Kevin Clark

About this speaker

Kevin Clark, PhD is currently a Director of Preschool Animation at Netflix. Prior to joining Netflix, Dr. Clark was a professor and founding director of the Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity at George Mason University.  Dr. Clark’s work was recognized by the Obama administration by selecting him as a White House Champion of Change for his work in providing STEM Opportunities for African American Students. In addition to his academic experience, Kevin has extensive experience as a children’s media advisor and consultant. Some of Dr. Clark’s credits include: Creative Producer on Netflix’s NAACP Image Award nominated preschool children’s series, Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices; Co-writer on Arthur on Racism short; and Consultant on Amazon’s movie adaptation of Ezra Jack Keats’, The Snowy Day. Dr. Clark holds both a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from North Carolina State University, where he is a 2020 inductee into the Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame, and a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from Pennsylvania State University.

Sessions

From Pages to Screens: How children’s books become media

July 31, 2021, 06:45 PM
Melanie Goolsby Kevin Clark