Ed Donnerstein PhD

Ed Donnerstein’s major research interests are in mass-media violence, as well as mass media policy. He has published over 240 scientific articles in these general areas and serves on the editorial boards of a number of academic journals in both psychology and communication. He was a member of the American Psychological Associations Commission on Violence and Youth, and the APA Task Force on Television and Society. He served on the Surgeon Generals' panel on youth violence as well as on the Advisory Council of the American Medical Association Alliances violence prevention program.

He is a Past-President of the International Society for Research on Aggression. In 2008 he received the American Psychological Association Div 46 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Media Psychology. In addition, he was the primary research site director for the National Cable Television Associations' 3.5 million-dollar project on TV violence. He served as Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona from 2002-2009. He was also Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California-Santa Barbara as well as the Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication.

He has testified at numerous governmental hearings both in the United States and abroad regarding the effects and policy implications surrounding mass media violence and pornography, including testimony before the United States Senate on TV violence. He has served as a member of the United States Surgeon General's Panel on Pornography and the National Academy of Sciences Subpanel on Child Pornography and Child Abuse.