Faculty

Cognitive Science
Department

cogsci.vassar.edu

Vassar has the oldest degree-granting undergraduate cognitive science program in the nation. The department’s key elements are sustained exposure to an integrated multidisciplinary perspective through core courses on perception and action, language, knowledge and cognition, and research methods; development of specialized expertise in a research area or methodology through electives; and completion of a senior research project or thesis.

Associate Professor of Cognitive Science
Janet Andrews wearing a black shirt against a light background.
BA, Bard College; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Cognitive Science
BA, CUNY Hunter College; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Associate Professor of Cognitive Science
Joshua R. de Leeuw wearing a pink collared shirt with trees in the background.
BA, Vassar College; PhD, Indiana University-Northwest
Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science
Headshot of person with dark curly short hair, glasses, and beard wearing a dark suit jack and light blue collared shirt.
BA, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Professor of Biology and Professor and Chair of Cognitive Science on the John Guy Vassar Chair
BA, College of the Atlantic; PhD, Duke University