Kenneth Norman Wexler

Background

Wexler, Kenneth Norman was born on December 27, 1942 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Son of Benjamin and Rose Wexler.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Stanford University, 1970.

Career

Assistant professor psychology, University of California, Irvine, 1969-1972; associate professor, University of California, Irvine, 1973-1978; professor psychology, University of California, Irvine, 1978-1988; professor psychology and linquistics, department brain and cognitive science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1989. Director graduate studies school social science University of California, Irvine, 1976-1978, director research program in perception and high mental processes, 1979-1982, co-director research program computers and learning, since 1985. Sloan visiting scientist U. Massachusetts Department Linguistics, 1979.

Invited lecturer Association ComputerMachinery, 1970, U. London, 1975, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977 numerous others.

Achievements

• Kenneth Norman Wexler has been listed as a noteworthy Psychology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Formal Principles of Language Acquisition

    (The question of language learnability is central to moder...)

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Linguistic Society American, Association Computational Linguistics, Society Mathematics Psychology, Cognitive Science Society.

Connections

Married Sherry Mitnik, August 16, 1968. Children: Paul, Stephanie.

Father:

Benjamin Wexler

Mother:

Rose Wexler

Spouse:

Sherry Mitnik

child:

Paul Wexler

child:

Stephanie Wexler