I was introduced to Denis in graduate school, where I was influenced by his abnormal conditions focus model (with Ben Slugoski) and even more by his subsequent paper on conversational processes in causal reasoning. Denis contacted me in 1996 or 97 while I was at Stanford and let me know that he was going to be visiting and asked whether I might want to meet up. By the end of our meeting, which was one of the most uplifting experiences I had in that period, he suggested I join a conference in Krakow in the summer of '97, which not only put me in touch with many new scholars, it also got this travel-shy Canadian to travel across many European countries, providing an invaluable cultural experience. Denis recruited me to my first academic post at U Hertfordshire and through the years he supported me in pretty much every stage of my career. I once asked him for a reference letter for a social psych post at Oxford, which he graciously provided. When I was shortlisted and arrived on the day, I was amazed to see Denis with a big smile there as well--he had applied for the same post, was shortlisted and just decided to surprise me there. Classic Denis! Denis and I worked together as colleagues. We co-edited (with Patrizia Catellani) a book on counterfactuals and organized a conference on the topic in Aix-en-Provence. He invited me to his home in Paris and in Toulouse and he held "mini-conferences" there, always with stimulating discussion, delectable food, and fine wine. We met in many places and at many conferences, especially SPUDM conferences. He put me in touch with so many people I might otherwise have not known and he was a true confidant of mine for some important life decisions. Denis knew how to embrace life and I will never forget the good and sometimes wild times we shared. I will miss my dear colleague and my friend, which is to say I will not forget him.
I was introduced to Denis in graduate school, where I was influenced by his abnormal conditions focus model (with Ben Slugoski) and even more by his subsequent paper on conversational processes in causal reasoning. Denis contacted me in 1996 or 97 while I was at Stanford and let me know that he was going to be visiting and asked whether I might want to meet up. By the end of our meeting, which was one of the most uplifting experiences I had in that period, he suggested I join a conference in Krakow in the summer of '97, which not only put me in touch with many new scholars, it also got this travel-shy Canadian to travel across many European countries, providing an invaluable cultural experience. Denis recruited me to my first academic post at U Hertfordshire and through the years he supported me in pretty much every stage of my career. I once asked him for a reference letter for a social psych post at Oxford, which he graciously provided. When I was shortlisted and arrived on the day, I was amazed to see Denis with a big smile there as well--he had applied for the same post, was shortlisted and just decided to surprise me there. Classic Denis! Denis and I worked together as colleagues. We co-edited (with Patrizia Catellani) a book on counterfactuals and organized a conference on the topic in Aix-en-Provence. He invited me to his home in Paris and in Toulouse and he held "mini-conferences" there, always with stimulating discussion, delectable food, and fine wine. We met in many places and at many conferences, especially SPUDM conferences. He put me in touch with so many people I might otherwise have not known and he was a true confidant of mine for some important life decisions. Denis knew how to embrace life and I will never forget the good and sometimes wild times we shared. I will miss my dear colleague and my friend, which is to say I will not forget him.
