Background
Slobin, Dan Isaac was born on May 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
educator linguist psychology professor
Slobin, Dan Isaac was born on May 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1964.
From assistant professor to associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1972; professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1972. Chair advisory board Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Member steering committee European Science Foundation Research Project, 1981-1988.
Fellow Linguistic Society America, American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member International Association for Study Child Language (vice president 1984-1987), International Association Cross-Cultural Psychology, International Cognitive Linguistics Association, Association Linguistic Typology, International Pragmatics Association, Society Research Child Development, Turkish Studies Association.
Son of Norval L. and Judith (Liepah) S. Divorced; children: Shem Alexander, Heida Quisno Shoemaker.