Jordan Shapiro, PhD

author and assistant professor at Temple University

• bio

  Jordan Shapiro, PhD, is a global thought leader on digital technology, child development, and education. His holistic approach to studying childhood and digital play draws from history, philosophy, psychology, culture, and economics. Shapiro is a senior fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, an assistant professor in the Intellectual Heritage Program at Temple University, and the author of several books, most recently The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World.