Stephen Edwards McAdams

Background

McAdams, Stephen Edward was born on May 5, 1953 in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Son of Edward E. McAdams Junior and Don Carolyn (Hardin) Whitworth.

Education

Bachelor of Science, McGill University, Montreal, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1984. Doctor of Science University Rene Descartes, 1996.

Career

Research assistant, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, 1976-1977;

Research assistant, Psycoacoustics Laboratory, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1977-1978;

Research assistant, Stanford University Medical School, 1979-1981;

Research scientist, Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM), Paris, 1981-1986;

Director of education, IRCAM, Paris, 1986-1989;

Senior research scientist, French National Center for Science Research, Paris, 1989-2004.

Professor, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, 2004 to present.

Achievements

• Stephen McAdams has been listed as a noteworthy experimental psychologist and educator by Marquis Who's Who. He occupies the Canada Research Chair in Music Perception and Cognition.

Membership

Board directors International Computer Music Association, United States, 1986-1989. Fellow: Acoustical Society of America 1978-2010 (technical committee 1999—2001). Member: French Acoustical Society 1983-2015 (hearing technical committee 1998-2001, executive council 1999—2001), Psychonomic Society 1996-2010, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Association 1978-2004, Society for Music Perception and Cognition 1991-present, Society for Music Theory 2008-present.

Connections

Father:

Edward Edwards McAdams, Junior

Mother:

Don Carolyn (Hardin) Whitworth

child:

Fiona Rose Carolyn McAdams-Marin

child:

Minnetta Thérèse Wilma McAdams-Marin

child:

Delphine Gloria Marie McAdams-Marin