Maryanne Wolf

Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, teacher, and global advocate for children and literacy. She is the UCLA Professor-in-Residence of Education and director of the UCLA Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice. She was previously the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service, director of the Center for Reading and Language Research, and professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. A leading expert on the reading brain, literacy development, and dyslexia, she has pioneered research on deep reading, cognitive neuroscience, and intervention models for children with dyslexia. Wolf is a permanent academician of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and was recently named an Honorary Advisory Fellow of the United Sigma Intelligence Association. She has been honored by the Dyslexia Foundation, the International Dyslexia Association, and the Einstein Foundation for her contributions to literacy and cognitive neuroscience. She has also served as an external advisor to the Library of Congress, the Council of Europe, and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Wolf earned her EdD in human development and psychology from Harvard University.

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