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Kendon Smith Lecture Series
March 28, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 12:15 pm
The Department of Psychology’s annual Kendon Smith Lecture Series will be held in the School of Education Building Room 114 on March 27, 2025 from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. and School of Education Building Room 120 on March 28, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
The theme of this year’s series is “Language, Cognition, and the Brain: Diverse Perspectives on Communication.”
We have a very exciting slate of speakers:
- Helen Tager-Flusberg (Boston University) will present “Explorations of Language in Autism”
- Karen Emmorey (SDSU) will present “The Unique Behavioral and Neural Profile of Skilled Deaf Readers Reveals the Plasticity of the Reading System”
- Randi Martin (Rice) will present “Domain-specific Working Memory and Relation to Language Processing”
- Gary Dell (UIUC) will present “The Adaptable Speaker: A Theory of Implicit Learning in Language Production”
- The series will conclude with a discussion panel with all four speakers.

This event is open to the public. Learn more about the Kendon Smith Lecture Series.