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Jyotsna Vaid

Keynote Addresses, Colloquia and Invited Papers

1979, Neuropsychological aspects of bilingualism. Invited paper, Symposium on Psycholinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism, McGill University.

1979,  Neurolinguistic studies of bilingualism. Colloquium, Linguistics Department, McGill University.

1980,  Subject variables in neuropsychological research in bilingualism. Invited paper, Symposium on Lateralization of Language in Bilinguals, Body for the Advancement of Brain, Behavior and Language Enterprises, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

1980, Visual field differences in the processing of rhyme and meaning.  Colloquium, Psychology Department, University of Western Ontario, London.

1982, The bilingual brain revisited. Colloquium, Psychology Department, Wayne State University.

1982, Bilingual brain lateralization: A task analysis. Colloquium, Journal Club Neurolinguistique, Laboratoire Theophile Alajouanine, Centre Hospitalier Cote des Neiges, Montreal.

1983, Bilingualism and brain functioning: A view from the left. Colloquium, Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University.

1983,  Women in contemporary South Asia. Invited talk, Seminar on Contemporary South Asia, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University.

1983,  The role of gestures in language acquisition. Invited talk, Psychology Department, Michigan State University.

1983, Cerebral hemispheric specialization of language in bilinguals. Colloquium, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego. 

1984, Bilingualism and brain lateralization. Colloquium, Department of Linguistics, Delhi University.

1984, Early vs. late bilingualism: Psycholinguistic studies. Invited talk, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.

1984, Language processing in early and late bilinguals. Invited talk, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

1985, Bilingualism and brain functioning. Invited talk, Workshop on Neurolinguistics, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore.

1985, Psycholinguistic studies of early and late bilinguals.  Colloquium, Psychology Department, University of California at Santa Cruz.

1985, Leaning to the left: Cerebral lateralization in bilinguals.  Colloquium, Psychology Department, University of Western Ontario.

1985, Cerebral lateralization in bilinguals. Colloquium, Neurology Unit, Boston V.A. Medical Center.

1986, Hemispheric differences in bilingual language processing. Colloquium, Psychology Department, Texas A & M University.

1986, Bilingualism and the brain. Colloquium, Psychology Department, University of Maine, Orono.

1986, Hemispheric specialization of language in bilinguals. Colloquium, Psychology Department, Tufts University.

1986, Bilingualism and brain lateralization of language.  Colloquium, Psychology Department, Florida International University.

1987, Sentence interpretation in bilinguals. Colloquium, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

1988, Neuropsychological aspects of bilingualism. Invited talk, Linguistics Program, Texas A & M University.

1988, Lateral dominance in bilinguals: A review.  Invited talk, Neuropsychology Workshop on Bilingualism, Institute for Research in Behavioral Neuroscience, New York City.

1988, Research trends in South Asian women's studies. Invited talk, Panel on Women in the Third World and Resource Collection Development, annual meeting of the American Librarian Association, New Orleans.

1989, Neuropsychological perspectives on bilingualism: Right, left and center. Invited talk, McGill Conference on Bilingualism, Multiculturalism and Second Language Learning in Honour of Wallace E. Lambert, L'Esterelle, Quebec.

1989, Repercussions of brain maturation on second language functioning.  Invited talk, 14th Meeting of the Conference on Language Development, Boston University.

1990,  Two languages in one brain. Invited talk, Psychology Club, Texas A & M University.

1990, Indian marriage ads: A content analysis. Invited talk, South Asia Seminar Series, Center for Asian Studies, University of Texas, Austin.

1992, Imagined homelands. Opening address, South Asian Students Association National Conference, University of Texas, Austin.

1992, Thinking numerically: An investigation of Spanish-English users, Race and Ethnic Studies Institute Seminar Series, Texas A&M University.

1993, Left brain, right brain revisited: What we really know about laterality. Invited presentation, NSF Summer Institute for Psychology Teachers, Texas A&M University.

1995, Bilingualism and number processing. Colloquium, Psychology Department, Delhi University, India.

1995, Orthographies and reading: A perspective from Devanagari. Colloquium, Psycholinguistics, University of Provence, Aix‑Marseille, France.

1995, Bilingualism and number processing. Invited presentation, Laboratoire de Traitement du Langage, Universite de Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland.

1996, The evolution of humor. Invited paper, Conference on Evolution of the Psyche, Texas A & M University.

1997, Deconstructing the bilingual brain: What's right? What's left? Invited talk, International Workshop on Psycholinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism, University of Provence, Aix, France.

1998, Matrimonial advertisements: Discourses of the commodified self, Invited talk, University of Colorado, Boulder.

1999,  South Asian women engendering change. Invited talk, Symposium on South Asia into the Year 2000, Northwestern University.

2000, Current research on bilingual education program models. Invited discussant, NICHD-sponsored Institute on Early Childhood: Taking Stock of Literature on Language Development and Emergent Literacy. National Association for Bilingual Education Conference, San Antonio.

2001, Current research in psycholinguistics, Invited participant on Panel on Research in Psychology, Psychology Club and Psi Chi, TAMU.

2001, Consultation on Women's Networks in Multireligious America, Invited participant, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University.

2002, Consultation on Women's Networks and Public Policy, Invited participant, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University.

2004, Playing with and through languages: Bilingual humor as artful transgression, Invited Forum Lecture, International Conference on Globalization and World Englishes: Identity and Creativity, Syracuse University.

2004, Neural substrates of language processing in bilinguals: Imagi(ni)ng the possibilities. Keynote address, International Conference on Cognitive Science, University of Allahabad, India.

2005, Fair enough? Color and the commodification of self in Indian matrimonials. Invited talk, Hierarchies of Color: Transnational Perspectives on the Social and Cultural Significance of Skin-tone, University of California, Berkeley.

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