Patricia Wenjie Cheng
Short Vita
January, 2006
Contact Information
Address:
Department of Psychology
University of California
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
email:
Phone numbers:
(310) 825-8174 (office)
(310) 825-8712 (lab)
Education
University of Michigan, 1973-76; 78-80
Ph.D. (1980) in Psychology
Barnard College, 1971-73
B.A., magna cum laude (1973) in Psychology
Pomona College, 1970-71
Vassar College, 1969-70
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of California, Los Angeles, 1998-present
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of California, Los Angeles, 1991-1998
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of California, Los Angeles, 1986-91
Research Associate, Department of Computer Science,
Carnegie-Mellon University, 1984-86
Research Associate, Department of Psychology,
University of Michigan, 1983-84
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1982-83
Grants and Awards
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 2000-2001
National Institute of Mental Health
Title: Natural causal discovery: Learning simple and complex causes
Period: 7/1/2002 – 6/30/2006
Amount: $400,000.
National Science Foundation
Title: Natural causal induction
Period: 9/1/1998 – 7/31/2001
Amount: $183,000
National Science Foundation
Title: Natural causal induction
Period: 4/1/92 - 3/31/94
Amount: $145,058
National Science Foundation
Title: Inference, instruction, and pragmatic reasoning schemas
Period: 9/1/87 - 8/31/91
Amount: $125,000
Current or Previous Member of Editorial Board
Cognition
Psychological Review
Thinking & Reasoning