Background

McCauley, Robert Neil was born on June 1, 1952 in Gassaway, West Virginia, United States. Son of Leland Mason and Edna Muriel (Hurst) McCauley.

Education

Bachelor, Western Michigan University, 1974. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1979.

Career

Assistant professor philosophy University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, 1979-1983, Emory University, Atlanta, 1983-1989, associate professor, 1989-1997, Massee-Martin/National Endowment for Humanities distinguished teaching professor, 1994-1998, professor, since 1997, director Center for Teaching and Curriculum, 2001—2004, William Rand Kenan Junior university professor, since 2005. Director Center Mind, Brain & Culture, since 2008. Advisory board Emory Cognition Project, since 1984, Institute Cognition and Culture, since 2004.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • Bringing Ritual to Mind (02) by McCauley, Robert N - Lawson, E Thomas [Paperback (2002)]
  • Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms

    (This study explores the psychological foundations of reli...)

  • Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms by McCauley, Robert N., Lawson, E. Thomas (2002) Paperback
  • Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms: 1st (First) Edition
  • [ [ [ Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms[ BRINGING RITUAL TO MIND: PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CULTURAL FORMS ] By McCauley, Robert N. ( Author )Aug-15-2002 Paperback

• Other Work

  • Member editorial board Behavior and Philosophy, 1988-1996, Philosophical Psychology, since 1988, Brain and Mind, 1999-2003, Journal Cognition and Culture, since 2000. Contributor articles to professional journals, chapters to books. Co-author: Rethinking Religion, 1990, Bringing Ritual to Mind, 2002.
    
    Editor: The Churchlands and Their Critics, 1996. Co-editor: Mind and Religion, 2005.

Membership

Member American Philosophical Association, Philosophy of Science Association, Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology (program chairman 1991-1992, executive committee 1992-1995), Society for Philosophy and Psychology (executive committee 1991-1994, program chairman 1995, president 1997-1998), Georgia Philosophical Society (president 1989-1990), North America Association for Study Religion, Science Society Study of Religion, International Association for Cognitive Science of Religion (executive committee since 2006, president since 2010).

Connections

Married Dorinda Lee Conklin, June 14, 1975. 1 child, Ellen Amanda.

father:

Leland Mason McCauley

mother:

Edna Muriel (Hurst) McCauley

spouse:

Dorinda Lee Conklin

child:

Ellen Amanda McCauley