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Ask the Experts—WebinarHow to Build Creativity
What do we know about how to build creativity?
Brain and CognitionCharacter DevelopmentEducation & LearningParenting12 Speakers -
Ask the Experts—WebinarAdvertising and Kids: Let’s Take a (Commercial) Break
How does digital advertising and marketing influence children's behavior and health?
Social MediaAdvertising and MarketingEthical DesignMedia LiteracySpeakersVicky Rideout
President
VJR Consulting
Josh Golin
Executive Director
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Matthew Lapierre, PhD
Assistant Professor of Communication
University of Arizona
Jenny Radesky, MD
Assistant Professor
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School
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Ask the Experts—WebinarPicture Perfect? Teens, Media, and Social Comparison
How does digital media use affect adolescent social comparison, identity, well-being, body image, and more?
Social MediaBody ImageMental HealthSpeakersMitch Prinstein, PhD, ABPP
John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Assistant Dean; Co-Director
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Winston Family Initiative on Technology and Adolescent Brain Development
Sophie Choukas-Bradley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware
Allison Chase, PhD, CEDS
Regional Clinical Director
Eating Recovery Center
Amanda Mozea
Education Outreach Manager
MEDIAGIRLS
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Ask the Experts—WebinarScreens, Students, and ASD
How can families optimize virtual learning for children on the autism spectrum?
NeurodiversityParentingSpeakersMatthew D. Lerner, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics; Director; Research Director
Stony Brook University; Social Competence & Treatment Lab; Stony Brook Autism Initiative
Meryl Alper, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies, Northeastern University
Temple Grandin, PhD
Autism Spokesperson; Author
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
Christopher Flint
Head of School; Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer; Founder
City Elementary; Infiniteach; AACTION Autism
Victoria Dunckley, MD
Integrative Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist; Author
Reset Your Child's Brain
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Ask the Experts—WebinarPersuasive Technology
What is persuasive technology and how does it influence children's digital media use?
Ethical DesignMental HealthSpeakersYalda Uhls, MBA, PhD
Founder and Executive Director; Author
Center for Scholars & Storytellers University of California, Los Angeles; Media Moms and Digital Dads
Richard Freed, PhD
Child and Adolescent Psychologist; Author
Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age
Criscillia Benford, PhD
Educator and Communications Consultant; Co-Author; Board Member
Sensory Metrics of Neuromechanical Trust; Campaign for a Commerical-Free Childhood
Max Stossel
Head of Education; Poet and Filmmaker
Center for Humane Technology
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Ask the Experts—WebinarPrivacy Please: Protecting Kids’ Identity and Personal Information Online
How can families safeguard children's privacy and safety online?
Ethical DesignAdvertising and MarketingSpeakersSonia Livingstone, PhD
Professor of Social Psychology
Department of Media and Communications, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Serge Egelman, PhD
Research Director; Director
Usable Security and Privacy Group, International Computer Science Institute; Berkeley Laboratory for Usable and Experimental Security University of California, Berkeley
Angela J. Campbell, LLM, JD
Professor of Law; Co-Director
Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University
Jeff Chester, MSW
Executive Director
Center for Digital Democracy
Ariel Fox Johnson, JD
Senior Counsel
Privacy & Policy, Common Sense Media
Stacey Steinberg, JD
Master Legal Skills Professor; Director; Associate Director
Gator Team Child Clinic; Center on Children and Families, University of Florida
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Ask the Experts—WebinarWin or Lose: What to Do About Videogaming
What should families know about video gaming, its effects on child development, and how to manage children's video game use?
Video GamingParentingSpeakersMarc Potenza, PhD, MD
Professor of Psychiatry; Director
Child Study Center of Neuroscience; Center of Excellence in Gambling Research; Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Disorders; Women and Addictive Disorders, Women's Health Research, Yale University
Cam Adair
Founder; Director; Keynote Speaker
Game Quitters; Intenta; CAMPUSPEAK, Inc.
Douglas A. Gentile, PhD
Professor of Developmental Psychology; Editor; Co-author
Iowa State University; Media Violence and Children; Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Public Policy
Edward Spector, PsyD
Psychologist
SpectorTherapy
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Ask the Experts—WebinarParenting Just Children: A How-To Conversation About Race, Social Justice Activism, and The Media
How can families, educators and clinicians talk with children, students, and patients about race and ways that families can help create a more socially just society?
Race and EthnicityCivic EngagementSocial MediaViolent ContentSpeakersDominic A. Rollins, PhD
Director;
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, The Dalton School
Valerie Adams-Bass, PhD
Assistant Professor of Education
University of Virginia
Howard C. Stevenson, PhD
Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education; Professor of Africana Studies in Human Development and Quantitative Methods; Executive Director
Racial Empowerment Collective, University of Pennsylvania
Jacqueline Douge, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatrician; Podcast Host; Author
The Pediatric Center of Frederick; What is Black?; Learning to Love All of Me
Craig Watkins, PhD
Ernest A. Sharp Centennial Professor; Author
University of Texas at Austin; The Digital Edge and Don't Knock the Hustle
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Ask the Experts—WebinarIt’s Not Funny: Cyberbullying and Other Online Cruelty
How can parents and students prevent and handle adverse online experiences such as cyberbullying?
Social MediaCyberbullyingMental HealthSocial RelationshipsSpeakersElizabeth Englander, PhD
Director
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, Bridgewater State University
Trisha Prabhu
University Student; Founder and CEO
Harvard University; ReThink
Melissa Faith, PhD
Clinical Pediatric Psychologist
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital