Before MIT, Professor Tenenbaum served Assistant Professor at Stanford University from 1999 to 2002. Professor Tenenbaum is widely published and previously worked as an Associate Editor for the journal Cognitive Science. He is the recipient of the New Investigator Award from the Society for Mathematical Psychology (2005), the Early Investigator Award from the Society of Experimental Psychologists (2007), and the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (in the area of cognition and human learning) from the American Psychological Association (2008).