<\/a>Dr. Christine M. Skolnik of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric & Discourse at DePaul University has been invited to speak on a panel about spirituality and neuroscience at the Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Modifiability conference<\/a> in Jerusalem, June 2-5, 2013, sponsored by the Feuerstein Institute. Dr. Skolnik will speak on a panel titled “Materialism v. Spiritualism on Brain Plasticity” with experts on spirituality and neuroscience from Israel.<\/p>\n

Dr. Skolnik has been conducting research in neuroscience and rhetoric for over fifteen years, delivering papers at various academic conferences in the U. S. and publishing her work in technical-writing and critical-thinking related publications. Her manuscript Rhetoric and the Plastic Brain<\/i> is currently under revision, but available in draft form on academia.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Skolnik has a PhD in English, with a focus on rhetoric, from Penn State. She has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetoric and technical writing for 20 years. She is also a certified spiritual director and recently completed a second MA, in Urban Sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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