Dr. Starr Keyes, assistant professor of education at Bluffton University, will discuss her dissertation research into improving elementary students' reading skills at a colloquium on Friday, Jan. 14. Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 4 p.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Bluffton's Centennial Hall.

Focusing on research she completed at an elementary school in Columbus, Ohio, while working on her doctorate at The Ohio State University, Keyes will present data on a technique that aids students' reading skills.