Jordan Shapiro | |
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| Born | November 15, 1977 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor, author |
| Alma mater | Bard College (BA), Pacifica Graduate Institute (MA) (PhD) |
| Spouse | Amanda Steinberg |
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Jordan Shapiro (born November 15, 1977) is an American author known for his work on parenting, education, gender, and technology. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Shapiro grew up in Philadelphia. He earned a B.A. from Bard College, an M.A. and a Ph.D. in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. [7] [8] He studied phenomenology with Edward S. Casey, Rabbinic Judaism with Jacob Neusner, film & cinema with Adolfas Mekas. [9]
Shapiro teaches philosophy at Temple University [10] in the College of Liberal Arts. [11] [12] He is senior fellow at The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, [13] and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution Center for Universal Education. [13]
He became an expert in childhood development and digital play following his divorce, after playing video games with his two sons. [14] [6]
In 2021, he became core faculty in Temple University's Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies program after researching and writing a book about being a feminist dad. [15] [16]
Shapiro's perspective combines psychology, philosophy, and economics. [12]
He argues against strict screen time limits for kids, [17] [18] [4] [19] suggesting instead that parents should teach their kids how to use digital devices with integrity. [6] [20] He advises parents not to panic about new technologies [4] [21] and encourages students to use social media in his Intellectual Heritage class. [22] He advocates for joint media engagement. [23] [24] His view that kids can only learn good proper ethics for a connected world by spending more time with digital technology [25] [26] has been controversial, causing Wall Street Journal journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley to complain, "the idea that parents might forbid or severely limit their children's devices—or take the devices away altogether—is anathema to him". [27] He hosts a podcast about digital wellbeing that is produced by Sesame Workshop and Roblox. [28]
Shapiro's work on feminism and fatherhood has been well received. [29] The New York Times Book Review called it "utterly mind-blowing". [30] In 2022, United States Air Force four-star general Anthony J. Cotton celebrated Shapiro's views on masculinity and feminism, inviting him to be the keynote speaker at the Air Force Global Strike Command's Women's Leadership Symposium. [31]
Father Figure: How to be a Feminist Dad ISBN 9780316459969 was published by Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company in April 2021. [32]
The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World ISBN 0-316-43724-7 was published by Little, Brown Spark, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company in December 2018. [33]
Shapiro wrote a column for Forbes called "Geek Philosophy" from 2012 to 2017. [34]
He wrote "The Mindshift Guide to Games and Learning" for the online site of NPR member station KQED-FM. [35] And the Asia Society Center for Global Education guide "Digital Play for Global Citizens". [36]
In 2017, he coauthored a notable essay on education for global citizenship with former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou. [37]
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The Jim Henson Company, formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc., is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for its innovations in the field of puppetry, particularly through the creation of Kermit the Frog and the Muppets characters.
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Anya Kamenetz is an American writer living in Brooklyn, New York City. She has been an education correspondent for NPR, a senior writer for Fast Company magazine, and a columnist for Tribune Media Services, and the author of several books. She is currently a senior advisor at the Aspen Institute.
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Jerry Moe is a therapist, author, trainer, and public speaker. He is a leader on issues for children living in families impacted by addiction and an advocate that recovery from addiction should include all family members.
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan research and innovation group founded by Sesame Workshop to advance children's literacy skills and foster innovation in children's learning through digital media.
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The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connected World by Jordan Shapiro is a book published by Little, Brown and Company in December 2018.
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo is an American late-night talk show hosted by the Muppet character Elmo. It is a spin-off of Sesame Street and was developed exclusively for the HBO Max streaming service. The series, consisting of 13 episodes, debuted on HBO Max on May 27, 2020. The first three episodes were available at launch, after which new episodes were premiered weekly. Each episode runs for 15 minutes. In March 2021, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on September 30, 2021, when the show moved to the service's Cartoonito section. However, in August 2022, the series was removed from HBO Max. The series aired on PBS Kids from February 10, 2023, to May 10, 2024.
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