Education

University of Cambridge          B.A.     1951   Classics
Columbia University                Ph.D.   1961   Experimental Psychology

Main Positions Held

1961-1966    Assistant Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
1961-1992    Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories
1967-1969    Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1969-1987    Professor, City University of New York
1987-1992    Professor, University of Connecticut
1986-1992    President, Haskins Laboratories

Selected Honors and Awards

1977-1978     Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research,
                     University of Bielefeld, Germany

1980              Fellow, Acoustical Society of America

1985-1986     Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences,
                     Palo Alto

Biography

Studdert-Kennedy’s research interests include speech perception, the early developments of speech perception and production in infants and young children, and the evolution of speech. He is the author of over one hundred journal articles and book chapters as well as the editor or co-editor of six books. Since retirement in 1992, he has been a member of the organizing committee of biennial conferences on the evolution of language held in Edinburgh, London, Paris, and at Harvard. He is a former President and Director of Research at Haskins Laboratories.