University of Pittsburgh Experts Available to Comment on The Legacy of Fred Rogers
February 27, 2003
PITTSBURGH—The following University of Pittsburgh experts are available to comment on the legacy of Fred Rogers, founder and host of the public television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, who died early today:
Christina Groark
Codirector, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
Ph.D., special education, University of Pittsburgh
Office: 412-244-5303 or 412-244-5381
Groark knew Rogers personally and professionally and is available to comment on his impact on children and on the field of child development. A consultant
and researcher, she has been a principal investigator in a number of
collaborative programs working on behalf of children and families.
Margaret "Maggie" Kimmel
Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D., library and information sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Office: 412-624-9436
Home: 412-731-3839
Kimmel is a consultant to Family Communications Inc., which produced Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, and was coeditor of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Children, Television, and Fred Rogers (1996, University of Pittsburgh Press).
Elizabeth Mahoney
Bibliographer, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archives, University of Pittsburgh
Master of Library Science, SUNY, Albany
Office: 412-624-4710
Mahoney oversees an extensive collection of video tapes, sound recordings, photos, and promotional and production materials related to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, housed in the Elizabeth Nesbitt Room in the 3rd-floor library of the School of Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland.
Mark Collins
Coordinator of Environmental Studies
Master of Fine Arts, University of Pittsburgh
Office: 412-624-6615
Collins was co-editor of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Children, Television, and Fred Rogers (1996, University of Pittsburgh Press).
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