Who is Ed Greene, PhD
Ed Greene, PhD is a senior consultant and adviser in the field of child development, early learning and children’s media environments
Dr. Greene currently serves as the Educational Outreach Advisor on the teams of Wonder Why Consulting and PlayPattern, and serves as a research fellow at Knology. His educational content and outreach consultations have included Cartoon Network, Al Roker Productions (Paradigm Research), and with teams at WGBH, Twin Cities PBS Mashopolis, Literary Safari, The Col(u)rism Project, ABF Creative.
Previously, Dr. Greene was Vice-President, Children, Youth and Digital Media Literacy Initiatives at the Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network (HITN). He was also Director of Global Outreach at Sesame Workshop at Sesame Workshop; providing technical assistance and managing educational outreach strategy development projects in Central America and the Andes, and educational outreach projects with co-productions in India, Jordan, Kosovo.
Ed has served on the faculty of Pacific Oaks College and has held faculty appointments as Assistant Professor at Lehman College (CUNY); Associate Professor, Montclair State University; and Visiting Professor, University of the District of Columbia. Ed’s volunteer roles have included service on the boards of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, The American Camp Association; Young Audiences of NJ and Central PA; and on the Advisory Council of The Educational Equity Center at FHI360. Ed Greene was an elected member of the Governing Board of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Over his fifty- year career, Ed has worked directly with infants, toddlers, preschool children, adolescents and families, as well as in a variety of roles and capacities in the philanthropic, private and public sectors, and in higher education.
Originally from Inkster, Michigan, Ed completed his B.Mus. Ed at DePauw; an M.A. in Child and Human Development at Pacific Oaks College; and a PhD from the College of Graduate and Professional Studies at Indiana State University.
Ed Greene is currently Chief Strategy Officer at EMGreene Educational Connections Associates, Monmouth Junction, NJ.
