A Talk With Kenneth Wesson, Ph.D.

Dr. Kenneth WessonThe BFSA Network invited guest speaker Kenneth Wesson, Ph.D., to help celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. 

Wesson, an educator who has studied neuroscience and learning, gave a talk on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in Conference Rooms A&B of the campus Center.

He spoke about the human brain, thinking patterns and social justice. Often, he said, "we see things in the way that we wish to ... Seeing things one way doesn't make them right." 


man speaking at podium in front of screen


Portrait of MLKing on tripod


audience members listening


Man speaking at podium with MLKing image on screen behind him


cake with image of MLKing and Mrs. King


three women listening at table

About  Kenneth Wesson

Kenneth Wesson, Ph.D., is a former higher education faculty member and administrator. He delivers keynote addresses on the neuroscience of learning for educational organizations and institutions throughout the United States and overseas.

Wesson regularly addresses educational organizations, counseling associations, school districts and parenting organizations on the subject of "brain-considerate" learning environments. In addition to his speeches on the neuroscience of learning, Wesson speaks on the subjects of early brain development, design and engineering, STEM and STREAM, social-emotional learning and curriculum development. He is an active member of Scientists without Borders and has been featured in PBS specials on human learning and the teenage brain. In 2017, Wesson was nominated to receive the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award.

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

- Martin Luther King Jr.
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