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JeanneBrockmyer's Profile

Member Name:
JeanneBrockmyer
Member Since:
September 19, 2007
Last Logged in:
March 22, 2012
Hometown:
Sylvania, Ohio
Colleges/Universities Attended:
Bucknell University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A few words about me...

My experience as a clinical child psychologist led me to be interested in the effects of violence on children.  When my four year old son demanded a Nintendo for Christmas 16 years ago I began to research video games and video game violence.  I am especially interested in relationships between exposure to media violence and empathy, attitudes towards violence, and desensitization to violence. Out of the work arena, since my children are now grown, I am completely smitten by my  Shih Tzu-Maltese and Peekapoo dogs.