Background
Kempen, Gerard A.M. was born on September 24, 1943 in Ledeacker, Netherlands. Son of Jan M. and Marie J. Kempen.
educator Cognitive science researcher
Kempen, Gerard A.M. was born on September 24, 1943 in Ledeacker, Netherlands. Son of Jan M. and Marie J. Kempen.
Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology, Catholic U., Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1970; postdoctoral fellow, Yale University, 1975-1976.
Assistant professor psychology, U. Nijmegen, 1970-1976;
associate professor psycholinguistics, U. Nijmegen, 1976-1980;
professor psycholinguistics, U. Nijmegen, 1980-1991;
professor cognitive psychology, Leiden (The Netherlands) U., since 1992. Advisory board Van Dale Lexicografie B.V., Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1987-1990, Institute voor Zintuigfysiologie, Soesterberg, The Netherlands, 1988-1994. Member Council for Libraries and Information Science (RABIN), The Hague, 1988-1994.
Member governing board Institute voor Nederlandse Lexicologie, Leiden, since 1993.
Member Nederlands Institute van Psychologen (governing board 1979-1981), American Association for Computational Linguistics (nominating committee 1988-1990), EuropeanSoc. for Cognitive Psychology, Netherlands Society Sciences.
Married Gerda J.M. van Dommelen, March 29, 1967. Children: Masja, Jessica, Christoph.