Rochel Gelman

Rochel Gelman (born January 23, 1942) is an emeritus psychology professor at Rutgers University,^[1] New Brunswick, NJ, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Science.^[1] Gelman is married to fellow psychologist C. Randy Gallistel. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty she taught at the University of California, Los Angeles.^[2][3]

Awards and honors

Dr. Gelman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,^[1] winner of the 1995 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association (APA),^[1] a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,^[1] the Cognitive Science Society,^[4] and a William James Fellow of the American Psychological Society.^[1] She also serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF).

Dr. Gelman was featured on Closer to the Truth: Science, Meaning and the Future, a PBS series created, produced, and hosted by Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn.^{[citation needed]}