Graduate Faculty for Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
NACS

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Abshire, Pamela Regular Member
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1992; M.S., The Johns Hopkins University, 1997; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2001.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Aloimonos, John Regular Member
B.S., University of Athens-Greece,1981; M.S., University of Rochester, 1984; Ph.D., 1987.
- Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Computer Science

Aranda-Espinoza, Helim Regular Member
B.S. - University of Zacatecas, Mexico 1990. M.S. - University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1993. Ph.D. - University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1998.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Araneda, Ricardo Regular Member
B.S., University of Concepcion, 1986; M.S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1992; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Battey, James Non-Member
B.S. California Institute of Technology 1974 M.D. Stanford Univ. School of Medicine 1980 Ph.D. Stanford University 1980
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Bolger, Donald J. Regular Member
B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1998; M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2002; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2006
- Assistant Professor, Education: Human Development
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Borgia, Gerald Regular Member
A.B., University of California-Berkeley, 1970; M.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1973; Ph.D., 1978.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Braun, Allen Special Member
B.A. Washington University 1968 M.D. Rush Medical College 1980
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Brauth, Steven E. Regular Member
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967; Ph.D.,New York University, 1973.
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Brenowitz, Stephan Special Member
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1989; M.S., University of Oregon, 1995; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2001
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Burgess, Shawn Special Member
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1988; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1995.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Butts, Daniel Adjunct Member
B.A., Oberlin College, 1994; Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2000.
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Carleton, Karen Regular Member
B.S., Yale University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1987
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Carlson, Thomas A. Regular Member
B.S. (Cum Laude), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1998; Ph.D.; University of Minnesota, 2004
- Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Carr, Catherine E. Regular Member
B.Sc, University of Capetown, 1976; M.A.,State University of New York-Buffalo, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1984.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Carruthers, Peter Regular Member
B.A., University of Leeds, 1975; M.Phil., University of Leeds, 1977; D.Phil., University of Oxford, 1979
- Affiliate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Philosophy

Cassidy, Jude Anne Regular Member
B.A., Duke University, 1973; M.A.,University of Virginia, 1983; Ph.D., 1986.
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Castonguay, Thomas W. Regular Member
B.A., Framingham State College, 1973; M.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1975; Ph.D., Rutgers State University, 1978.
- Professor, Nutrition
   website: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nfsc/castonguay.htm
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Chadwick, Richard Non-Member
B.M.E. Cornell University 1964 M.M.E. Cornell University 1966 Ph.D. Stanford University 1971
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Chatterjee, Monita Regular Member
B.E.E. Jadavpur University, 1987; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1994
- Associate Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Audiology

Clark, Jane E. Regular Member
B.S., State University of New York-College at Brockport, 1968; M.Ed.,University of Washington, 1970; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976.
- Professor, Kinesiology
   website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jclark/
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Chair, Kinesiology

Cohen, Avis H. Regular Member
B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1964; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1977.
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Cohen, Leonardo Special Member
B.S., CNBA, Bs. As., Argentina, 1972; M.D. University of Bs. As., Argentina, 1977.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Coleman, Linda K. Regular Member
A.B., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1973; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1982.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature

Contreras-Vidal, Jose Luis Regular Member
B.S., Inst of Tech & Higher Education of Monte, 1987; M.S., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1990; Ph.D., Boston University, 1994.
- Associate Professor, Aging, Center on
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor, Kinesiology
   website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jcontrerasvidal/

Daughters, Stacey B. Regular Member
B.S., UMCP, 1998; M.A., UMCP, 2003; Ph.D., UMCP, 2005.
- DEFAULT, Public Health: Public and Community Health Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Public Health: Master of Public Health--Community Health Education
   website: www.sph.umd.edu
- Assistant Professor, Public Health: Public and Community Health Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

DeClaris, Nicholas Regular Member
B.S., Texas A&M University, 1952; M.S., MIT, 1954; S.C.D., MIT, 1959.
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Dooling, Robert J. Regular Member
B.S.,Creighton University, 1967; M.S., St. Louis University, 1969; Ph.D., 1975.
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Biology

Dorr, Bonnie J. Regular Member
B.A., Boston University, 1984; M.S.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Ph.D., 1990.
- Associate Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for
- Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Professor, Linguistics
   website: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~bonnie/
- Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Dougherty, Lea Regular Member
B.A., University of Delaware, 2001; Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2008
- Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Dougherty, Michael Regular Member
B.S., Kansas State University, 1993; M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1996; Ph.D., 1999
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Drayna, Dennis Non-Member
B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1975; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1981.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Fields, Douglas Special Member
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1975; M.A., San Jose State University, 1979; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1985.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Fitzgerald, Tracy Regular Member
B.A., Rutgers University, 1991; M.S., Syracuse University, 1993; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2001
- Assistant Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Audiology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Audiology

Fox, Nathan A. Regular Member
A.B., Williams College, 1970; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1975.
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Education: Human Development
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Friedman, Thomas Special Member
B.S., University of Michigan 1966 Ph.D., University of Michigan 1971
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Gallo, Vittorio Non-Member
Ph.D., University of Rome, 1979.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Geller, Herbert Non-Member
B.E.(E.), City College of the City University of New York, 1965; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1970.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Gordon-Salant, Sandra Regular Member
B.A.,State University of New York-Albany, 1974; M.S., Northwestern University, 1976 Ph.D., 1981.
- Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Clinical Audiology

Grant, Kenneth Special Member
B.A., Washington University, 1976; M.S., University of Washington, 1980; Ph.D., Washington University, 1985.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Griffith, Andrew Non-Member
B.S. University of California, Davis 1984 M.D. Yale Univ. School of Medicine, 1992 Ph.D. Yale University 1992
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Hacquard, Valentine Regular Member
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2000; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Hallett, Mark Special Member
A.B., Harvard College, 1965; M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1969.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Hatfield, Bradley D. Regular Member
B.P.E., University of New Brunswick-Fredericton, 1974; B.A.,1975; M.S., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1976; M.S.A., Ohio University-Athens, 1982; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University-
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Aging, Center on
   website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/bhatfield/
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Kinesiology
   website: www.hhp.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/bhatfield/

Haydar, Tarik Non-Member
B.S., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1992; Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1997.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Herberholz, Jens Regular Member
B.S., Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany; M.S., Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany; Ph.D., Tehnical University, Munich, Germany
- Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Hodos, William Regular Member
B.S., City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1955; M.A.,University of Pennsylvania, 1957; Ph.D., 1960.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Professor, Biology
- Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Psychology
- Associate Dean, Research & Economic Development
- Professor, Research & Economic Development

Horiuchi, Timothy Regular Member
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1989 Ph.D., 1997.
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Hornstein, Norbert R. Regular Member
B.A., McGill University-Montreal, 1975; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1979.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Chair, Linguistics
- Professor, Linguistics
   website: http://www.ling.umd.edu/hornstein/index.html

Horwitz, Barry Special Member
B.A. Washington University 1964 M.S. University of Pennsylvania 1966 Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1972
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Idsardi, William Regular Member
B.A., University of Toronto, 1988; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
- Associate Professor, Linguistics
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.

Israel, Michael Regular Member
B.A., U.C. Berkeley, 1989 Ph.D., U.C. San Diego, 1998
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature

Iwasa, Kuni Special Member
B.S. Osaka City University, Japan 1967 M.S. Nagoya University, Japan 1969 Ph.D. Nagoya University, Japan 1974
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Jacobs, David Regular Member
Ph. D. MIT, 1992
- Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)
- Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Jeka, John J. Regular Member
B.A., Tufts University, 1979; M.A., 1988; Ph.D.,Florida Atlantic University, 1992.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Aging, Center on
   website: http://www.inform.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jjeka/
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Kinesiology

Jiang, Nan Adjunct Member
B.A., Nanjiang Normal University, China, 1984; M.A. East China Normal University, 1987; Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1998.
- Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Kachar, Bechara Special Member
M.D., University of Sao Paulo, 1978.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Kanold, Patrick Regular Member
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1999.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Kelley, Matthew W. Adjunct Member
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1993.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Killen, Melanie A. Regular Member
B.A., Clark University, 1978; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1981; Ph.D.,1985.
- Professor, Education: Human Development
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Krishnaprasad, Perinkulam Regular Member
B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, 1972; M.S., Syracuse University, 1973;Ph.D., Harvard University, 1977.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

Lasnik, Howard Regular Member
B.S., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1967; M.A., Harvard University, 1969; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972.
- Distinguished University Professor, Linguistics
   website: http://www.ling.umd.edu/lasnik/
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Lee, Hey-Kyoung Regular Member
Ph.D., Brown University, 1997
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Lejuez, Carl W. Regular Member
B.A., Emory University, 1993; M.A., West Virginia University, 1997; Ph.D. 2000.
- Professor, Psychology
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Levine, William S. Regular Member
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962; M.S., 1965; Ph.D., 1969.
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Research Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Lidz, Jeffrey Regular Member
B.S., Northwestern University, 1990; M.A., University of Delaware, 1992; Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1996.
- Associate Professor, Linguistics
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Moss, Cynthia F. Regular Member
B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1979; Ph.D., Brown University, 1985.
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Professor, Biology
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Newcomb, Robert W. Regular Member
B.S., Purdue University, 1955;M.S., Stanford University, 1957; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1960.
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Newman, Rochelle Regular Member
B.S., Northwestern University, 1991; M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1997.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Clinical Audiology
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Associate Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences

Norman, Kent L. Regular Member
B.A., Southern Methodist University,1969; M.A., University of Iowa, 1971; Ph.D., 1973.
- Associate Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Northup, John Non-Member
B.A., Harvard College 1973 Ph.D., Stanford University 1978
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Ottinger, Mary A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; M.S., 1974; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/maryann.html
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Paley, Derek Regular Member
B.S., Yale University, 1997; Ph.D., Priceton University, 2007.
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Aerospace Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Payne, Richard Regular Member
B.A., University of Cambridge, 1977; Ph.D.,Australian National University-Canberra, 1982.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Perlis, Donald R. Regular Member
B.S., Purdue University, 1966; Ph.D., New York University, 1972; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1981.
- Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Computer Science

Phillips, Colin Regular Member
B.A., Oxford University, 1990; Ph.D., MIT, 1996
- Professor, Linguistics
   website: http://www.ling.umd.edu/colin/
- Affiliate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Pick, Leslie Regular Member
B.S., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1977 Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1986
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Popper, Arthur N. Regular Member
B.A., New York University-Bronx, 1964; Ph.D.,City University of New York-Graduate School & Univ. Center, 1969.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Porter, Tom E. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1983; Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Animal Sciences
- Chair, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/porter.html
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Quinlan, Elizabeth Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993.
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Ratner, Nan Bernstein Regular Member
B.A.,Jackson College-Tufts University, 1974; M.A., Temple University, 1976; Ed.D.,Boston University, 1982.
- Affiliate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.
- Chair, Clinical Audiology
- Professor, Clinical Audiology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Chair, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences

Reggia, James A. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1971; M.D., University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1975; Ph.D.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1981.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Computer Science

Resnik, Philip S. Regular Member
A.B., Harvard University, 1987; M.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, 1990; Ph.D., 1993.
- Assistant Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for
- Associate Professor, Linguistics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Rey, Georges Regular Member
B.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1970; M.A.,Harvard University, 1975; Ph.D., 1978.
- Professor, Philosophy
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Riggins (DeBoer), Tracy Regular Member
B.S. University of California - San Diego, 2000 Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2005
- Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Robinson, David Non-Member
B.S., Springfield College, 1965; M.S., Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 1968; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1971.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Roesch, Matthew Regular Member
B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1997; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, 2004.
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Roth, Froma P. Regular Member
B.A., CUNY-Hunter College, 1970; M.A., CUNY-Queens College, 1973; Ph.D.,CUNY-Graduate School & University Center, 1980.
- Professor, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Associate Professor, Clinical Audiology
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Roth, Stephen M. Regular Member
B.S., University of Montana, 1996; M.A., University of Maryland, 1998; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2000
- Associate Professor, Kinesiology
   website: www.sph.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/sroth/
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Scholnick, Ellin K. Regular Member
A.B., Vassar College, 1958; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1963.
- Professor, Academic Affairs
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Psychology
- Associate Provost, Academic Affairs

Shah, Sameer Regular Member
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2002; M.S., University of California, La Jolla,1999; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Shah, Yasmeen Regular Member
B.S., All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 1995; M.S., All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 1997; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2004.
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Shamma, Shihab Regular Member
B.S., Imperial College, 1976; M.S.,Stanford University, 1977; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1980.
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Shim, Jae Kun Regular Member
B.S., Kyung Hee University, 1999; M.S., Ball State University, 2002; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2005.
- Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
   website: http://www.hhp.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jkshim/
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Simon, Jonathan Regular Member
BA: Princeton University, 1985; MS: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987; Ph.D.: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Soares, Daphne Regular Member
B.S., UMBC, 1996; Ph.D., UMCP, 2002.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Stricklin, William R. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1968; M.S., 1972; Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1975.
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/ray.html
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sullivan, Susan Non-Member
B.A. Swarthmore College 1983 Ph.D. Columbia University 1992
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sutherland, Margaret Non-Member
B.S., University of Western Ontario, 1981; M.S., University of Toronto, 1985; Ph.D., Open University, Cambridge UK, 1993.
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Taneyhill, Lisa Regular Member
B.A., Western Maryland College (McDaniel College), 1995; M.S., Princeton University, 1997; Ph.D., Princeton University, 2000.
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Uriagereka, Juan Regular Member
B.A., University of Deusto-Spain, 1983; M.A.,University of Connecticut-Storrs, 1986; Ph.D., 1988.
- Professor, Linguistics
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Wallsten, Thomas S Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1964; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1966; Ph.D., 1969.
- Professor, Psychology
- Chair, Psychology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Wang, Jian Regular Member
B.S., Nanjing Agricultural University, 1984; M.S., Nanjing Agricultural University, 1988; Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Entomology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1998.
- Assistant Professor, Entomology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Weinberg, Amy S. Regular Member
B.A., McGill University-Montreal, 1976; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Advanced Computer Studies, Institute for
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Professor, Computer Science
- Professor, Linguistics
   website: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~weinberg/

Woodward, Amanda Regular Member
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1987; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1992
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Wu, Doris Special Member
B.S. University of Wisconsin 1976 M.S. University of Southern California 1978 Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles 1983
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Yager, David D. Regular Member
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1972; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989.
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Yeni-Komshian, Grace H. Regular Member
B.A., American University of Beirut-Lebanon, 1957; M.S., Cornell University, 1962; Ph.D., McGill University-Montreal, 1965.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition-Ph.D.
- Professor Emerita, Hearing and Speech Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor Emerita, Clinical Audiology