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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
FACULTY POSITIONS HELD
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS
CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS
RECENT MAJOR PUBLIC ADDRESSES

Educational Background

Central Institute for the Deaf, Washington University
(Post-doctoral Fellow, 1973-76)

University of Minnesota, Ph.D.
(Speech Science; Psychology, 1973)

University of Minnesota, M.A.
(Speech Science, 1971)

St. Cloud State University, B.A.
(Speech Science; Psychology, 1967)

Faculty Positions Held

Professor, 1982-present
Adjunct Professor (Education), 2004-present
Adjunct Professor (Neuroscience program), 1994-present
Adjunct Professor (Otolaryngology), 1987-present
Adjunct Professor (Psychology), 1985-present
Adjunct Professor (Linguistics), 1985-present
Associate Professor, 1979-1982
Assistant Professor, 1977-1979

Professional Offices, Awards, and Affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 1993 American Psychological Society, elected 1990
Acoustical Society of America, elected 1989

Associate Editor, Developmental Science, 2000-present
Associate Editor, Neuroscience, 1989-1998
Associate Editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1988-1992

Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair for Early Childhood Learning, 2008
Gold Medal, American Institute of Physics (Acoustics Branch), Paris, 2008
University of Minnesota Distinguished Alumni Award, 2007
Kenneth Craik Research Award, University of Cambridge, 2005
William P. and Ruth Gerberding University Professor, 1997-2005
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, elected 2003
Rodin Academy, elected 2000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1998
Faculty Lectureship Award, University of Washington, 1998
Silver Medal, Acoustical Society of America, 1997
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Scholar, University of Washington, 1992-1994
Distinguished Alumni Award, St. Cloud State University, 1990

Research Affiliate, G. Edelman's Neuroscience Research Group, La Jolla, California, 1994-2000
Affiliate, Santa Fe Consortium on Human Potential

Board of Directors, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT), 2005-present
President, Acoustical Society of America, 1999-2000
Board of Directors, Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc., 1994-1998
Vice-President, Acoustical Society of America, 1997-1998
Board of Directors (Governor-appointed), Washington Technology Center, 1994-1997
Board of Directors, American Institute of Physics, 1994-1996

Current Research Grants

P. K. Kuhl, Principal Investigator NIH/NICHD (HD 37954) "Developmental Speech Perception and Brain Plasticity," 2007-2012.

P. K. Kuhl, Principal Investigator, Project 2 NIH Center of Excellence Grant "Early Language as Predictive of Treatment Outcome in Autism," 2003-2008.

P. K. Kuhl, Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the LIFE Center NSF Science of Learning Center Grant "Center for LIFE (Learning in Informal and Formal Environments)," 2004-2009.

P. K. Kuhl, Principal Investigator, Project 2 Autism Center of Excellence Grant "Language as a Measure of Risk in Siblings of Children with Autism," 2007-2012.

Recent Invited Talks & Public Addresses

How Children Learn: Can (Should) We Try to Improve It, How Can We Improve Our Brains, Cold Spring Harbor, September, 2008.

Exploring the Infant Brain with MEG, Neurospin Conference MEG: New Images of Brain Dynamics, Paris, France, June 2008.

Cracking the Speech Code, Mini-Nobel Symposium, Genes, Brain, and Behavior, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2008.

Language, Bilingualism, and the Infant Brain, Maclyn McCarty Memorial Lecture, The Rockefeller University, April 2008.

It's Not Just Talk: How the Child's Brain Maps Language, Parents & Science Lecture, The Rockefeller University, April 2008.

Language and the Developing Brain, American Association for the Advancement of Science Symposium, Brain Basis of Speech, Boston, February 2008.

Cracking the Speech Code: Language and the Infant Brain, CNBC Lecture Series, Carnegie Mellon University, January 2008.

Language as a Human Specialization, NSF conference, Neuroscience and Education, Washington DC, December 2007.

Language, Bilingualism, and the Infant Brain, University of Helsinki Conference, Developing Brain, Emerging Mind, Helsinki, Finland, September 2007.

Neuroplasticity for Language in Infancy, NSF conference, Opportunities and Challenges for Language Learning and Education, Washington DC, September 2007.

Language as a Challenge for Robotics and Engineering, Keynote Address, NSF conference, Future Challenges in Engineering and Learning, Washington DC, July 2007.

Language Learning and the "Social Brain": Implications for Children with Autism, Keynote Address, International Meeting For Autism Research, Seattle, May 2007.

Babies and Brains: Truths, Myths, and Politics, Invited Speaker, Pathways Lecture Series sponsored by Parent Map, Seattle, April 2007.

Early Learning, the Brain, and Society, UW Provost’s Distinguished Lecture, Seattle, April 2007.

Language, the Bilingual Brain, Education and Society, University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement Award Address, Minneapolis, April 2007.

Early Language Learning and the Brain: Implications for Education, Invited Symposium Speaker, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007.

Neural Commitment to Language: Implications for Dyslexia, Keynote Address, International Dyslexia Association Conference, From Research to Practice, Newport Beach, March 2007.

Linking Speech Perception in Infancy to Language Acquisition: Early Phonetic Learning Predicts Later Language, Invited Symposium Speaker, Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, March 2007.

Language, Bilingualism, Neuroscience and Education, Keynote speaker, International Symposium on the Human Brain and Early Education, Santiago, Chile, March 2007.

Early Learning Research in Washington State, Briefing for U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Seattle, February 2007.

The Bilingual Brain, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Filmed interview, January 2007.

Early Learning and the Brain, Invited presentation to the Washington State Legislature's Appropriations Committee, Olympia, January 2007.

Language and the Infant Brain: Developmental Neuroimaging, Plenary Address, BioMagnetism, Vancouver, August 2006.

Language and the Infant Brain: The Scientist in the Crib, Kaoshuing University, Kaoshuing, Taiwan, June 2006.

How to Promote Language Acquisition in the Child, Hsin Foundation Public Lecture, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2006.

Neural Commitment to Language and Implications for the Critical Period: Lecture 2, Hsin Foundation Conference on "Infant Brain Development," Taipei, Taiwan, June 2006.

The Scientist in the Crib: Lecture 1, Hsin Foundation Conference on "Infant Brain Development," Taipei, Taiwan, June 2006.

How Infants Learn, Invited Talk at Reporters' Forum, House of Nobility, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2006.

The Scientist in the Crib: Acquiring a Language, Invited Speech to Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2006.

Language and the Infant Brain: Implications for the Critical Period, Mini-Nobel Symposium, "Nurturing the Brain of the Child," Stockholm, Sweden, May 2006.

Language and the Infant Brain: Bridges from Neuroscience to Education, Keynote Address, The Tenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston, May 2006.

Early Speech Perception and Later Language Abilities: Implications for Theory and Practice, Keynote Address, Harvard University and the Dana Foundation's Brain Awareness Week, Cambridge, May 2006.

Bridging Neuroscience and Education: Examples From Language, Invited Speech to Governor Christine Gregoire and the Washington Learns Steering Committee, Seattle, April 2006..

The Scientist in the Crib: Language and the Infant Brain, Keynote Address, Neuhaus Education Center 20th Anniversary, Belleaire, Texas, March 2006.

The Scientist in the Crib: Computational Learning for Language in Infancy, Kenneth Craik Research Award, University of Cambridge, England, November 2005.

Infant Language Learning: Computation With Constraints, NIH and the Merrill Advanced Studies Center Conference on Language Acquisition, Infant Pathways to Language: Methods, Models, and Research Directions, Tempe, Arizona, September 2005.

Language and the Brain: A Glimpse at the Infant Mind, Infant and Early Childhood Conference, Bellevue, May 2005.

The Scientist in the Crib: Infant Learning and the Brain, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, March 2005.

The Infant Brain: How Infants Learn and Why It Matters, House Appropriations Committee, Olympia, March 2005.

Language and the Infant Brain: A Glimpse at How the Mind Develops, Georgetown University Graduate School, Washington DC, March 2005.

Language and the Brain, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, January 2005.

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