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.
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