The 2024 Fox Reading Conference

Language Variations: Dialects, Multilingualism, Developmental Language Disorder, and Dyslexia

The 2024 Fox Reading Conference explored protective and risk factors associated with language variations. This theme continued our longstanding commitment to support educators in leveraging their students’ diverse strengths and addressing their weaknesses to elevate learning. Nationally recognized language and literacy experts were featured as they shared their expertise and unique perspectives on the intersection of bidialectalism, multilingualism, developmental language disorder (DLD), and dyslexia. They explored the unique nature of each as well as their intersections. More than 200 educators attended the conference on MTSU's campus. Nearly 1,000 educators from across the state, around the country, and all over the globe attended the conference virtually. 

This FREE, two-day conference was made possible with the support of the

Tom and Elizabeth Fox Endowment for Reading and the generosity of this year's sponsors

PROGRAM

 

SESSION HANDOUTS

 

Thursday, March 7

 Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan                     Dr. Julie Wolter                                  Dr. Julie Washington

                                                                

 

Friday, March 8

  Dr. Tiffany P. Hogan                      Dr. Julie Wolter                                   Dr. Timothy N. Odegard

                              

       

Meet the Expert Speakers

Tiffany Hogan, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Director of the Speech and Language (SAiL) Literacy Lab MGH Institute of Health Professions

Elsa Cardenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, CDT, CALT-QI President Valley Speech and Language Learning Center Research Associate Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, University of Houston

Julie Washington, Ph.D. Director of the Dialect, Poverty, and Academic Success Lab University of California-Irvine

Julie Wolter, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Dean of Nursing and Human Physiology Gonzaga University

Meet the Moderators

Karen Kehoe, Ph.D. Director of the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia Middle Tennessee State University

Tim Odegard, PhD. Professor of Psychology and the Chair of Excellence in Dyslexia Studies Middle Tennessee State University

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