CURRICULUM VITAE
RICHARD HELD, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
EDUCATION - 1952 Harvard University, Ph.D (Experimental Psychology)
- 1948 Swarthmore College, M.A. (Psychology)
- 1944 Columbia University, B.S. (Engineering)
- 1943 Columbia University, B.A. (Liberal Arts)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE - 2001-2010 Director of Research and Graduate Eduation, The New England College of Optometry
- 1993-Present Professor Emeritus, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1995-2008 Adjunct Professor of Vision Science, New England College of Optometry
- 1963-1993 Professor, Experimental Psychology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1977-1986 Chairman, Department of Psychology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1962-1963 Senior Research Fellow, National Science Foundation, and Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Massachusetts of Technology
- 1955-1956 Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
- 1953-1962 Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, and Chairman of Department of Psychology, Brandeis University
- 1949-1953 Research Assistant, Teaching Fellow, National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
- Summer 1948 Research Fellow, Jackson Hole Wildlife Park, New York Zoological Society
- 1946-1948 Research Assistant (Prof. Wolfgang Kohler), Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College
COMMITTEES - 2000-Present Board of Directors, Project Prakash, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1995-1999 Member, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology Advisory Board
- 1988-1992 Chair, Space Human Factors Discipline Working Group, NASA
- 1987-1993 Aerospace Medicine Advisory Committee, NASA
- 1982-1985 Vision Research Program Committee, National Eye Institute
- 1979-1986 Scientific Advisory Committee, McLean Hospital
- 1978-1988 Associate, Neurosciences Research Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1975-2013 Board of Directors, Sinauer Associates, Inc.
- 1974-1981 Board of Directors, Foundations’ Fund for Research in Psychiatry
- 1970-1973 Membership Committee, Experimental Psychology, American Psychological Association
- 1969-1972 Board of Directors, Eastern Psychological Association
- 1967-1970 Board of Scientific Affairs, American Psychological Association
- 1966-1980 Executive Committee, International Neuropsychology Symposium
- 1966-1968 Chairman, Experimental Psychology Study Section, National Institutes of Health
- 1965-1975 Committee on Vision, Armed Forces National Research Council
- 1964-1968 Member, Experimental Psychology Study Section, National Institutes of Health
EDITORSHIPS - 1988-1995 Editorial Board, Behavioral Brain Research
- 1988-1994 Editorial Board, Clinical Vision Sciences
- 1985-1989 Board of Reviewing Editors, Science
- 1972-1980 Editorial Board, Perception
- 1970-1975 Board of Editors, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
HONORS AND AWARDS - 2010 Doctorat Honoris Causa, State of University of New York (SUNY)
- 1996 Galileo Award of the American Foundation for Vision Awareness
- 1985 Kenneth Craik Award, Cambridge University, U.K.
- 1984 Doctorat Honoris Causa, University of Brussels, Belgium: 150th anniversary
- 1983 The Howard Crosby Warren Medal, Society of Experimental Psychologists
- 1979 Glen A. Fry Award, American Academy of Optometry
- 1977 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Ocular Science, New England College of Optometry
- 1973 Elected, National Academy of Sciences
- 1971 Elected, Society of Experimental Psychology
- 1967 Elected, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
