Neuroscience Institute › News › 2021 › jan-2021 › Gonzalez Named 2021 Fellow of Cognitive Science Society January 07, 2021 Media Inquiries skish(through)andrew.cmu.edu The Cognitive Science Society announced seven research scientists, including Carnegie Mellon University’s Cleotilde Gonzalez, as 2021 Fellows. Gonzalez joins a selected group of 120 researchers, who have been recognized for their sustained excellence and impact on the cognitive science community. “I have dedicated my career to understanding the cognitive processes by which people make decisions in dynamic environments,” said Gonzalez, a research professor in Social and Decision Sciences at CMU’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. “This is a unique honor for me, a woman from Mexico, belonging to a large family of nine kids, the first woman in the family to get a Ph.D., and who had to confront a number of obstacles being an underrepresented minority in a very competitive environment. To me, it is this part of my story that makes the recognition more significant.”