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She is the Co-Founder and Director of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newamerica.org\/lsx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> project and also leads the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newamerica.org\/ncle\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Commission on Learning Ecosystems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/newamerica.org\/librarysit-in\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1939 Library Sit-In Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guernsey\u2019s work sits at the intersection of literacy (including digital and media literacy), equity in education systems (including libraries, schools, and digital environments), and the science of learning. She led the Teaching, Learning &amp; Tech team at New America from 2014 to 2021, and from 2010 to 2015 she directed New America\u2019s Early Education Initiative (now the Early &amp; Elementary Education Policy program). In late 2017, Guernsey launched the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/education-policy\/learning-sciences-exchange-lsx\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek at Temple University and Roberta Golinkoff at the University of Delaware.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before coming to New America, Guernsey was a staff writer at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chronicle of Higher Education<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She has contributed to national publications including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific American, The Atlantic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsweek<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZERO TO THREE,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA TODAY<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guernsey is co-author, with Michael H. Levine, of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapclickread.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jossey-Bass, 2015) and author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Time: How Electronic Media\u2014From Baby Videos to Educational Software\u2014Affects Your Young Child<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Basic Books, 2012).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guernsey has contributed to multiple books on technology and learning, including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Librarians\u2019 Guide to Engaging Families in Learning<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Libraries Unlimited, 2021)<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Exploring Key Issues in Early Childhood and Technology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Routledge, 2019),<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Family Engagement in the Digital Age<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Routledge, 2016), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Routledge, 2014).<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guernsey has served on several national advisory committees on early education, including the Institute of Medicine's committee that led to the seminal 2015 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the FIRST LEGO League advisory board; the advisory board for the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement; and the CPB-PBS Ready to Learn advisory board. She is currently on the University of Michigan Learning Sciences advisory board, the advisory board for the Maryland Center for Media Literacy and Education, the board for the Pyramid Model Consortium, and the board for ACT for Alexandria, a community foundation in Virginia.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guernsey holds a master\u2019s degree in English\/American studies and a bachelor\u2019s degree in English from the University of Virginia. She lives in Alexandria and has two daughters. She is on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lisaguernsey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/lisaguernsey.bsky.social\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bluesky<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@lisaguernsey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Threads<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_taxonomies","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_taxonomies":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_person_latest","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_person_latest":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lisa Guernsey - 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