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Social Sciences Dean Kosslyn Departs

8.3.10

Stephen Kosslyn

Stephen Kosslyn

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Lindsley professor of psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn [3], dean of social science [4] in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) since 2008 [5], will depart to become director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, at Stanford, effective January 1. The center’s announcement is here [6]. Kosslyn, former chair of Harvard’s psychology department, earned his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1974; a cognitive neuroscientist, he investigates visual perception and communication (see his laboratory website [7] here).

As divisional dean for social science, Kosslyn initiated efforts to understand and disseminate best teaching practices, and was planning a summer social-sciences immersion institute for undergraduates, similar to the PRISE program for students concentrating in the sciences [8] (read FAS dean Michael D. Smith's annual report description of these activities here [9], at pages 23-24). As reported in Harvard Magazine, Kosslyn recently led a symposium dedicated to identifying the principal "hard problems" social scientists seek to understand and resolve [10], and had hosted a series of faculty-led conversations on contemporary issues, including this forum on the recession and economic prospects [11].


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[1] https://www.harvardmagazine.com/print/28966?page=all
[2] https://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300
[3] http://www.isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k3007&panel=icb.pagecontent177929%3Arsearch%248%3FsearchText%3DKosslyn&pageid=icb.page29924&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent177929&view=viewBio.do&viewParam_bioUserId=BwNVTlBRUVZTTwQG%0D%0A&viewParam_templateId=8729#a_icb_pagecontent177929
[4] http://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do
[5] http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/07/university-people.html
[6] http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/july/casbs-director-kosslyn-072710.html
[7] http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=kosslynlab
[8] http://harvardmagazine.com/2006/09/supporting-young-scienti.html
[9] http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/administration/smith/deans_annual_report_2009.pdf
[10] http://harvardmagazine.com/2010/07/hard-problems-in-the-social-sciences
[11] http://harvardmagazine.com/breaking-news/harvard-economists-analyze-economic-crises