Daniel R. Anderson
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Daniel R. Anderson, Ph.D., (born 1944) is part of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
. Anderson was involved in the creation of children's television series
including Allegra's Window
, Gullah Gullah Island
, Bear in the Big Blue House
, Blue's Clues
, and Dora the Explorer
. He has also acted as an advisor to Captain Kangaroo
, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
, Sesame Street
, Fimbles, Go, Diego, Go!
, and It's a Big Big World
.
In 2005, Anderson became part of the Sesame Beginnings Advisory Board, which included other "national child development and media experts". The Workshop has also awarded him a grant to study the "impact of baby videos on parent-child interaction".
Anderson received his Ph.D. from Brown University
in 1971.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
. Anderson was involved in the creation of children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
including Allegra's Window
Allegra's Window
Allegra's Window is a children's television series that aired on Nick Jr. from July 12, 1994 to May 1, 1996, with reruns airing from May 2, 1996 to August 30, 2000 and later airing on Noggin from February 2, 1999 to April 2003...
, Gullah Gullah Island
Gullah Gullah Island
Gullah Gullah Island is an American children's television series starring Ron Daise and his wife Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a Gullah family.-Background:...
, Bear in the Big Blue House
Bear in the Big Blue House
Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Playhouse Disney channel by Mitchell Kriegman and The Jim Henson Company. It first aired in 1997, and re-runs of the show continue to air on Playhouse Disney . It is produced by The Jim Henson Company and Shadow...
, Blue's Clues
Blue's Clues
Blue's Clues is an American children's television show airing on the Nickelodeon family of channels. The show premiered on September 8, 1996 and airs on Nick Jr. and other channels, although production of new episodes ceased by 2006. Versions of the show have been produced in other countries,...
, and Dora the Explorer
Dora the Explorer
Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. It aired on CBS until...
. He has also acted as an advisor to Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo is a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running children's television program of its day...
, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss is an American live-action/puppet television series based on characters created by Dr. Seuss, produced by Jim Henson Productions. It aired for two seasons on the Nick Jr. Block on Nickelodeon...
, Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
, Fimbles, Go, Diego, Go!
Go, Diego, Go!
Go, Diego, Go! is a children's television series created by Chris Gifferd and Valerie Walsh, and is a spin-off of Dora the Explorer. The show premiered on September 6, 2005, on Nickelodeon. It also aired as part of the Nick Jr. on CBS block from September 17, 2005, to September 9, 2006. On...
, and It's a Big Big World
It's a Big Big World
It's A Big Big World is an American children's television show on PBS Kids, that debuted January 2, 2006. It was originally part of Miss Lori and Hooper's schedule block, but it was replaced in that block on September 3, 2007, though ran for a few years that followed...
.
In 2005, Anderson became part of the Sesame Beginnings Advisory Board, which included other "national child development and media experts". The Workshop has also awarded him a grant to study the "impact of baby videos on parent-child interaction".
Anderson received his Ph.D. from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in 1971.
Publications
- Instructional programming for the handicapped student, 1975
- The impact of children's education: Television's influence on cognitive development
- Instructional programs for the severely handicapped student: Field test version
- The impact on children's education : television's influence on cognitive development
- Fmri in Media Psychology Research: A Special Issue of Media Psychology, with John P. Murray, 30 January 2006
- Early Childhood Television Viewing and Adolescent Behavior: The Recontact Study (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development), with Aletha C. Huston, Kelly Schmitt, Deborah Linebarger, John C. Wright, March 2001, ISBN 0-631-22922-1
Summary of journals, encyclopedias, books, etc.
- Advances in applied developmental psychology (1984, with R. Smith)
- Attention and cognitive development (1979, with L. F. Alwitt, E. P. Lorch, S. R. Levin)
- AV Communication Review (1977, with S. R. Levin and E. P. Lorch)
- British Journal of Statistical and Mathematical Psychology (1972, with D. G. Kemler)
- Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society (1973, with B. E. Shepp and D. G. Kemler)
- Child DevelopmentChild developmentChild development stages describe theoretical milestones of child development. Many stage models of development have been proposed, used as working concepts and in some cases asserted as nativist theories....
(1976, with S. R. Levin; 1979, with E. P. Lorch, S. R. Levin; 1981, with E. P. Lorch, D. E. Field, J. Sanders; 1985, with C. Fischer, R. Smith; 1985, with D. E. Field, P. A. Collins, E. P. Lorch, J. G. Nathan; 1986, with J. Gibbons, R. N. Smith, D. E. Field, C. Fischer; 1986, with E. P. Lorch, P. A. Collins, D. E. Field, J. G. Nathan) - Children and the formal features of television (1983 with D. E. Field)
- Children's understanding of TV: Research on attention and comprehension (1983, J. Bryant; 1983 with E. P. Lorch; 1983 with J. Bryant; 1987, with H. P. Choi, E. P. Lorch)
- Contemporary Psychology (1978)
- Developmental PsychologyDevelopmental psychologyDevelopmental psychology, also known as human development, is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to...
(1981, with E. P. Lorch, R. Smith, R. Bradford, S. R. Levin; 1999, with K. L. Schmitt, P.A. Collins) - Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (2002, “Children’s attention to television”)
- G is for growing: Thirty years of research on Sesame Street (2001, “Sesame Street viewers as adolescents: The recontact study”, with A.C. Huston, J.C. Wright, D. Linebarger, K.L. Schmitt)
- Human FactorsHuman factorsHuman factors science or human factors technologies is a multidisciplinary field incorporating contributions from psychology, engineering, industrial design, statistics, operations research and anthropometry...
(1985, with J. G. Nathan, D. E. Field, P. A. Collins) - In Contemporary Psychology (1981; 1981)
- Journal of Applied Developmental PsychologyJournal of Applied Developmental PsychologyThe Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology provides a forum for the presentation of conceptual, methodological, policy, and research studies involved in the application of behavioral science research in developmental and life span psychology...
(2003) - Journal of Communication (1976, with S. R. Levin; 2003, with K.L. Schmitt, K.D. Woolf)
- Journal of Educational PsychologyJournal of Educational PsychologyThe Journal of Educational Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1910 and covers educational psychology. It is published by the American Psychological Association.The editor-in-chief is Arthur Graesser...
(1985, with D. E. Field; 1985, with D. E. Field) - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (1972; 1975, with A. D. Well, G. F. Strutt; 1975, with A. D. Well; 1980, with J. M. Dowd, R. K. Clifton, W. H. Eichelman; 1980, with A. D. Well, E. P. Lorch)
- Journal of Experimental PsychologyJournal of Experimental PsychologyJournal of Experimental Psychology is a bimonthly journal published by American Psychological Association since 1916, containing articles relating to experimental psychology....
, later Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (1975, with M. A. Clement; 1984, with E. P. Lorch, A. D. Well) - Media PsychologyMedia PsychologyMedia Psychology seeks an understanding of how people perceive, interpret, use, and respond to a media-rich world. In doing so, media psychologists can identify potential benefits and problems and promote the development of positive media ....
(2002, with K.L. Schmitt) - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (2001, with A.C. Huston, J.C. Wright, D. Linebarger, K.L. Schmitt)
- Psychological ReviewPsychological ReviewPsychological Review is a scientific journal that publishes articles on psychological theory. It was founded by Princeton psychologist James Mark Baldwin and Columbia psychologist James McKeen Cattell in 1894 as a publication vehicle for psychologists not connected with the Clark laboratory of G....
(1972, with B. E. Shepp and D. G. Kemler) - Psychological processes and advertising effects: Theory, research and application (1985)
- Sex Roles (1982, with L. Ross, P. A.Wisocki)
External links
- Official webpage at the University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstThe University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
, with full list of publications - Short presentation at the University website