
| 2007 | Selection committee for the Division 7 Bronfenbrenner and G. Stanley Hall awards |
| 2007 | Elected to honorary membership, Beta of Illinois Chapter of Phi beta Kappa |
| 2008 | Member of the committee appointed by the Israeli Council for Higher Education to evaluate the field of psychology and behavioral sciences in Israel |
| 2009 | APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer |
| 2009 | APA Presidential Address (Division 7) |
| 2009 | Boyd McCandless Lecture |
| 2010 | James and Eleanor Gibson Lecture |
| 2010 | Hersh Leibowitz Lecture |
| 2010-2012 | President (2011-2012), Vice-President (2010-2011), Phi Beta Kappa Chapter of The University of Chicago |
| 2010-2011 | Chair, Committee to select the 2011 recipients of the Janet Taylor Spence Award, Association for Psychological Science |
| 2010-2011 | Chair, Committee to select the recipient of the 2012 Mentor Award, American Psychological Association, Division 7 |
| 2011-2014 | Chair, Committee to select Fellows, Cognitive Science |
| 2011 | Spiker Memorial Lecture |
| 2011 | Member of a Blue Ribbon Panel to advise Qatar on developing Behavioral and Social Sciences (Enhancing Qatar’s National Research Enterprise: A review of the Qatar National Research Strategy) |
| 2012 | J.R. Kantor Lecutre in Psychology |
| 2013 | Member of the Foundation Board of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) |
| 2013-2016 | Member of the Committee on Scientific Awards, APA |
| 2013 | Lyle Lanier Lecture in Psychology |
| 2015 | Invited to give a keyote address at the 6th International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Rome, Italy |
| 2015 | William James Award for lifetime achievement in basic research, Association for Psychological Science |
| 2015-2017 | AAAS John P. McGovern Award Selection Committee, member |
| 2015-16 | Invited fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (I was unable to accept the invitation) |
| 2017 | Selected to present the Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture at the University of Chicago |
Elected Fellow
| 1992 | Elected Fellow, American Psychological Society (renamed teh Association for Psychological Science) |
| 2002 | Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2002 | Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) |
| 2003 | Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 3 (Experimental Psychology) |
| 2005 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2007 | Elected Fellow, Cognitive Science Society |
| 2010 | Elected Fellow, Linguistic Society of America |
| 2014 | Elected Fellow, Society of Experimenal Psychologists |
| 2015 | Elected Fellow, Psychonomic Society |
Teaching Awards
| 1993 | Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Teaching |
| 2003 | Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching |
| 2011 | APA Division 7 Developmental Psychology Mentor Award |
Elected Positions
| 1999-2002 | Member-at-Large, Section on Linguistics and Language Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2001-2007 | President of the Cognitive Development Society (President-Elect 2001-2003, Past President 2005-2007) |
| 2005-2008 | Chair of the Section on Linguistics and Language Sciences for the AAAS (Chair-Elect 2005-2006; Retiring Chair 2007-2008) |
| 2007-2012 | President, International Society for Gesture Studies |
| 2008 | Elected Member-at-Large of the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008-12) |
| 2008 | Elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Association for Psychological Science (2008-2011) |
| 2009-2010 | Elected Secretary of the Society for Research in Child Development |
| 2009 | Elected to the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society (2010-2015) |
| 2012-2015 | Chair, Cognitive Science Society (chair-elect, 2012-13, chair 2013-14, past-chair, 2014-15) |
| 2014-2017 | Chair of the Section on Psychology for the AAAS (Chair-Elect 2014-15, Chair 2015-16; Retiring Chair 2016-17) |
| 2015-2018 | President, Association for Psychological Science (President Elect 2015-2016, President 2016-2017, Past President 2017-2018) |
University Service
| 1984-1988 | Chair, Educational Psychology, University of Chicago |
| 1987-1990 | Chair, Developmental Psychology, University of Chicago |
| 1988-1991 | Committee of the Council, University Senate, University of Chicago |
| 1989-1991 | Chair, Committee to Formulate a Policy on Sexual Harassment |
| 1995-1996 | Chair, Human Development, University of Chicago |
| 1999-2000 | Chair, Human Development, University of Chicago |
| 1996-1997 | Committee to Advise on Selection of the Master of the Social Sciences |
| 1997-1998 | Committee to Evaluate Educational Research & Training at the University |
| 1998-1999 | Committee to Advise on Selection of the Dean of the Social Sciences |
| 1998-2004 | Board of Directors, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools |
| 2002-2003 | Committee to Consider a BA/MAT Degree at the University of Chicago |
| 2002-2003 | Committee to Advise on Selection of the Dean of the Social Sciences |
| 2003-2004 | Harper-Schmidt Fellows Selection Committee |
| 2003-2004 | Committee to Standardize Research Appointments in the Social Sciences |
| 2004-2007 | Advisory Board, Urban Teacher Education Program |
| 2005-2008 | Council of the University Senate, University of Chicago |
| 2007-2008 | Committee of the Council, University of Chicago |
| 2010 | Committee to Assess the University’s Relations with Chapin Hall |
| 2010 | Chair, Developmental Psychology |
| 2011 | Review Committee to choose the recipients of the 2011 Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarship |
| 2012-2015 | All University Disciplinary Committee |
| 2013-2016 | Individual Conflict of Interest Committee |
| 2014-2017 | University-wide Student Disciplinary Committee |
| 2014 | Social Science Division Advisory Committee to the Research Computing Center |
| 2017-2020 | Advisory Board, Neubauer Collegium |
| 2017 | Committee to Advise on the Selection of the Dean of the Social Sciences Division |
| 2017 | Cognitive Search, Department of Psychology |
| 2017 | Diversity Committee, Division of Social Sciences |
Research Support
Internal Funding:
| 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982 | Spencer Foundation Research Funds University of Chicago |
| 1976, 1977, 1989 | Social Science Division Research Funds University of Chicago |
| 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989 | Biomedical Research Support University of Chicago |
| 1981, 1982, 1983 | Benton Educational Research Fund University of Chicago |
| 2013-16 | The body’s role in thinking, performing and referencing: How we use our hands to act, gesture, and sign. Funded by the Neubauer Family Collegium for Culture and Society (with D. Brentari, A. Giannakidou, S. Beilock) |
| 2014-17 | The Effects of Language and Gesture on Math Learning in Indian Preschoolers. Funded by the University of Chicago Center in New Delhi (with E. Spelke, Harvard University) |
| 2016-17 | Dance as Gesture. Funded by the University of Chicago Center in New Delhi (with H. Saussy, A. Giannakidou, D. Brentari, D. Casasanto) |
External Funding:
| 1977-1980 | National Science Foundation Research Grant. Creation of a Language-like System by Deaf Children |
| 1980-1981 | National Science Foundation Research Grant. Creation of a Language-like System by Deaf Children: The Late Stages |
| 1980-1982 | Spencer Foundation Research Grant. Creation of a Language-like system by Deaf Children: The Late Stages |
| 1982-1983 | Spencer Foundation Research Grant. Environmental Influences on Morphology in a Spontaneous Gesture System Developed by Deaf Children of Hearing Parents |
| 1984-1986 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Research Grant. Transitional Knowledge in the Acquisition of Concepts. |
| 1984-1988 | National Science Foundation Research Grant. Development of Morphology under Atypical Language Learning Conditions |
| 1987-1990 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Research Grant. Transitional Knowledge in the Acquisition of Concepts (continuation) |
| 1988-1992 | National Science Foundation Research Grant. Morphology in the Spontaneous Sign Systems of American and Chinese Deaf Children |
| 1988-1993 | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Research Grant. Spontaneous Sign Systems in Chinese and American Children |
| 1993-1995 | March of Dimes. The Changing Role of Gesture in Relation to Speech in Children with Congenital Brain Damage |
| 1993-1996 | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Research Grant. Spontaneous Sign Systems in Chinese and American Children (continuation) |
| 1994-1996 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Gesture-Speech Mismatch and Transitions in Learning |
| 1995-2000 | Spencer Foundation Research Grant. Gesture-Speech Mismatch as an Educational Tool: Using the Hand to Read the Mind |
| 1996-2000 | March of Dimes. The Role of Gesture in Relation to Speech in Congenitally Blind Children |
| 1996-2001 | National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders Grant. Spontaneous Sign Systems in Chinese and American Children (continuation) |
| 2001-2006 | National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders Grant. Spontaneous Sign Systems in Four Cultures (continuation) |
| 2002-2007 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Program Project. Environmental & Biological Variation and Language Growth (PI of Project) |
| 2004-2009 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The Role of Gesture in Learning |
| 2006-2011 | National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders Grant. Spontaneous Sign Systems in Five Cultures (continuation) |
| 2008-2013 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Program Project. Environmental & Biological Variation and Language Growth (PI of Project, continuation). |
| 2008-2011 | March of Dimes. Patterns of Gesture and Speech Use by Congenitally Blind Children in Two Cultures. |
| 2009-2014 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The Role of Gesture in Learning (continuation). |
| 2009-2012 | National Science Foundation. The Role of Gesture in Learning. |
| 2011-2016 | National Science Foundation: Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC, co-PI, continuation) |
| 2011-2016 | National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders Grant. From Spontaneous Sign Systems to Language (continuation) |
| 2013-2018 | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Program Project. Environmental & Biological Variation and Language Growth (PI of Project, continuation: 2nd percentile) |
| 2014-2017 | National Science Foundation. Gesture’s Role in Word Learning (collaborative grant with Karin James at Indiana University) |
| 2016-19 | National Science Foundation. Harnessing Gesture and Action to Improve Pre-Algebra Instruction. |
| 2016-19 | National Science Foundation (SL-CN). The Role fo Gesture in Mathematics Learning: From Research to Practice. |
| 2017-2020 | Economic and Social Researh Council (ESRC), UK. The Role of Iconicity in Word Learning (Investigator; G. Vigliocco is PI) |
| 2017-2022 | National Science Foundation (Linguistics). Language Emergence in the Manual Modality |
Associated Activities
NSF Linguistics Grant Review Panel: May 1992
NIH Study Section: Special Emphasis Panel June 1993;
Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes 3 Study Sections: 1998-2003
Founding Editor: Language Learning and Development, 2005-
Associate Editor: Developmental Psychology, 1994-1997; Cognitive Science, 2006-2011
Board of Advisors: Jean Piaget Society, 1994-1997, 2000-2003
Editorial Board: Applied Psycholinguistics, 1979-81, 1988-91, 2002-06. Cognitive Development, 2001-2007. Gesture, 2001-. Cognitive Science, 2005-2006. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2006-2007; Languages, Interaction & Acquisition, 2008-.
Editorial Consultant: Cognition, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, Language and Speech, Developmental Psychology, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Science, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, Volta Review, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Memory and Language, Journal of Child Language, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Memory & Cognition, New England Journal of Medicine, British Journal of Psychology
Review Consultant: National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, The New York Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, March of Dimes
Review Panel: Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston University Child Language Conference
Program Committee: Cognitive Science, 2005
Advisory Council: HI-MAPS Project of the David T. Siegel Institute, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Hearing handicapped Infants providing Medical, Academic, and Psychological Services), 1980-1983
Meeting to discuss strategic planning of extramural funding in the Language, Bilingual, and Biliteracy Development and Disorders portfolio, Child Development and Behavior Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, December 2003
National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health, 2004-2008
Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow, 2002)
American Psychological Society (Fellow, 1992)
American Psychological Association (Fellow, 2002)
American Speech and Hearing Association
Linguistic Society of America (Fellow, 2010)
Society for Research in Child Development
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow, 2002)
American Psychological Society (Fellow, 1992)
American Psychological Association (Fellow, 2002)
American Speech and Hearing Association
Linguistic Society of America (Fellow, 2010)
Society for Research in Child Development