Title:
Director of Education and Research
Organization:
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media
Biography
Michael Robb is Director of Education and Research at the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media. He
oversees the Early Learning Environment™, a website that provides high-quality digital resources to families and educators of
children birth to age five. Dr. Robb has been involved in issues surrounding media and children for over a decade. He has
published research on the impact of electronic media on young children’s language development, early literacy outcomes, and
problem solving abilities in a variety of academic journals, including Child Development and Developmental Review. Dr. Robb
has also supervised community educational outreach efforts for KCET/PBS, helping parents and teachers to make the most of
quality children’s programming. Dr. Robb holds a B.A. in child development from Tufts University, an M.A. in psychology and a
Ph.D. from University of California, Riverside.
