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Sandra L. Calvert is Chair and Professor of the Department of Psychology at Georgetown University and the Director of the Children's Digital Media Center ( http://cdmc.georgetown.edu ), a multi-site interdisciplinary research center funded by the National Science Foundation (2001–11; BCS-0126014 and BCS-0623871) and the Stuart Family Foundation. Dr Calvert authored Children's Journeys through the Information Age (1999), and co-edited Children in the Digital Age: Influences of Electronic Media on Development (2002). She has served on two committees for the National Academies, leading to two committee co-authored books: Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity (2006) and Youth, Pornography, and the Internet (2002). Dr Calvert, who received her doctorate in Developmental and Child Psychology from the University of Kansas, is a fellow of the American Psychological Association. She serves on advisory boards for Cable in the Classroom, PBS Kids Next Generation Media, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research. She provides technical assistance to Congress in the development of the Children and Media Research Advancement Act (CAMRA). She has also consulted for Nickelodeon Online, Sesame Workplace, Blue's Clues , and Out of the Blue Enterprises. Barbara J. Wilson is the Paul C. Friedland Professorial Scholar and Head of the Department ... log in or subscribe to read full text