Two appointed to named professorships

ante Cicchetti, professor of psychology, psychiatry, and pediatrics, has been named the inaugural Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Psychology and Larry Epstein, professor of economics, has been named Elmer B. Milliman Professor of Economics.

The new Kearns professorship honors the wife of David Kearns, former chairman of the University's Board of Trustees and former CEO of Xerox Corp.

Cicchetti

Cicchetti's research and writing on attachment, child maltreatment, and maternal depression are considered groundbreaking in the field of psychology. His theoretical contributions as well as his devotion to child advocacy have earned him many honors, including the Nicholas Hobbs Award and the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Clinical Child Psychology from the American Psychological Association.

Since 1985, Cicchetti has been director of the Mt. Hope Family Center, which conducts research in developmental psychopathology and works to better children's mental health, prevent abuse and neglect, and foster healthy relationships between parents and their children. (For news of a new grant to the center, see Mt Hope awarded $1.7 million grant.)

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh in biology and psychology, Cicchetti received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in clinical psychology and child development.

The Rochester psychologist also is founder and editor of Development and Psychopathology, a scholarly journal that is ranked second with regard to impact in its field. He also co-edited Developmental Psychopathology (with Donald Cohen of Harvard University), which has become the standard reference manual in the field of developmental psychopathology.

Epstein

The Milliman Professorship, to which Epstein has been appointed, was established in 1977 by friends of Elmer Milliman, former chairman of the board of Central Trust Company, University alumnus and trustee, and longtime Rochester civic leader.

Epstein, who began teaching at the University in 1998, specializes in mathematical economics, utility theory, and economic theory. He received his bachelor of science degree in mathematics at the University of Manitoba, a master's degree in mathematics from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a doctorate in economics from the University of British Columbia. From 1977 to 1998, he was on the faculty at the University of Toronto.

The author of more than 40 articles and papers in academic and professional journals, Epstein also is an associate editor for five journals of economics. His current research centers on the meaning of "ambiguity," its distinction from "risk" and on the role of ambiguity in asset markets.

Epstein is a fellow of the Econometric Society and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He was awarded the Econometric Society's Frisch Medal in 1994, as well as the John Rae Award for outstanding research that same year from the Canadian Economics Association.

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