Morton Ann Gernsbacher

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Morton Ann Gernsbacher is Vilas Research Professor & Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor of Psychology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also the president of the Association for Psychological Science.

She has a B.A. from University of North Texas, a M.S from University of Texas at Dallas, and a PH.D from the University of Texas at Austin in Human Experimental Psychology.

She is a specialist in autism and psycholinguistics, and has written and edited professional and lay books on these subjects, and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Her own son, Drew, was diagnosed as autistic in the spring of 1998.

[edit] Honors (selected)

2007 William James Distinguished Lecturer in Psychological Science, Southeastern Psychological Association
2007 John Kendall Lecturer in Psychology, Gustavus Adolphus College
2006 President of the Association for Psychological Science (formerly the American Psychological Society)
2003 Elected Fellow of the Society for Experimental Psychologists
2001 Senior Research Fellowship, National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
2000 Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, American Psychological Association
1999 Vilas Associate Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1998 Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education Award (POWRE), National Science Foundation
1995 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1994 Named “Sir Frederic C. Bartlett Professor,” University of Wisconsin-Madison
1993 Elected Fellow of the American Psychological Society
1992 Elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association

She is Co-Editor, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Associate Editor, Cognitive Psychology (journal) , and has been Editor, Memory & Cognition, Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Psychology (, and Associate Editor, Language and Cognitive Processes (1994-97)