CURRICULUM VITAE
SUSAN E. CAREY
CITIZENSHIP: United States
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Ph.D., 1971
London University, Fulbright Fellowship, 1965
Radcliffe College, B.A., 1964
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
The British Academy, Corresponding Fellow, 2007
American Philosophical Society, 2007
National Academy of Sciences, 2002
William James Fellow, American Psychology Society, 2002
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
Society for Experimental Psychology, 1999
National Academy of Education, 1999
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1999-2000
George A. Miller Lecturer, 1998. Society of Cognitive Neuroscience
Nicod Prize, Paris, 1998
Cattell Fellowship, 1995-1996
Fellow: Institute for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, 1984-1985
Sloane Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1980-1981
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, 1976-1978
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic Positions
2004- Henry A. Morss Jr. and Elizabeth W. Morss Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
2001- Professor, Harvard Department of Psychology
1996-2001 Professor, NYU Department of Psychology
1984-1996 Professor, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
1977-1984 Associate Professor, MIT Psychology Department
1972-1977 Assistant Professor, MIT Psychology Department
1974-1975 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rockefeller University
1971-1972 Lecturer, Harvard University Psychology Department
Research and Training Grants (Current Only)
2007-2012 NIH Origin of Knowledge: Conceptual Continuity and Change
2007-2010 NSF Sources of Mathematical Thinking (co-PI, E. Spelke).
2004-2009 NIH The Development of Cognition. Training grant (PI, S. Carey;10 co-PIs)
Professional Organizations (Current)
Society for Cognitive Development
International Society for Infant Studies
Society for Research in Child Development
Society for Philosophy and Psychology, President, 1983-1984
Piaget Society, Governing Board, 1986-1987
Editorial Boards and Grant Review Panels
Editor (with L. Gleitman, E. Spelke, & E. Newport) of book series: Learning, Development and Conceptual Change, MIT Press.
Editorial Boards: Psychological Review (Associate Editor, 2000-2003); Psychological Science; Infancy, Journal of Language Acquisition, Cognition (past), Memory and Cognition (past), Developmental Psychology (past).
Panelist (1992-1995): NSF Review Panel: Perception & Cognition
Panelist (1985-1989): NIMH Review Panel. Cognition, Emotion & Personality.
PSYCHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Carey, S. (1985). Conceptual Change in Childhood. Cambridge, MA: Bradford Books, MIT Press.
S. Carey & R. Gelman, Eds. (1991). The Epigenesis of Mind: Essays on Biology and
Cognition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Astuti, R., Solomon, G., and Carey, S. (2004). Constraints on Conceptual Development: A Case Study of the Acquisition of Folkbiological and Folksociological Knowledge in Madagascar. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Carey, S. (in press). The Origin of Concepts. New York: Oxford University Press.
Chapters in Books (* = student)
Carey, S. (1974). Cognitive Competence. In K.J. Connolly & J.S. Bruner (eds.), The Growth of Competence. New York: Academic Press, 169-193.
Carey, S. (1978). The biological basis of cognitive development. In S. Brainard (ed.), Learning Disabilities: Issues and Recommendations for Research. National Institutes of Education, 14- 31.
Carey, S. (1978). Less may never mean more. In R. Campbell & P. Smith (eds.), Recent
Advances in the Psychology of Language. New York: Plenum Press, 109-132.
Carey, S. (1978). The child as word learner. In J. Bresnan, G. Miller and M. Halle (eds.),
Linguistic Theory and Psychological Reality. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 264-293.