Michael Studdert-Kennedy[1] was an American psychologist and speech scientist 1927–2017.https://haskinslabs.
He is well known for his contributions to studies of speech perception, the motor theory of speech perception, and the evolution of language, among other areas.
He is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Connecticut and a professor emeritus of linguistics at Yale University.
He is the former president (1986–1992) of Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut.
He was the son of the priest and Christian socialist Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy.