Religious Studies

Presentation by Dr. Robert Wiley – “The Psychology of Written Language: Insights from Teaching and Studying Arabic”

Posted on October 18, 2022

Please join us for a presentation by speaker Dr. Robert Wiley, “The Psychology of Written Language: Insights from Teaching and Studying Arabic”

Nursing and Instructional Building, 1007 Walker Ave., Room 106

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 5:30pm

Dr. Wiley is Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Psychology Program and the Director of the Cognitive and Neural Science of Learning Lab at UNCG. His research is aimed at understanding how learning affects perception and how cognitive psychology can be used to improve learning outcomes, primarily in the domain of written language. He has published widely and was recently a guest expert on “Forum,” hosted by Mina Kim on San Francisco’s NPR station KQED, as well as in UNCG Research Magazine: https://researchmagazine.uncg.edu/spring-2022/learning-by-hand/. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, Lloyd International Honors College, Department of Psychology, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the School of Education, and the Humanities Network and Consortium.

For more information, please contact abgabbay@uncg.edu.