Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., is the Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education, Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware and runs the Child’s Play, Learning, and Development laboratory. She has received numerous awards for her contributions to developmental science. Funded by federal agencies, she has written 16 books and monographs. Passionate about the dissemination of psychological science for improving schools and families’ lives, she and Hirsh-Pasek (her long standing collaborator) wrote the just released, Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children. Dr. Golinkoff also co-founded the Ultimate Block Party movement to celebrate the science of playful learning, as well as the Urban Thinkscape project. She has appeared on Good Morning America, other radio and television shows, and in print media. She never turns down an opportunity to spread the findings of psychological science to the lay public.