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The Media Center
Director: Alvin F. Poussaint, MD
Associate Director: Susan Linn, Ed.D.
Program Administrator: Barbara B. Sweeny
About
the Director
Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint currently serves as Director of the Media Center at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston and as a professor of psychiatry and faculty associate dean for student affairs at Harvard Medical School. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and a fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association. He is also National Director of the Lee Salk Center at KidsPeace and a member of KidsPeace's National Advisory Panel for Prevention Services. Read full bio.
About
the Associate Director
A psychologist and award-winning producer and writer, Dr. Susan Linn serves as Associate Director for the Media Center at Judge Baker Children's Center. Combining her skills as a writer and performer with her role as a child therapist, Dr. Linn has written and appeared in a number of video programs designed to help children cope with issues ranging from mental illness to death and loss. Read full bio.
Center Overview
Established in 1994, Judge Baker’s Media Center seeks to unite media professionals, mental health practitioners and classroom educators in a single common pursuit: ensuring the health and well-being of children. Through researching and evaluating the impact of modern media on the lives and choices of young people, the Media Center identifies its potentially harmful effects and works to persuade today’s decision-makers in the media to develop responsible, positive and enriching programming for children.
The
Center is currently developing fitness, confidence-building and media literacy
activities for girls; creating classroom materials addressing issues such
as prejudice, racism and diversity; addressing the media’s role in
childhood obesity. In 2000, the Center launched an innovative effort to
combat the negative impacts of inappropriate marketing to children.
Read articles written by Media Center staff.
Questions about the Media Center? Contact Barbara Sweeny at bsweeny@jbcc.harvard.edu.