Biography

Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University. An author of 12 books and hundreds of publications, she is the recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Bronfenbrenner Award, the American Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science, the Association for Psychological Science James McKeen Cattell Award and the APA Distinguished Lecturer Award. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society, is the President Elect of the International Society for Infant Studies and served as the Associate Editor of Child Development. Her book, Einstein never used Flashcards: How children really learn and why they need to play more and memorize less, (Rodale Books) won the prestigious Books for Better Life Award as the best psychology book in 2003. Kathy received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff (PhD, Cornell University) is Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education, Psychology, and Linguistics, University of Delaware. Awarded numerous prizes from APA and APS, and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, funding for her research comes from NSF, NIH, and IES. She served as associate editor of Child Development, and authored over 150 journal publications, book chapters, and 12 books and monographs. Passionate about the dissemination of developmental science for improving children’s and families’ lives, she also writes books for parents and practitioners and lectures internationally about language development, playful learning, and spatial development. With her chief collaborator Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, she co-founded the Ultimate Block Party movement to celebrate the science of learning and play. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and in print media and never turns down an opportunity to spread the findings of psychological science to the lay public.

3-147 - Taking it to the Streets: Developmental Science Goes Live

Session Type: Invited Symposium

Integrative Statement

Science affects the average man and woman ... He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car … instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, [by] being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch...

J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964), the English geneticist and biometrician and author of this quotation, recognized that the application of science to human lives was inevitable. Our science needs to grapple with how we move beyond our “horse-drawn vehicles” to conduct translational research. We also need to disseminate our findings to the public and policy makers. This special session addresses two broad goals: First, we illustrate some ways in which developmental science has been translated. Taken out of the lab and applied to problems in the world, the projects we will discuss set an example for our incipient power to improve children’s and families lives. Second, the speakers discuss dissemination of the findings of our science. Our knowledge age demands that developmental researchers communicate their findings in what we call “edible science” -- small bites that are accessible, digestible and usable. The purpose of the one-hour discussion that follows the session is to brainstorm about additional ways that researchers might apply and disseminate their own work.

Sub Unit

• SRCD Biennial Meeting

Chairs

• Kathryn A Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University

• Roberta M Golinkoff, University of Delaware

Individual Presentations

• Writing About Children in a Way That Grown-Ups Can Understand - Presenting Author: Alison Gopnik, Univ of California-Berkeley

• Moving an Evidence-Based Intervention for High-Risk Parents Into the Community - Presenting Author: Mary Dozier, University of Delaware; Caroline K. Pemberton Roben, University of Delaware; Elizabeth Meade, University of Delaware

• Three Stories About Language: Translational Science at Work - Presenting Author: Kathryn A Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University; Roberta M Golinkoff, University of Delaware

• Getting It Out There: Disseminating Edible Developmental Science - Presenting Author: Roberta M Golinkoff, University of Delaware; Kathryn A Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University