Frederick L. Coolidge received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Florida.

He completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. He has been awarded three Fulbright Fellowships to India (1987, 1992, and 2005). He has also received three teaching awards at the University of Colorado (1984, 1987, and 1992), including the lifetime title of University of Colorado Presidential Teaching Scholar. He has received two faculty excellence in research awards at the University of Colorado (2005 and 2007). Professor Coolidge conducts research in behavior genetics, cognitive archaeology, and lifespan personality and neuropsychological assessment. He has published this work in Behavior Genetics, Developmental Neuropsychology, Journal of Personality Disorders, Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, Current Anthropology, Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Journal of Human Evolution, Journal of Anthropological Research, and others. His theory (with archaeologist Thomas Wynn) about the evolution of modern thinking was a featured article in the journal Science in 2010. Many of his articles are available at www.

uccs.edu/~faculty/fcoolidg . Professor Coolidge?s hobbies include reading, traveling, collecting (e.g., mammoth bones and meteorites), long-distance bicycling, playing in a rock band, and grandfathering.