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Sandra R. Waxman is a Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University with a joint appointment in the School of Education and Social Policy. She holds the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology and is affiliated with the Infant and Child Development Center and the Institute for Policy Research. Waxman earned her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania (1985), following MA (1981) and BS (1976) degrees. Her research focuses on language and conceptual development, early cognitive development, and cross-cultural studies of biological thought. Notable honors include Guggenheim and Cattell Awards, and she is a Fellow of the AAAS and APS.
Her work bridges developmental and cross-linguistic evidence to explore how infants form expectations about language and categorization, with implications for bilingualism and language impairments. Recent studies investigate how children across cultures conceptualize biological hierarchies and human-animal relationships. Articles highlight mechanisms of verb learning, symbolic representation, and the interplay between speech and cognitive development.
- Awards: Louis W. Menk Chair, AAAS Fellow, Guggenheim Fellowship, James McKeen Cattell Award
- Grants & Research: Supported by NIH and NSF grants (not explicitly listed but inferred from institutional affiliation), focuses on cognitive development in diverse populations
Labs/Teams: Active in the Infant Cognition Lab and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams at the Institute for Policy Research.
