Herb Clark

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Herbert H. Clark (Herb Clark) is a psycholinguist who serves as Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Clark is known for his theory of “common ground”: individuals engaged in conversation must share knowledge in order to be understood and have a meaningful conversation (Clark, 1985). Clark is credited for several books including Semantics and Comprehension, Psychology and Language: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics, Arenas of Language Use and Using Language. After receiving a B.A. with distinction from Stanford University in 1962, Clark went to Johns Hopkins University where he received an M.A. and Ph.D in 1964 and 1966 respectively. Additionally, in the summer of 1966, he completed his post-doctoral studies at the Linguistics Institute of UCLA.

[edit] Professional positions

Assistant Member of the Technical Staff, Bell Telephone, Laboratories Murray Hill, New Jersey, Summer 1963
Resident Visitor, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, Summer 1964-1965
Post-doctoral Visitor, Linguistic Institute UCLA, Summer 1966
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 1969-1975
Professor, Department of Psychology Stanford University 1975-present
Chair, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 1987-1990
Visiting Associate Professor, Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of California at Santa Cruz, Summer 1971
Honorary Research Fellow, University College London, 1975-1976
Sloan Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer 1978
Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Instituit Fur Psycholinguistic, Nijmegen. The Netherlands, Summers 1979, 1981, and academic years 1983-84, 1990-91, 1997-98

[edit] Honors and awards

NSF Graduate Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1963-1966
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1975-1976
Fellow, Division 3, American Psychology Association, elected 1978
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Science, 1978-1979
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1982
Member, Society of Experimental Psychologists, elected 1984
Foreign Member, Koniklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen (Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences) elected 2000
Fellow, Cognitive Science Society, elected 2004
Recipient, James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Fellowship 2005-2006