Fiery Cushman
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AwardsDistinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions (2018, American Psychological Association), Stanton Prize (2014, Society for Philosophy and Psychology), Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize (2014, Society for Personality and Social Psychology)
EducationHarvard University (AB, PhD)
DisciplinePsychology
Fiery Cushman | |
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| Awards | Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions (2018, American Psychological Association), Stanton Prize (2014, Society for Philosophy and Psychology), Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize (2014, Society for Personality and Social Psychology) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Sub-discipline | Moral psychology Social neuroscience Reinforcement learning Theory of mind |
| Institutions | Harvard University Brown University |
Fiery A. Cushman is an American academic working as a professor of psychology at Harvard University, where he directs the Moral Psychology Research Laboratory.
Cushman's father was a Washington, D.C. correspondent for The New York Times, and his mother taught psychology at American University. The oldest of three siblings, he attended Georgetown Day School.[1] Cushman graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology. He received a PhD in psychology from Harvard in 2008.
