Speaker Profile

Patricia K. Kuhl, PhD

Co-Director, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences; Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington; The Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning; Co-Author, “Mother–Infant Social and Language Interactions at 3 Months Are Associated With Infants’ Productive Language Development in the Third Year of Life” (2024, Infant Behavior and Development), “Brain Myelination at 7 Months of Age Predicts Later Language Development” (2022, Neuroimage), “Early Language Learning and the Social Brain” (2014, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), How Babies Think: The Science of Childhood (2001), and The Scientist in the Crib (2000)

Patricia K.Kuhl, PhD

Upcoming Talks

Teaching Social Brains
Applying Brain Science to Improve Social Skills, Belonging, Behavior, Regulation, and Learning
The Fairmont Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
February 12-14, 2027

Past Talks

The Science of Learning
Using Evidence to Engage Learners, Transform Teaching, Innovate EdTech, and Empower Leaders
Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel or Virtually via Zoom
April 25-27, 2025
Teaching Social Brains
Strategies to Promote Student Connections, Collaboration, Cooperation, and Belonging
The Sheraton NY Times Square, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
April 21-23, 2023
Social-Emotional Brains in Schools
Raising Resilience, Restoring Relationships,
and Rebuilding Self-Regulation During COVID-19
Virtual Conference
November 07-08, 2020