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Email: adelson@rutgers.edu
Phone:(215) 925-1774
Fax: (215) 925-3075
Professor Beth
Adelson, a cognitive scientist studying
insight and discovery phenomena, received her PhD in psychology from Harvard
University in 1983. She
is currently Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Sciences at Rutgers
University. Dr.
Adelson has held positions
at MIT and CMU and the National Science Foundation. She is associate
editor of Research in Engineering Design, and a reviewer for Cognitive
Science, Interacting with Computers, NIH and NSF. She has
received numerous research grants and published several
dozen scholarly journal articles and book chapters.
Her current research focuses on creative insight in scientific
problem-solving and the resolution of conflict. Her conflict
resolution research looks at ways in which beneficial solutions can be
reached through analyses which participants feel are
fair. The work looks at the processes which
lead to balancing the needs of self and others; giving help while building
stable relationships. Dr.
Adelson has served twice on the
executive board of ACM's special interest group for Computer-Human
Interaction, has co-chaired the CHI and Cognitive Science conferences and
is currently Chair of the Franklin Institute's Computer and Cognitive
Science Cluster within its Committee on Science and the Arts. Dr.
Adelson has a long-term daily meditation
practice, which focuses on the Brahma Viharas, the transformative
qualities of the heart.
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