Stephen J. Ceci, Ph.D. holds a lifetime endowed chair in child development at Cornell University. He studies the accuracy of children's courtroom testimony (particularly as it applies to allegations of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect), as well as the development of intelligence and memory. He is the author of approximately 300 articles, books, and chapters, and he has given hundreds of invited addresses around the world (see below). Ceci's past honors and numerous scientific awards include a Senior Fulbright-Hayes fellowship and an NIH Research Career Scientist Award. His article in Psychological Bulletin was awarded the 1994 Robert Chin Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues for the best article dealing with child abuse and neglect, and it was named one of the top 20 articles in 1994 by Hertzig & Farber. Ceci has received the IBM Supercomputing Prize, three Senior Mensa Foundation Research Prizes for his work on intelligence, and the Arthur Rickter Award for his work on children's testimony. Recently, he was named the 2000 Distinguished Lifetime contribution Award by the American Board of Forensic Psychology and he is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Lifetime Contribution to Science and Society, to be conferred at the 2002 annual meeting of APA.. He also serves on numerous editorial boards.
In addition to hundreds of invited talks, Ceci has given the keynote addresses at over fifty national and international meetings, including the British Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Midwest Psychological Association, the Eastern Psychological Association, the New England Psychological Association, the German Psychological Association, the Swedish Psychological Association, the Brazilian Psychological Association, the American College of Psychiatry, and the American Psychiatric Association. In 1993 Ceci was named a Master Lecturer of the American Psychological Association, and in 1995 APA named a book series after him ("The Ceci Series in Developmental Psychology"). He has given over one hundred addresses at universities around the world, including Oxford University, Cambridge University, Oslo University, Stockholm University, Munich University, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, and Princeton University. He has also given hundreds of training workshops to state associations of judges, social workers, psychologists, forensic associations, and law enforcement personnel.
Recent Workshops/Training. A comprehensive list of Professor Ceci's training workshops is available upon request, as are his audience ratings. The following are examples of training sessions he has conducted during the past year: 1) The New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, titled "Children, Divorce, and Custody: Lawyers and mental health professionals working together" (New Brunswick, NJ, Nov. 20, 1998); 2) "Children as witnesses: A workshop with S. J. Ceci", Co-sponsored by the Syracuse Jewish Family Services, Central New York Chapter of the Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Alliance of Catholic Charities, Rape Crisis Centers, Samaritan Counseling Center of Mohawk Valley, and Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, November 6, 1998); 3) "Annual Institute on Law, Psychiatry, and Psychology for Mental Health and Legal Professionals," co-sponsored by the University of Miami Schools of Medicine and School of Law, and the University of Nebraska Department of Psychology (Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 14, 1998); 4) "A Day with Dr. Ceci: Promoting interdisciplinary co-operation to benefit children and families," Sponsored by The National Council for Family Proceedings (London, England, 16 September, 1998); 5) "The Niagara Regional Police Annual Conference: Don't Spoil the Child Interview"(Niagara Falls, Canada, February 11, 1999); 6) The New York State Law Guardians Association Annual Meeting (Buffalo, NY, March 13, 1999), 7) PEAK Workshop on Forensic Interviewing (Calgary, Alberta, May 18, 1999), 8) the Behavioral Technologies Spectrum '99 Conference (Salt Lake City, UT, June 24, 1999). Scheduled workshops for Fall, 1999 include the South Florida Mental Health Institute (Tampa, FL), and Boston Children's Hospital.
Media Appearances. Ceci has appeared frequently in the national and international media, including: ABC's 20/20 (twice), NBC's Dateline (twice), ABC's Nightline, ABC's Good Morning America, PBS's Frontline (twice), CBS's 48 Hours, PBS's McNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, BBC (three times), CBC's Fifth Estate, and numerous magazines and newspapers including the Wall Street Journal (twice), The New York Times (four times), The New Yorker (three times), The Washington Post (three times), Time Magazine (twice), Newsweek (twice), The London Times, and Reader's Digest. He is a member of the executive board of the Division of Media Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and has published op editorials in papers such as in the Los Angeles Times.
Scientific Service. Ceci is a member of seven editorial boards and a fellow of five divisions of the American Psychological Association, and of the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology, British Psychological Society, and American Psychological Society. His 1996 book On Intelligence: A Bio-Ecological Treatise (Harvard University Press) received wide critical acclaim, and his book (co-written with Maggie Bruck) Jeopardy in the Courtroom: A Scientific Analysis of Children's Testimony (1995) is an American Psychological Association bestseller, and winner of the 1999 William James Award for Excellence in Psychology. He has served on the Executive Committees of Divisions 1 and 7 of APA, and he currently serves on the Council of Editorial Advisors for Magination Press, and previously on the APA Working Groups on Memories of Early Abuse. He is also a senior scientific advisor to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). Ceci is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, and a member of the Advisory Board of the NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. He recently completed a three-year term on the American Psychological Society's Board of Directors. He is also past president of Division 1 (General Psychology) of APA. Ceci is the founder and co-editor of the new APS journal, "Psychological Science in the Public Interest", which is partnered with Scientific American. He is the recipient of the 2000 American Academy of Forensic Psychology's lifetime contribution award.