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Keynote Address: “Deep Reading's Contributions to Humanity in a Digital Culture”

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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.

Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 7 pm
Location: Virtual Lecture
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Symposium Schedule

All Sessions will be conducted in Boyer 131 except indicated

12鈥�12:45 p.m. 鈥溾�淐an We Live Digitally and Love Our Neighbors?鈥澨�

Faculty lecture: Chad Frey, Convening Coordinator-Arts, Culture & Society

1鈥�1:45 p.m. 鈥淟imited by Design: How Digital Tools Prevent and Promote Human Craft and Mastery鈥澨�

Student Presentation: Owen Anderson, Sponsored by Timothy Schoettle (biblical, religious & philosophical studies)

2鈥�2:45 p.m. 鈥淚mago Dei: Spiritual Self-Portraits in a Digital Era鈥�

Faculty-Student Panel discussion: Sponsored by Tara Stillions Whitehead (communications)

3鈥�3:50 p.m. 鈥淐elebrating Faculty Research in the Humanities鈥�
Faculty Flash Session: Matt Roth, Timothy Shea (language, literature & writing), Robin Collins and Devin Manzullo Thomas (biblical, religious and philosophical studies).

4鈥�4:45 p.m. Opening Reception -Howe Atrium

5-5:45 p.m. "Harrisburg Historical: A New Digital App for Exploring the Stories of the Capital Region"

Faculty-Student Panel discussion: Sponsored by David Pettegrew (history, politics & international relations)

6鈥�6:45 p.m. 鈥淢indful Design in Hybrid Collaboration and Digital Interaction鈥�

Faculty鈥揝tudent Panel discussion: Sponsored by Hong Huo (graphic design & digital media)

7鈥�7:45 p.m. 鈥淟oving to Read: Initiating Positive Reading Habits in a Digital Childhood鈥�

Faculty Panel discussion: How do children learn to read and learn to love reading in a digital world? Literacy Education Professor Sarah Fischer, Ph.D., will introduce the science and scholarship surrounding learning to read. Then, a panel consisting of a parent, student, and librarians will discuss the ways in which they have negotiated the challenges and rewards when helping children develop an identity as a reader. Sponsored by Sarah Myers and Janet Vogel. Murray Library

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All sessions conducted in Boyer 131 except indicated

10:30鈥�11:15 a.m. 鈥溾�楾o Post or Not to Post?鈥� Gen Z Multilingual Students鈥� Habits and Usages of Digital Tools and Digital Identity Construction During Pandemic鈥�

Faculty lecture: Oksana Moroz (language, literature & writing)

11:55鈥�12:40 p.m. 鈥淭eaching and Learning with AI鈥�

Faculty Panel Discussion: Faculty members from different disciplines will explore insights from Bowen and Watson's "Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning鈥�. Sponsored by Teaching with AI Professional Learning Community.

1:20鈥�2:05 p.m. 鈥淪paces of Fear in a Photographic Archive: The Sakimura Family in Wartime United States, 7 December 1941-7 May 1942鈥�

Faculty Lecture: Bernardo Michael (history, politics & intl. relations)

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2:45-4 p.m. Faculty-Student Colloquium/Faculty Teaching Workshop

2:45鈥�3:20 p.m. 鈥淒igital Tools to Build/Maintain Community and Connection with Online and In-Person Learners"

Faculty-Student Colloquium: Sponsored by Lyndsay Grimm and Rachel Fleagle (grad: administration)

3:25鈥�4:00 p.m. 鈥淟iving Digitally: Strategies to Engage the Chronically Online鈥�

Faculty Teaching Workshop: Sponsored by Karen Harrington (residence life)



7 p.m. Symposium Keynote Address: Maryanne Wolf

鈥淒eep Reading's Contributions to Humanity in a Digital Culture鈥�

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All sessions conducted in Boyer 131 except indicated.

12:00鈥�12:45 p.m. 鈥溾�淭hy Pixels Have I Hid in My Heart: Considering the Digital Bible鈥�

Faculty lecture: Brian Smith (biblical, religious and philosophical studies)

1鈥�1:45 p.m. 鈥淧od Save the Humanities: Locations of the Liberal Arts in a Digital Age鈥�

Faulty Lecture: Peter Powers (language, literature & Writing)

2鈥�2:45 p.m. 鈥溾�淩eflections on C. S. Lewis鈥� 鈥淭he Abolition of Man"

Faulty Lecture: Philip Graybill (engineering)

3鈥�3:50 p.m. 鈥淐elebrating Faculty Research in the Humanities鈥�

Faculty Flash Session Oksana Moroz, Stella Ye (language, literature & writing), John Fea (history, politics & Intl. relations), Tara Whitehead (Communications) and Tim Schoettle (biblical, religious and philosophical studies).

4 p.m. Humanities Symposium Dance Concert- 鈥淟iving Digitally: Responding Physically鈥�

Dance performance and discussion Sponsored by Gregg Hurley (theater and dance) Free event, tickets required
Poorman Black Box Theatre,
Climenhaga Building

5 p.m. Closing Reception
Howe Atrium

8 p.m. Humanities Symposium Dance Concert-鈥淟iving Digitally: Responding Physically鈥�

Dance performance and discussion: Sponsored by Gregg Hurley (theater and dance) Free event, tickets required
Poorman Black Box Theatre,
Climenhaga Building

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