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 neurobiology of reading in deaf and hearing adults

Thursday, 27 October 2022
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Dr. Karen Emmorey

Dr. Karen Emmorey 

Distinguished Professor at San Diego State University

Director of the Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience

 

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Dr. Karen Emmorey is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University and the Director of the Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr. Emmorey’s research focuses on what sign languages can reveal about the nature of human language, cognition, and the brain. She studies the processes involved in how deaf and hearing people produce and comprehend sign language and how these processes are represented in the brain. Her research interests also include bimodal bilingualism and the neurocognitive underpinnings of reading skill in profoundly deaf adults. Dr. Emmorey is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Linguistic Society of America, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

 

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.