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William Hirst

Malcolm B. Smith Professor and Chair of Psychology (CSD)

Email
hirst@newschool.edu

Office Location
G - 80 Fifth Avenue

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William Hirst

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William Hirst is Malcolm B. Smith Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research.

Concentrations: Cognitive science; social aspects of cognition and memory.

Degrees Held

PhD 1976, Cornell University

Recent Publications

Selected publications include:

“A Ten-Year Follow-Up of a Study of Memory for the Attack of September 11, 2001: Flashbulb Memories and Memories for Flashbulb Events,” Journal of Experimental Psychology (2015)

“Social Identity and Socially Shared Retrieval-Induced Forgetting: The Effects of Group Membership,” Journal of Experimental Psychology (2015)

“Memory in the Circumstances in Which One Learned of a Death from AIDS: The Effects of Repeated Exposure,” Memory and Cognition (2003)

“Social Influences on Remembering,” in D. Rubin (ed.), Autobiographical Memory (coauthor, 1996)

“Cognitive Aspects of Consciousness,” in M. Gazzaniga (ed.), Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience (1995). 

Current Courses

Future Courses

  • Cognitive Psychology
    GPSY 5110 - Spring 2027
  • Independent Study
    GPSY 6990 - Spring 2027
  • Fund of Cognitive Psych
    LPSY 2042 - Spring 2027
  • Independent Study
    LPSY 3950 - Spring 2027
  • Senior Work Project
    LPSY 4001 - Spring 2027

Past Courses

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