Bilingualism and Cognition: Informing Research, Pedagogy, and Policy Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition

Jos E. Nez Sr., PhD, is a President's Professor of psychology and the executive director for community outreach in the Office of the Senior Vice-President for Educational Outreach and Student Services, Arizona State University. He earned his PhD in experimental child psychology from the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. His early research involved infant perceptual and cognitive development. Recent research includes exploration of alternative measures for identifying gifted Latino children and adolescents.

Dr. Nez has contributed to numerous book chapters and journal articles on dual language learners, most recently contributing a chapter to Enhancing the Knowledge Base for Serving Young English Language Learners, edited by E. Garca and E. Frede. His cutting-edge collaborative neuroscience research explores perceptual learning and neuroplasticity and has been published in top-tier international journals, including Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, PLoS ONE, and Current Biology. His current research interests include the relationship between bilingualism and neuroplasticity.