Douglas Medin
Douglas L. "Doug" Medin (born June 13, 1944)[1] is the Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.[3]
Douglas L. Medin | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1944[1] |
| Alma mater | Moorhead State College, University of South Dakota |
| Spouse | Linda Powers[2] |
| Awards | Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences[3] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Thesis | Form perception and pattern reproduction by monkeys (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger Davis[2] |
Early life and education
Medin first became interested in psychology when he was an eighth-grader in Algona, Iowa. During this time, he and his classmates were sorted into two groups depending on their singing abilities; Medin was assigned to the non-singers' group.[2] He attended Moorhead State College, graduating in 1965 with a B.A. in psychology, and went on to receive his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of South Dakota in 1966 and 1968, respectively.[4] His Ph.D. thesis focused on the way that rhesus monkeys perceive shapes.[2]
Career
Medin joined Rockefeller University in 1968 as a postdoctoral fellow, where he became an assistant professor the following year.[4] He remained at Rockefeller until 1978, when he joined the University of Illinois as an associate professor.[2][4] He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1989,[2] and remained there for three years until joining the faculty of Northwestern University in 1992, because it "held better professional opportunities for his wife, Linda Powers," according to a profile of Medin in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[2]
Research
Medin is best known for his research on concepts and categorization.[5] He has also studied the "role of expertise and culture in the conceptual organization of biological categories."[6]
Honors and awards
Medin was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002, and into the National Academy of Sciences in 2005.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Douglas Medin". Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mossman, K. (19 November 2007). "Profile of Douglas Medin". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (48): 18883–18885. Bibcode:2007PNAS..10418883M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0710219104. PMC 2141876. PMID 18025454.
- ^ a b "Douglas Medin Profile". Northwestern University. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Douglas L. Medin Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Northwestern University. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Douglas L. Medin". Association for Psychological Science. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Kanwisher, Medin Elected to National Academy of Sciences". Psychological Science Agenda. May 2005. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
External links
- Douglas Medin publications indexed by Google Scholar