Keynote Address: “Deep Reading's Contributions to Humanity in a Digital Culture”
February 20, 2025 at 7pm (Virtual Lecture)
Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, teacher and advocate for children and literacy around the world. She is currently the director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice at UCLA in the School of Education and Information Studies. She has written more than 170 scientific publications, including "Reader, Come Home: the Reading Brain in a Digital Culture" (12 Translations; HarperCollins, 2018). Wolf is also the creator of the RAVE-O Intervention Program for all struggling readers and has received multiple awards for her contributions to the neuroscience of reading. Most recently, she was elected a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of Science.
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