Herbert H. Clark

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's books include 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.

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 Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Summers 1979, 1981, and academic years 1983-84, 1990–91, 1997–98

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

References

• Clark, H. H., 1996. Using Language. Cambridge University Press, hardbound, ISBN 0-521-56158-2, paperbound, ISBN 0-521-56745-9

External links

• Personal website