Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD, is an internationally recognized scholar in the areas of human development, language development, and infancy. As a professor of psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia, she serves as director of the Temple University Infant Lab. She participated in one of the nation's largest studies of the effects of child care.
Hirsh-Pasek has worked since 1980 with Roberta Golinkoff, PhD, director of the Infant Language Project at the University of Delaware. In addition to contributing scores of articles to professional journals, they have written and edited 10 books, including How Babies Talk and Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn - And Why They Need to Play More And Memorize Less.