Marie Evans Schmidt. Ph.D., Psychology, 2003, Area of Specialization: Developmental Psychology M.S., Psychology, 2001

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1 Marie Evans Schmidt Center on Media and Child Health Children s Hospital Boston 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA marie.evans@childrens.harvard.edu EDUCATION University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA, Ph.D., Psychology, 2003, Area of Specialization: Developmental Psychology M.S., Psychology, 2001 Georgetown University, Washington, DC, B.A., Psychology and English, 1997, magna cum laude TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor of Psychology: School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Courses taught: Cognitive Development, Bilingualism, Play in Children and Animals, Children and Television, Children and Television 2: Advanced Research Seminar, Gender and Education, Moral Panics Teaching Assistant: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA Courses: Controversial Topics in Educational Psychology: Junior Writing Seminar, Statistics (sole responsibility for mandatory lab instruction), Child Behavior and Development TEACHING INTERESTS Statistics and Research Methods, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Media and Children, Introduction to Psychology PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Student Advisor: Hampshire College, Advised approximately 35 students at all levels of Hampshire s divisional exam system 1

2 Co-Chair: Five-College Cognitive Science Colloquium, Hampshire College, Coordinated a funded lecture series in computer science, linguistics, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and neuroscience for the Five-College Community (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and University of Massachusetts) Academic Committee Member: Educational Policy Committee (EPC), Hampshire College, Served as the representative from the School of Cognitive Science to EPC, which oversees and evaluates the academic curriculum at Hampshire College Committee Member: Hampshire Children s Center Steering Committee, Hampshire College, Participated in Committee that advises the childcare center for Hampshire College, developed policies for student internships and work study at the Center Committee Member: Five-College Childhood Studies Seminar, Participated in an ongoing interdisciplinary symposium for faculty from the Five Colleges to share research and scholarship related to childhood Committee Member: Hiring Committees, Hampshire College, Served on two hiring committees, for positions in the School of Cognitive Science and in the School of Social Science RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Research: Center on Media and Child Health, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 2004-present Secondary analysis of infant TV viewing and its influence on cognitive development Analysis of how parent health beliefs influence children s media use Development of process for evidence based review of media effects research literature Review and analysis of all literature on media effects on children aged 0-6 for Kaiser Family Foundation Doctoral Research: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, (research advisor: Dr. Daniel Anderson) Laboratory studies of the effects of television viewing on 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old children as part of a 3 year grant from the National Science Foundation. Laboratory study of 2-year-olds ability to find hidden objects based on information from television Laboratory study of effects of educational TV programs on preschool aged children s styles of television viewing Laboratory studies on the development of reasoning and problem solving, especially analogical processes, in 2.5- and 3-year-old children, using scale model task (with Dr. Marvin Daehler, University of Massachusetts) 2

3 Laboratory study of 2-year-old children s spatial reasoning abilities with a version of a hidden displacement task (with Dr. Rachel Keen and Dr. Neil Berthier, University of Massachusetts) Undergraduate Research: Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, 1997 (research advisor: Dr. Sandra Calvert) Content analysis of 70 hours of children's television programs to evaluate efforts of TV networks to comply with FCC regulations stated in the Children's Television Act. CONSULTING Nickelodeon, 2007 PBS, 2005 Sesame Workshop, 2001 OTHER ACTIVITIES Ad hoc reviewer: Pediatrics, Media Psychology, Journal of Women s Health PUBLICATIONS Note: Prior to 2005, my publications appear under Evans, M.K. Schmidt, M.E., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L, Frankenfield, A.E., & Anderson, D.R. (in press). The effects of background television on the toy play behavior of very young children. Child Development. Schmidt, M.E., Bickham, D.B., Branner, A., & Rich, M.O. (in press). Media policies of health organizations. In Calvert, S.A., & Wilson, B. (Eds.), Handbook of Children and the Media. Blackwell Publishing. Schmidt, M.E. & Vandewater, E.W. (2008). Electronic media and learning and achievement. The Future of Children. 18(1), Schmidt, M.E., Crawley-Davis, A.M., & Anderson, D.R. (2007). Two-year-olds object retrieval based on television: Testing a perceptual account. Media Psychology, 9(2), Schmidt, M.E., & Anderson, D.R. (2006). The impact of television on cognitive development and educational achievement. In N. Pecora, J.P. Murray, & E.Wartella (Eds.), Children and television: 50 years of research. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Schmidt, M.E., & Rich, M.O. (2006). Media and child health: Pediatric care and anticipatory guidance for the information age. Pediatrics in Review, 27(8), Schmidt, M. E., Bickham, D. S., King, B. E., Slaby, R. G., Branner, A., & Rich, M. (2005). The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages 0-6: A Review of Research and Funding. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation. 3

4 Anderson, D.R. & Evans, M.K. (2003). The impact of the Internet on children: Lessons from television. In J. Turow & A. Kavanaugh (Eds.), The Wired Homestead. Cambridge: MIT Press. Crawley, A.M., Anderson, D.R., Santomero, A., Wilder, A., Williams, M., Evans, M.K. & Bryant, J. (2002). Do children learn how to watch television? The impact of extensive experience with Blue s Clues on preschool children s television viewing behavior. Journal of Communication, 52 (2), p Anderson, D.R. & Evans, M.K. (2001). Peril and potential of media for toddlers. Zero to Three, 22, MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Schmidt, M.E., Rifas, S., Gilman, M., Rich, M.O. & Tavares, E. Effects of infant TV viewing on preschool cognition. Manuscript in preparation. Troseth, G.L., Schmidt, M.E., & Anderson, D.R. Trustworthy sources of information: Two-year-old children s learning from direct experience and video. Submitted to Child Development. Kirkorian, H.L., Pempek, T., Lund, A.F., Schmidt, M.E., & Anderson, D.R. The effects of background television on parent-child interaction. Submitted to Child Development. PRESENTATIONS Schmidt, M.E. (2006, June). Early childhood and television. Panel discussion at the third annual Media Literacy: Overseas Conversation Series, New York, NY. Schmidt, M.E. (2005, May). Researching infant media use: Developmental psychology and public health in action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communications Association, New York, NY. Schmidt, M.E. (2005, May). The body and advertising. Session chaired at the annual meeting of the International Communications Association, New York, NY. Schmidt, M.E., & Kirkorian, H.L. (2005, May). The effects of background television on very young children s development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communications Association, New York, NY. Kirkorian, H.L., Murphy, L.A., Pempek, T.A., Evans, M.K. & Anderson, D.R. (2005, April). The impact of background television on parent-child interaction. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. Anderson, D.R., Evans, M.K., Kirkorian, H.L., Pempek, T.A. (2005, April). TV and toddlers. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA. 4

5 Evans, M.K., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., Frankenfield, A. E., Anderson, D.R. (2004, May). The impact of background television on complexity of play. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL. Frankenfield, A.E., Richards, J.E., Lauricella, A.R., Pempek, T.A., Kirkorian, H.L., Anderson, D.R., & Evans, M.K. (2004, May). Looking at and interacting with comprehensible and incomprehensible Teletubbies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL. Evans, M.K. (2003, May). The impact of television on cognitive development and educational achievement. In N. Pecora (moderator), A Retrospective: An appraisal of 50 years of children's television research. A panel discussion conducted at the annual meeting of the International Communications Association, San Diego, CA. Evans, M.K., Frankenfield, A., Kerkorian, H., Pempek, T. & Anderson, D.R. (2003, April). The impact of background television on very young children's play with toys. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL. Evans, M.K., Crawley, A.M., & Anderson, D.R. (2001, April). Two-year-olds difficulty with object retrieval based on TV: Testing a perceptual account. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. MacConnell, A., Evans, M.K., & Daehler, M.W. (2001, April). Do multiple models facilitate dual representation? Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. Poirier, C.R., Berthier, N.E., Clifton, R.K., Evans, M.K., & Cheries, E. (2000, July). Where s the Ball? Young children s reasoning about unseen events. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society on Infant Studies, Brighton, England. Anderson, D.R., & Evans, M.K. (1999, June). The impact of the Internet on children: Lessons from television. Paper presented at the Annenberg Public Policy Conference on the impact of the Internet on children. Washington, DC. AWARDS and HONORS Trainee, National Institute of Mental Health Institutional Public Health Service Grant to University of Massachusetts for Predoctoral Training in Applied and Basic Cognition, Annenberg Public Policy Center Travel Fellowship Award, Conference on the Impact of the Internet on Children, 2000 Annenberg Public Policy Center Travel Fellowship Award, Annual Conference on Children and Television, 1999, 1998 Distinguished Academic Achievement in English, Georgetown University,