Catherine Steiner-Adair
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Catherine Steiner-Adair | |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Employer | Harvard Medical School |
| Notable work | The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age |
| Website | www |
Catherine Steiner-Adair is an American clinical psychologist, author, speaker, consultant, and research associate at Harvard Medical School.[1]
Education
[edit]Catherine Steiner-Adair graduated from Scarsdale High School and earned her Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1976. She was also an exchange student at Williams College from 1974 to 1975. After Bowdoin, she earned her doctorate in Clinical and Consulting Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1984, where she studied girls' psychological development and education with Carol Gilligan.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Steiner-Adair is an Associate Psychologist at McLean Hospital and a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical and research work focuses on the development, understanding, and prevention of eating disorders in girls.[4] Her other areas of expertise include child development, the impact of culture on gender identity, social relationships, character development, and leadership training.[5]
In 2013, Steiner-Adair released a book called The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age with Teresa H. Barker. The book examines how technology and media change children's learning and development, and advises parents on balancing the benefits of technology while reducing its risks at each stage of development.
She has spoken in the press about the impact of technology on children.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Catherine Steiner-Adair, EdD". Child Mind Institute. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Catherine Steiner-Adair – The Hamlin School". hamlin.org. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ Steiner-Adair, Catherine. "Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D." Linkedin. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ Kennedy, Kelli (2010-12-10). "Eating disorders on rise for Orthodox Jewish girls". NBC News. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ Rope, Kate (2018-12-06). "Perspective | Parents should encourage girls to get angry and show it. Here's how". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ Citizen, The Bedford (2024-02-09). "Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair Talking About Navigating the Digital World with Young People". The Bedford Citizen. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "For The Children's Sake, Put Down That Smartphone". NPR. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "Depression Strikes Today's Teen Girls Especially Hard". KERA News. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
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