

Before PBS KIDS, she worked with various media and research groups including Nick, Jr. Lund has spent years in children’s media specializing in educational curriculum development and research. As curriculum point-person, she works closely with content producers and advisors to ensure that a show’s content and curriculum accurately reflect the premise and learning objectives.

As part of the Learning & Research Team, Lund supports the PBS KIDS Content Team, as well as the broader PBS KIDS Department to ensure integration of curriculum across media platforms (video, games, activities, etc.). Twitter: E. Lund, M.S. is the Senior Director of Curriculum and Content for PBS KIDS and the CPB-PBS Ready to Learn Grant Initiative. He is author of The Genesis of Animal Play: Testing the Limits (MIT Press, 2005). He has edited or co-edited 7 books, including the APA Handbook of Comparative Psychology (2017). Hebb award for his scientific contributions. 6) and is the latter society’s 2020 recipient of the D. He is a past president of the Animal Behavior Society and the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (APA Div. He is on the editorial board of numerous journals including Ethology, Journal of Comparative Psychology, American Journal of Play, and the International Journal of Play. His research focus is on comparative studies of behavioral development and play encompassing theoretical, historical, definitional, comparative, experimental, neuroscience, and modeling questions. in Biopsychology from the University of Chicago. Burghardt is Alumni Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee.
