page_title: Lera Boroditsky
hierarchical_section_title: Lera Boroditsky
caption_attribution_description: English: Left to right: Performance artist Xandra Ibarra, cultural anthropologist Adrian Van Allen, cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky
context_page_description: Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and cognition. She is currently one of the main contributors to the theory of linguistic relativity. She is a Searle Scholar, a McDonnell Scholar, recipient of a National Science Foundation Career award, and an American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientist. She is Professor of Cognitive Science at UCSD. She previously served on the faculty at MIT and at Stanford.
context_section_description: Lera Boroditsky (born c.1976) is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and cognition. She is currently one of the main contributors to the theory of linguistic relativity. She is a Searle Scholar, a McDonnell Scholar, recipient of a National Science Foundation Career award, and an  American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientist. She is Professor of Cognitive Science at UCSD. She previously served on the faculty at MIT and at Stanford.
caption: Left to right: Performance artist Xandra Ibarra, cultural anthropologist Adrian Van Allen, Boroditsky in 2017
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