Name
Keynote Session: Freeing the Anxious Generation: Collective Action to Restore Healthy Childhood
Date & Time
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Speakers
Monique Smith - test
Mara Madrigal-Weiss - San Diego County Office of Education
Dr. Willough Jenkins - Rady Children's Hospital
Sarah Lyman - Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Ananya Kshirsagar - San Marcos High School
Mara Madrigal-Weiss - San Diego County Office of Education
Dr. Willough Jenkins - Rady Children's Hospital
Sarah Lyman - Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Ananya Kshirsagar - San Marcos High School
Description
Zach Rausch is Associate Research Scientist at NYU-Stern School of Business, lead researcher to Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.
Zach’s research and writing have been featured and cited internationally, in outlets such The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Times, The After Babel Substack, The Free Press, Axios, Politiken, Zeit, and more. He has also given expert testimony to multiple state legislatures on the impact of social media on adolescent mental health.