Background
Pesetsky, David Michael was born on January 26, 1957 in Iowa City. Son of Irwin and Bette Pesetsky.
Pesetsky, David Michael was born on January 26, 1957 in Iowa City. Son of Irwin and Bette Pesetsky.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Yale University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.
Assistant professor linguistics University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1982—1983. Associate professor linguistics University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1983—1988. Ferrari P. Ward professor modern languages and linguistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1988, Margaret Macvicar fellow, since 2005.
Advisory board National Science Foundation, Division Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Washington, 1998—2000. Committee visitors to linguistics program National Science Foundation, 1999—1999, linguistics program review panel, 1990—1993. Visiting professor Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, 1983, 96, 97, 99, 2003, LOT Graduate School Linguistics, Netherlands, 1993—2000, Netherlands, 2000.
Visiting lecturer worldwide. Editorial boards Linguistic Inquiry, Rivista di Grammatica Generativa, Natural Language Semantics, Oxford Surveys in Syntax, English Linguistics, Language Acquisition.
Consultant for English language arts curriculum framework Department Education, Massachusetts, 1996. Player New Philharmonic Orchestra of Massachusetts. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (section member-at-large 1995-1995, council delegate 1996-1999), Linguistic Society of America (committee on language k-12 curriculum since 2003), Generative Linguists of Old Worlds (keynote speaker 2003 2003), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Janis Melvold. Children: Benjamin, Jonathan.