4:00pm
to
5:30pm |
|
Leaders in Science and Technology Seminar Series: David Lightfoot
(Greater Washington DC Metro Area)
David Lightfoot, director of the Communication, Culture, and Technology Program at Georgetown University, will present "The Complexity of Language: How it is Learned and How it Changes."
Lightfoot has held professorial appointments at several universities including McGill University, the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and the University of Maryland, where he established and chaired a Linguistics Department for 12 years. In 2001, he joined Georgetown University as dean of the Graduate School. From 2005 to 2009, he served as assistant director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), heading the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. In 2009 he returned to Georgetown where he is directing the undergraduate interdisciplinary program in cognitive science and the graduate program in Communication, Culture, and Technology.
The Leaders in Science and Technology Seminar Series is sponsored by the Office of the President, Virginia Tech, and the Office of the Vice President, National Capital Region. The Lightfoot lecture is hosted by Jim Bohland, (retired) vice president and executive director of the National Capital Region and professor of Urban Affairs and Planning.
More information...
|
