Conference Speakers

Paula Poundstone, NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me and author, The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

Criscillia Benford, Ph.D., co-author, "Sensory Metrics of Neuromechanical Trust"

Dr. Barb Brock, Professor Emeritus, Eastern Washington University, author, Living Outside the Box: TV Free Families Share Their Secrets

Jacques Brodeur, Edupax, Action Coalition for Media Education, ACME-Québec

Patricia Cantor, Ed.D., professor of Early Childhood Studies, Plymouth State University in N.H., author, Techwise Infant and Toddler Teachers

Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Ed.D., author, Taking Back Childhood: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Fast Paced Media Saturated Violence Filled World

Cheryl Charles, Ph.D., Co-Founder, President, and CEO Emerita, Children & Nature Network

Emily Cherkin, M.Ed., The Screentime Consultant

Joe Clement, co-author, Screen Schooled

Mary Cornish, Ph.D., Professor Early Childhood, Plymouth State University, author, Techwise Infant and Toddler Teachers

Victoria Dunckley, M.D., Integrative Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist, author, Reset Your Child's Brain

Jean Ciborowski Fahey, Ph.D., author, Make Time for Reading

Laís Fleury, Children and Nature Program, Instituto Alana

Richard Freed, Ph.D., psychologist, author, Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age

Douglas Gentile, Ph.D., Iowa State University, author, Media Violence and Children

Melanie Hempe, RN, Founder/President, Families Managing Media

Makeda Keegan, Ph.D., Law & Public Policy, Northeastern University

Velma LaPoint, Ph.D., Professor of Child Development, Howard University

Diane Levin, Ph.D., author, Beyond Remote Controlled Childhood
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Susan Linn, Ed.D., author, Consuming Kids and The Case for Make Believe

Roxana Marachi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, San Jose State University

Chelsea Maxwell, Ed.M., Learning Designer at Dr. Sharon Maxwell Inc.

Sharon Maxwell, Ph.D., author, The Talk: A Breakthrough Guide to Raising Healthy Kids in an Oversexualized, Online, In-your-face World

Matt Miles, co-author, Screen Schooled

Meghan Owenz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Penn State University-Berks, writer ScreenFreeParenting.com

Jenny Radesky, M.D., Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician, Media Researcher, and co-author, AAP policy statement on media use in early childhood

Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT, CEO Sunshine Coast Occupational Therapy Inc. and Zone’in Programs Inc.

Bill Softky, Ph.D., physicist/neuroscientist/technologist, co-author, "Sensory Metrics of Neuromechanical Trust"