Does Gender Matter?
Author Leonard Sax MD, PhD to Speak
February 22, 2006

Leonard Sax MD, PhD, is a physician and a psychologist and the founder of the National Association for Single-Sex Public Education. His scholarly work has been published in a wide variety of prestigious journals including American Psychologist, Behavioral Neuroscience, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Journal of Family Practice, Annals of Family Medicine, Journal of Sex Research, and others. He has been a featured guest on CNN, PBS, Fox News, Voice of America, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, and many other news programs, discussing the importance of sex differences in how children learn.

Dr. Sax will speak at an all-school event from 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 23, in the Large Auditorium of the Memorial Building. He will share research and ideas from his book about how "sex differences are fundamental and innate." Deerfield students are required to attend and Deerfield faculty and staff are invited to attend.

Also on the 23rd, Dr. Sax will speak separately to the Deerfield faculty from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Large Aud. The afternoon session is titled: "Closing Gender Gaps." And finally, Dr. Sax will speak to the greater community from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the Large Aud.