Klatzky Earns Charles J. Queenan Professorship of Psychology
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Roberta Klatzky, professor of psychology with an appointment in the HCII, will receive the Charles J. Queenan Professorship of Psychology on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in recognition of her outstanding contributions in human perception and cognition research.
Klatzky joined the Carnegie Mellon faculty in 1993 and investigates perception, spatial thinking and action from the perspective of multiple modalities in real and virtual environments. Her research has been instrumental in the development of telemanipulation, image-guided surgery, navigation aids for the blind, and neural rehabilitation.
"Carnegie Mellon has been a leader in the cognitive sciences for nearly 65 years, and Roberta Klatzky is one of the reasons we continue to be at the forefront," said John Lehoczky, dean of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Klatzky, who also holds an appointment in the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), headed CMU’s Psychology Department from 1993 to 2003, helping to sustain the department's leadership in cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and social, developmental and health psychologies.
"This is an extremely well-deserved honor for a remarkable researcher and professor. Roberta's work in perception and cognition have directly impacted people's lives, and Carnegie Mellon and the fields of psychology and cognition are infinitely better off thanks to her contributions," said Michael J. Tarr, head of the Department of Psychology.
For more on Klatzky’s award, see the full press release here.