PEN Distinguished Lecture Series
The PEN Distinguished Lecture Series in Educational Neuroscience was created in association with the Foundations Proseminar course for graduate students in the Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience (PEN) program. Since its inception, the series has grown!
The lecture series focuses on the intersection of the Science of Learning (learning across the lifespan) and Educational Neuroscience (learning across early life). Scientists and researchers who are pioneers in the fields of Cognitive-Educational Neuroscience, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, and Child Development come to Gallaudet University's campus to talk about their research.
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All lectures are open to the public and are video recorded for online distribution.
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The Effect of Early Psychosocial Deprivation on Brain Development
Dr. Charles Nelson III
Professor of Pediatrics, Neuroscience and Psychology, Harvard University
*Present both in-person (JSAC 1011) and Webinar
Dr. Charles Nelson III is Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He also holds the Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research at Boston Children’s Hospital. He chaired the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development. He has served on the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panels that wrote From Neurons to Neighborhoods, New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research, and The Role of Seafood Consumption in Child Growth and Development. Among his many honors, he has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the British Academy. In 2021, he received the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize, and in 2023, he received the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development award.
The PEN Distinguished Lecture Series in Educational Neuroscience honors researchers who have changed the landscape of science. We invite them to share their discoveries as we forge new links across research communities within Gallaudet University, Washington D.C., and the world.
To view this year's and all previous presentations, please visit VL2's PEN Distinguished Lectures webpage.