FOCUS SPEAKER:
Kenneth Wesson
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 About
Kenneth Wesson
Kenneth Wesson delivers keynote addresses on the neuroscience
of learning for educational organizations and institutions
throughout the United States and overseas. His audiences range
from pre-school and early childhood specialists to college
and university-level faculty members and administrators. His
recent international audiences have included educators and
chief administrative officers from North America, South America,
Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and
sub-Saharan Africa. He has spoken to educators from six of
the world's seven continents and can be seen on PBS and other
special programs on brain development.
Wesson regularly addresses psychological, medical, and educational
associations, as well as parenting organizations and civic
groups on establishing "Brain-considerate" learning
environments. In addition to his seminars on learning, Wesson
also speaks on the topics of brain development, diversity
in learning, the Neuropsychology of prejudice, curriculum
development, effective teaching strategies, and how children
learn. He is also frequently asked to serve as an expert witness
in court cases involving brain trauma and memory.
Wesson's recent work has included delivering addresses to
the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;
the National Symposium for Scientists and Engineers; the American
Society for Investigative Pathology; the International Brain
Education Association; the Korean Institute of Brain Science;
the National Science Research Council; the American Association
of Anatomists; the Summer Institute for the National Academy
of Sciences; the American Society for Microbiology; the American
Physiological Society; the Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Series; the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives; the Stanford
Neurosciences Institute; the First Annual Brain Conference
of the Pacific Northwest; the Association of College and University
Biologists; the Science Teachers Association of New York State
(whose other speakers have included Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the
former U.S. Surgeon General and Dr. Richard Roberts of Great
Britain, the recipient of the 1993 Nobel prize for Physiology/Medicine);
the Alabama Science Teachers Association; the Johnson and
Johnson Corporation; the IBM Corporation; the Alabama Governor's
Summit on Mathematics and Science Education; the National
Science Teachers Association (NSTA); the Hawaiian Association
for Counselors and Educators in Government; the Annual Biomedical
Research Conference for Minority Students (sponsored by the
National Institute of General Medical Sciences); the National
Alliance of Business; Head Start; the Great Teachers' Seminars;
the National Science Foundation's Systemic Initiatives for
Math and Science; the IDATER (International Design and Technology
Educational Research and Curriculum Development) Conference
in England, and numerous American colleges and universities.
He has been a keynote speaker for several of the leading
international educational organizations for American and International
schools, including the Association of International Schools
in Africa (AISA), the Association of American Schools in South
America (AASSA), the Central and Eastern European Schools
Association (CEESA), the National Association of Independent
Schools (NAIS), East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools
(EARCOS), the Near East South Asia schools (NESA), along with
numerous American educational organizations, school districts,
and colleges.
The audiences that Wesson will address this year range from
the educators in Asia to Central America. He will also deliver
keynote addresses for the Georgia Science Teachers Association,
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Mississippi
Science Teachers Association.
Wesson has been profiled in "Who's Who in Science and
Engineering," "Who's Who in American Education,"
and "Who's Who in America."
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