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...fall,” says Menand, who will be co-chairing the group with Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons, also a former Gang of Five member. According to Secretary of the Faculty David B. Fithian, the other members of the committee are Lindsley Professor of Psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology David R. Liu ’94, Ford Professor of Human Evolution David Pilbeam, and Professor of Sociology Mary C. Waters. The committee’s charge, Menand says, is “a little vague.”That is nothing...
Psychology Chair Stephen M. Kosslyn said he was optimistic about the future of Ben-Shahar’s book...
...Sometimes when a person is just starting out, it’s very hard to get novel, ground-breaking work published. So, it isn’t a sin to self-publish at the beginning of a career,” Kosslyn wrote in an e-mail. “However, if the work is solid, it will survive peer-review, and eventually be published elsewhere. I believe this is what the future has in store for Professor Ben-Shahar’s work...
...answer until we see how the various allied departments define their secondary field requirements,” he wrote. “We would want to avoid double counting courses.” Several faculty members said their departments may offer multiple secondary fields.Psychology Department Chair Stephen M. Kosslyn wrote in an e-mail that although the department has yet to work out the details, secondary fields might be offered in neuroscience, developmental psychology, social psychology, and other areas. Knafel Professor of Music Thomas F. Kelly said the Music department is considering possible secondary fields in music performance, analysis, composition...
...studies memory using techniques he pioneered in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is joining Harvard’s psychology department this year from Washington University in St. Louis. At Harvard, Buckner will help form the world’s premier research group on memory, Psychology Department Chair Stephen M. Kosslyn wrote in an e-mail. “The addition of Professor Buckner will allow us to build a research group second to none,” Kosslyn wrote. At age 35, Buckner is considered to be the best researcher of his age group in the field, Kosslyn wrote...