David McNeill

Born	1933 (age 83–84) California, United States
Pen name	David McNeill
Occupation	Psychologist and writer
Language	English
Nationality	American
Education	A.B. and Ph.D in psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States; Center for Cognitive Studies, Harvard University
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Genre	Psychology
Subject	Scientific research into psycholinguistics; language, thought and gesture

David McNeill (born 1933 in California, United States) is an American psychologist and writer specializing in scientific research into psycholinguistics and especially the relationship of language to thought, and the gestures that accompany discourse.

David McNeill is a professor of the University of Chicago in Illinois, and a writer.

McNeill studied for and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in 1953 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1962, both in psychology, at the University of California, Berkeley. He went on to study at the Center for Cognitive Studies, Harvard University in 1963.

As well as being a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and holding several academic fellowships including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973-1974, McNeill was Gustaf Stern Lecturer at the University of Göteborg, Sweden in 1999; and Vice President of the International Society for Gesture Studies from 2002–2005.

In 1995, McNeill won the Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement, University of Chicago; and in 1995 he was awarded the Gordon J. Laing Award from the University of Chicago Press for the book Hand and Mind.

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