Maryanne Wolf
Reading scholar and teacher
Maryanne Wolf is a scholar and teacher who studies reading, language and dyslexia, and speaks up for children and literacy worldwide.
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American Born in South Bend, United States
About Maryanne Wolf
Maryanne Wolf earned her doctorate at Harvard University, where she began studying the neurological basis of reading, language and dyslexia. She has taught and led research at Tufts University, including at the Center for Reading and Language Research. She has also worked at UCLA, where she has directed the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice. Wolf has received a Distinguished Professor of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Psychological Association and a Teaching Excellence Award from the American Psychological Association. She sits as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Her books include Proust and the Squid and Reader, Come Home.