[last updated: May 1998]

Curriculum Vitae

Paul A. Estin

Work (734) 647-3703, (734) 763-7480 fax
     estin@umich.edu
     Cognition and Perception Area
     Department of Psychology
     University of Michigan
     525 E. University Ave.
     Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Home (734) 994-5415
     1106 Michigan Ave.
     Ann Arbor, MI 48104


Current Position

Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan

Education

Ph.D., Cognition/Perception Area, Department of Psychology, University
	of Michigan, 1998.
M.A., Cognition and Communication, Department of Psychology,
	University of Chicago, 1990.
B.A., general honors, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago,
	1990.

Honors and Awards

Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, 1998.

Professional Associations and Activities

Member of Society for Judgment and Decision Making, University of
Michigan Culture and Cognition Program, University of Michigan
Decision Behavior Consortium, and University of Michigan Judgment and
Decision Laboratory.

Research Interests

Cognitive approaches to judgment and decision making.  The role of
examples in cognitive processing of arguments.  Methods of assessing
and improving judgment.
Categorization and inductive reasoning (including cross-cultural
reasoning).  Object recognition, basic levels, typicality, shape
information, and the living/ non-living distinction.

Teaching Interests

Cognitive Psychology.  Research Methods.  Judgment and Decision
Making.  Categorization.  Reasoning.  Social Cognition.

Teaching Experience

Graduate Student Instructor for Professor Thad Polk, Introduction to
Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of
Michigan, Fall 1997.

Graduate Student Instructor, Superlab in Psychology as a Natural
Science, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Fall 1996 -
Winter 1997.

Teaching Assistant for Professor J. Frank Yates, Decision Processes,
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Winter 1994- Winter
1996.

Teaching Assistant for Professor Edward E. Smith, Introduction to
Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of
Michigan, Fall 1993.

Co-instructor for classes in computer use (Using the Macintosh, Using
Microsoft Word on the Macintosh, Using E-Mail in UNIX), University of
Chicago Computing Organizations, University of Chicago, Fall 1990-
Spring 1991.

Publications

Yates, J. F., & Estin, P. A. (1998). Decision making.  In W. Bechtel & G.
	Graham (Eds.), A companion to cognitive science (pp. 186-196).
	Malden, MA: Blackwell. 	

Estin, P. A.  (1998).  Examples in decision argumentation.
	Ph.D. Dissertation.

Atran, S., Estin, P. A., Coley, J.D., & Medin, D.L.  (1997).  Generic
	Species and Basic Levels: Essence and Appearance in Folk
	Biology.  Journal of Ethnobiology.

Manuscripts Submitted or In Preparation

Yates, J. Frank & Estin, P. A.  Training Good Judgment.  Under review.

Atran, S., Estin, P. A., Coley, J.D., & Medin, D.L.  Central Tendency
	and Ideal Type: Induction Tasks among Americans and Itzaj.  In
	progress.

Estin, P. A., Smith, E. E., Medin, D. L., & Kurbat, M. A.  (1995).
	Object Recognition: Basic Levels, Typicality, and Shape.
	Unpublished Manuscript.

Smith, E. E. & Estin, P. A.  (1995).  A Test of the Modality-specific
	Explanation of the Living/non-living dissociation: A Response
	to Farah, Mcmullen, and Meyer (1991).  Unpublished Manuscript.

Presentations

Estin, P. A.  (1998, February).  Examples in Argumentation and
Decision Making.  Talk presented at the University of Michigan
Cognition and Perception Forum, Ann Arbor, MI.

Estin, P. A.  (1997, May).  The Use of Examples in
Argumentation and Decision Making.  Talk presented at the University
of Michigan Decision Consortium Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.

Yates, J. F., & Estin, P. A. (1996, November).  Training Good
Judgment.  Talk presented at the Meeting for the Society for Judgment
and Decision Making, Chicago, IL.

Estin, P. A. (1995, November).  Argumentation and Decision Making.
Poster presented at the Meeting for the Society for Judgment and
Decision Making, Los Angeles, CA.

Estin, P. A. (1995, October).  Inductive Reasoning about Nature among
Itzaj and Americans.  Talk presented at the University of Michigan
Cognition and Perception Forum, Ann Arbor, MI.

Estin, P. A., Smith, E. E., Medin, D. L., & Kurbat, M. A.  (1995,
May).  Fun with Pictures and Words: Basic Levels, Typicality, and
Shape in Object Recognition.  Talk presented at the University of
Michigan Cognitive Science and Neuroscience Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI.

Estin, P. A. (1995, March).  Aspects of Object Recognition.  Talk
presented to the University of Toledo Cognitive Development Research
Group, Toledo, OH.

Estin, P. A., Smith, E. E., Medin, D. L., & Kurbat, M. A.  (1994,
November).  Basic Levels, Typicality, and Shape in Object Recognition.
Paper in progress, presented at the University of Michigan Cognition
and Perception Forum, Ann Arbor, MI.

References

J. Frank Yates, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology,
University of Michigan, 525 E. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1109,
(313) 763-2092, jfyates@umich.edu.

Edward E. Smith, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology,
University of Michigan, 525 E. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1109,
(313) 764-0186, eesmith@umich.edu.