# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lera-boroditsky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:40:38.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lera-boroditsky"
name: "Lera Boroditsky"
slug: "lera-boroditsky"
description: "Dr. Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and cognition. She is 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 the University of California, San Diego. She previously served on the faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Stanford University."
tagline: "American psychologist"
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gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1976-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "leraboroditsky"
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    url:       "http://lera.ucsd.edu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump