Speaker Bio Information
 Jane Clayson
Johnson
Jane Clayson Johnson
began her career in
broadcasting at KSL-TV
in Salt Lake City. She
is the former co-host,
with Bryant Gumbel, of
The Early Show on CBS
and served as a network
correspondent for The
CBS Evening News and 48
Hours.
At ABC News, she covered
national and
international stories
for World News Tonight
with Peter Jennings and
Good Morning America.
Her many assignments
have taken her from
Kosovo to Australia to
Indonesia and have
included the events of
September 11th and its
aftermath, the 1996 U.S.
presidential campaign,
and the OJ Simpson civil
trial.
Since becoming a
full-time mother, Jane
has done occasional
projects for the
Discovery Networks and
National Public Radio.
She is a popular speaker
around the country and
last year published her
first book, I Am a
Mother.
Honored with many
journalism awards,
including an Emmy and
the Edward R. Murrow
Award, she is also the
recipient of an honorary
doctorate degree from
Utah State University.
A mother of two and
stepmother of three
children, Jane and her
husband Mark Johnson
make their home in
Boston.
 David Walsh, Ph.D.
David Walsh, Ph.D. has
emerged as one of the
world’s leading
authorities on parenting
and the impact of media
on children’s health and
development. He spent
ten
years teaching and
coaching high school
students before joining
Fairview Health Services
in Minneapolis to
develop and direct
innovative counseling
programs for youth and
families. In 1995, he
founded the
internationally renowned
National Institute on
Media and the Family. As
president, Dr. Walsh
spearheads the
Institute's efforts to
provide parents,
teachers, and other
concerned adults
information about media
through education,
research, and advocacy.
Dr. Walsh has presented
workshops to parents,
educators, and other
professionals throughout
the world. A consultant
to the World Health
Organization and the
Ministry of Education of
Japan, he has testified
before congressional
committees on numerous
occasions. Dr. Walsh
presents workshops that
blend humor, warmth,
scientific substance,
and practical advice.
Author of nine books,
including the national
best seller Why Do They
Act That Way? A Survival
Guide to the Adolescent
Brain for You and Your
Teen. In January 2007,
he released his latest
book, No: Why Kids – of
All Ages – Need to Hear
It and Ways Parents Can
Say It. The book serves
as the focal point of
the Say Yes to No
campaign which teaches
parents and educators
how to instill
self-discipline in
America’s children and
ensure our kids our
successful in school and
life.
Dr. Walsh has authored
columns on numerous
topics, including
Internet addiction and
the dangers of
MySpace.com. His columns
have appeared in
newspapers across the
country, including the
Washington Post and the
San Jose Mercury News.
A frequent guest on
national radio and
television, Dr. Walsh
has appeared on NBC’s
Today Show, Good Morning
America, The CBS Early
Show, The News Hour with
Jim Lehrer, Dateline
NBC, ABC’s 20/20,
National Public Radio’s
All Things Considered
and Morning Edition, and
has been featured on
three nationally
broadcast PBS specials.
He has been the
recipient of numerous
awards including the
Council on Family
Relation’s Friend of the
Family Award.
Dr. Walsh is on the
faculty of the
University of Minnesota
and has published many
articles in the
professional and general
press. He is active in
many professional
associations and is a
licensed psychologist in
the state of Minnesota.
Dr. Walsh is a lifetime
member of the Parent
Teacher Association in
Minnesota, Ohio, Utah,
and Washington.
He received his B.A.
degree from Mt. Carmel
College, his M.A. degree
from the University of
St. Thomas in St. Paul,
and his Ph.D. in
educational psychology
from the University of
Minnesota. He and his
wife Monica live in
Minneapolis and have
three adult
children—Dan, Brian, and
Erin.
Kathleen Stassen Berger, Ph.D
Bronx Community College, City University of New
York Kathleen Stassen Berger received her undergraduate education at Stanford
University and Radcliffe College, earned an M.A.T. from Harvard
University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Yeshiva University. Her broad
experience as an educator includes directing a preschool, teaching
philosophy and humanities at the United Nations International School,
teaching child and adolescent development to graduate students at
Fordham University, and teaching social psychology to inmates earning a
paralegal degree at Sing Sing Prison.
For over three decades, Berger has taught at Bronx Community College of
the City University of New York. She is the former elected chair of the
Social Science Department. She has taught introduction to psychology,
child and adolescent development, adulthood and aging, social
psychology, abnormal psychology, and human motivation. Her students–who
come from many ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds, and who
have a wide range of interests–consistently honor her with the highest
teaching evaluations. She recently served as president of Community
School Board Two in Manhattan.
Berger is also the author of
The Developing Person Through Childhood and
The Developing Person Through the Life Span. Her three developmental
texts are currently being used at nearly 700 colleges and universities
worldwide. Her research interests include adolescent identity, sibling
relationships, and employed mothers, and she has contributed articles on
developmental topics to the Wiley Encyclopedia of Psychology. As the
mother of four daughters, she brings to her teaching and writing ample
firsthand experience with human development.
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