Curriculum Vitae ALAN M. LESLIE Education 1969-74 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH M.A. (Psychology & Linguistics) 1974-79 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD D. Phil (Experimental Psychology) 1980 Department of Experimental Psychology and Oriel College Advisors: Jerome S. Bruner (Experimental Psychology) Sir Anthony Kenny (Philosophy) Positions 2008-present Rutgers University Professor II, Psychology and Cognitive Science Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Science 1993-2008 Rutgers University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Science 1991 University of California, Los Angeles December 17, Offered Full Professor, Department of Psychology (declined) 1991-1993 Medical Research Council (UK) Senior Scientist Cognitive Development Unit, University of London 1986-91 Medical Research Council (UK) Tenured Scientist Cognitive Development Unit, University of London 1982-86 Medical Research Council (UK) Scientist Cognitive Development Unit, University of London 1979-82 University of Edinburgh Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology 1978-79 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Visiting Fellow, Institut für Psycholinguistik, Nijmegen 2 Awards, Honors, etc. SSRC Studentship, Oxford University 1974-1977. Leverhulme Trust European Scholar 1978-79. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Visiting Fellowship, 1979. Honorary Research Fellow, School of Epistemics, University of Edinburgh, 1981-82. Honorary Research Fellow, University College London, 1986 to 1993. Fellow-elect, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, 1996. Inaugural recipient of the Ann L. Brown Award for Excellence in Developmental Research 2006. Distinguished Researcher Award, New Jersey Psychological Association, 2008 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, Rutgers University, 2009 Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society (1989) Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (2008) Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008) Visiting Professor, etc.: Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Universidad Autonoma Madrid, Spain, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992. Harris Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, 1990. Visiting Full Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Spring and Summer Quarters,1991. Faculty, McDonnell Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, July 1994. Faculty, McDonnell Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, Lake Tahoe, July 1998. Keynotes, Invited Lectures, etc. Lecture, 55th Stated Meeting, Neurosciences Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, March 1989. Harris Lecture, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, June 1990. Plenary Address, Human Behavioral Evolution Society, University of California at Santa Barbara, June 28–July 2, 1995. Keynote Speaker, Eden Institute Foundation Princeton Lecture Series, May 1997 Student Levy Lecture, University of Western Ontario, Canada, March 1999 Keynote Speaker, Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, University of Western Ontario, Canada, June 1999 The 2001 Special Lecture, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of London, July 27, 2001. Keynote Address, XII European Conference on Developmental Psychology, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, August 27th, 2005 The Thirteenth Kanizsa Memorial Lecture, University of Trieste, Italy, November 18, 2005. Keynote Speaker, VI Biennial Conference of the Spanish Experimental Psychology Society, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, July 2006. 1st Ann L. Brown Lecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 2006 Autism Affinity Distinguished Lecture, Semel Institute for Neuroscience, UCLA, March 2008 Plenary Lecture, Sixth International Conference on Thinking, Venice International University, Italy, August 2008. Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Rutgers University, December 2008. Inauguration of Cognitive Development Center, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, Jan 2010. 3 Research Grants UK: Medical Research Council (Great Britain): A.M. Leslie & T.G.R. Bower: Representation of Objective Causal and Spatial Relations in Early Infancy, Grant No. MRC G979 575 N (1979-81). As a direct employee of the Medical Research Council from 1982-93, I was debarred from holding research grants from the MRC which funded all my research automatically. I was, however, allowed to be an official collaborator on research grants held by other (non-MRC employed) workers. Collaborator on MRC grant held by Joseph Perner and Sue Leekam, "Autistic and normal children's theory of mind", Grant No. G8720 952 N. (1988-90) USA: Federal: National Science Foundation SBR-9616342 Infants’ individuation of physical objects. 3 years, 1997–2000, $230,000, PI. National Science Foundation BCS-0079917 Infant’s individuation of physical objects, 3 years, 2000–2003, $382,511, PI. National Science Foundation BCS-0425397 Understanding People as Normative Agents: A Workshop Exploring The Intersection of Morality and Theory of Mind. 2005, $15,000, Co-PI National Science Foundation BCS-0725169 Collaborative research: Evolutionary, Develop- mental, & Neurobiological Sources of Moral Judgments. 3 years, 2007–2010, $375,042, PI. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement awarded June 2009 $6,250: grant total to $381,292. National Science Foundation BCS-0922184 Multiple systems in theory of mind development. 3 years, 2009-2012, $489,289, PI. Other: Rutgers University, Personal Research Fund, 1993-present, $10,000 per year. Rutgers University, SROA Initiative in Cognitive Science, 1996-97, $75,000, Chair/Co-PI. Rutgers University, SROA Initiative in Cognitive Science, 1997-98, $100,000, Chair/Co-PI. Rutgers University, SROA Initiative in Cognitive Science, 1999-2000, $75,000, Chair/Co-PI. Rutgers University, SROA Initiative in Cognitive Science, 2000-2001, $45,000, Chair/Co-PI. Rutgers University, SROA Initiative in Cognitive Science, 2001-2002, $40,000, Chair/Co-PI. Rutgers University, Undergraduate Research Fellowships: 1997-98, $1,500, (Fellow: Nithin Mathur), PI. 2000-01, $1,500, (Fellow: Amy Risden), PI. 2002-03, $1,500, (Fellow: Kali Lerner), PI. 2003-04, $1,500, (Fellow: Adam Cohen), PI. Rutgers University, Aresty Undergraduate Research Fellowships: 2006-07, $2,300, (Fellow: Annie Seery), PI. 2007-08, $2,300, (Fellow: Shayan Rashid), PI 2007-08, $2,300, (Fellow: Kasturi Mungali), PI), PI 4 Teaching Ph. D. Supervision: Student University Current position Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen* University of London, 1982-85 Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge University, England Dr. Daniel Roth University of Tel Aviv, 1989-93 Deceased Dr. T. German University of London, 1991-1995 Associate Professor, Univer- sity of California, Santa Barbara Dr. Zsuzsa Káldy Rutgers University, 1998-2003 Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston Dr. Sara T. Baker Rutgers University, 2002-2007 ESRC Post-doc. Research Fellow, Bristol University, UK Dr. Marian L. Chen Rutgers University, 2003-2007 Post-doc. Research Associate, CDC, Central European University Melissa Kibbe Rutgers University, 2006-present Katya Saunders Rutgers University, 2007-present Aaron Crug** Rutgers University, 2008-present Lu Wang Rutgers University, 2008-present *jointly with Uta Frith ** jointly with Rochel Gelman Masters: Polly Tremoulet (1997), Pam Polizzi (1998) Cognitive Science Certificate: Brian Scholl (Psychology), Christine Brisson (Linguistics), Ron Mallon (Philosophy), Jennifer Nado (Philosophy), Karen Shanton (Philosophy), Robert Lynch (Anthropology) PhD Committees: Kai Zimmerman, Brian Scholl, Polly Tremoulet, Eric Margolis (Philosophy), Richard Samuels (Philosophy), Ellen Sheffield, Roberto Almeida, Beth Lavin, Sara Cordes, Megan Martins, Elias Cohen, Heather Jeannett, Dana Chesney, Suzannah Ferraioli. Post-doctoral students: Dr. Fei Xu (MIT) 1995- 1996 Currently, Professor, Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia Dr. Claudia Uller (MIT) 1996-1999 Currently, Assistant Professor, University of Essex, England Dr. Szilvia Biro (Cambridge U., England) 2001-2005 Currently, Lecturer, Leiden University, The Netherlands Dr. Ori Friedman (Boston College) 2001–2005 Currently, Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada Dr. Deena Weisberg (Yale) 2008-present 5 Professional Activities National Academy of Sciences: Committee on Educational Interventions for Autistic Children, 1999-2001 Association for Science in Autism Treatment: Advisory Board, 2001-present Robert Wood Johnson Autism Center (RWJAC): Executive Advisory Board, 2007-present Center for the Study of Health, Beliefs, and Behavior: Internal Advisory Board, 2005 - present Membership of Professional Bodies 1983-1989 Member of British Psychological Society 1989-present Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society 1988-present Member of Experimental Psychology Society (UK) 1983-85 Committee of the BPS Development Section 1986-1992 Founding Committee of Child Vision Research Society (UK) 1992-present Member, British Neuropsychological Society 1994-present Member, Society for Research in Child Development 1994-2001 Member, Psychonomics Society 1997-present Member, Association for Psychological Science 2000-present Member, International Society for Infant Studies 2002-present Member, American Psychological Association 2004-present APA, Division 7 2007-present Member, Cognitive Science Society 2008-present Fellow, Association for Psychological Science 2008-present Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Journals Co-editor: Mind & Language (1988-1993)