Why Theatre Education Matters blog
The Mind On Stage, blog for Psychologytoday.com
2024
Interviewed: Why Theatre Education Matters: Broadway Education Alliance Hosts Virtual Author Event. https://stagenotes.org/broadway-education-alliance-presents-webinar-on-why-theatre-education-matters/ ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aoX2mvfB_Q&ab_channel=CampBroadway (September, 2024)
Quoted in: When Do Kids Start Playing Pretend? It’s complicated. Nautilis. https://nautil.us/when-do-kids-start-playing-pretend-873672/ (September, 2024)
Interviewed: ArtWorks Podcast: Professor Thalia Goldstein Unpacks the impact of theater education on student development. https://open.spotify.com/episode/58WipeAgMg8INePrw78nFm (September, 2024).
Featured: What Do the Arts Really Teach? Understanding Habits of Mind. A Two part conversation with Dr. Ellen Winner. https://www.tcpress.com/blog/goldstein-winner-part-1/; https://www.tcpress.com/blog/goldstein-winner-part-2/ (August, 2024)
Featured and quoted in: PMA Alum Thalia R. Goldstein ’02 Discusses New Book About Theatre Education. https://pma.cornell.edu/news/pma-alum-thalia-r-goldstein-02-discusses-new-book-about-theatre-education (July, 2024)
Featured and quoted in: Eureka High Featured in New Book About Benefits of Theatre Education https://www.rsdmo.org/news/article/~board/rsd/post/eureka-high-featured-in-new-book-about-benefits-of-theatre-education (July, 2024)
Featured: National Endowment for the Arts 2024 Research Labs Summit: Meet the Authors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVe4-gjL-s&ab_channel=NationalEndowmentfortheArts (June, 2024).
Interviewed: Ludic Pedagogy Podcast “The Psychology of Play.” https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vhYlE6nvKxwiPTQsxRroa?si=LH6nQ_nuScitQ_0IE3PomA&nd=1&dlsi=7df04021d3264bab (March 2024)
Interviewed: Broadway Education Alliance Podcast “A Conversation with Dr. Thalia R. Goldstein” https://bealliance.org/thalia-goldstein/ (March 2024)
Interviewed: Mind Games Podcast, S1,E1. https://shows.acast.com/mind-games-podcast/episodes/dr-thalia-goldstein (February 2024)
Interviewed: TwoPints Teaching Podcast “Theater, Empathy, and Cognitive Load” https://twopintplc.com/podcast-episode/084-theater-empathy-cognitive-load/ (January 2024).
2023
Quoted in: Santa’s Complex. Weekendavisen. (Dutch newspaper). https://weekendavisen.dk/2023-49/ideer/julemandskomplekset. (December, 2023).
Quoted in: I Spent $85 to Eat Breakfast With Santa. The Atlantic. (December 2023) https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/12/breakfast-with-santa-tradition/676322/
Article “Debunking the Santa Myth” written up: (December 2023) NY Times TikTok/Video Essay: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1CAW7MN3nS/… UTD’s news: https://news.utdallas.edu/health…/santa-beliefs-2023/ The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/…/psychologists-pinpoint…
Quoted in: Find where Santa will be around the St. Louis area. KSDK, St. Louis. https://www.ksdk.com/article/entertainment/santa-claus-around-the-st-louis-area-december-2023/63-8ab325c2-d911-47ee-9676-be3e6cb68acb
Featured in: How Theater Can Teach Our Kids To Be Empathetic. (January 10, 2023). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/01/10/theater-kids-communication-empathy/. Printed January 29, 2023.
Picked up by: https://borneobulletin.com.bn/how-theatre-can-teach-our-kids-to-be-empathetic/
2022
Cited in: Dad Finds Heartwarming Way to Prove Santa Visited Them On Christmas Eve. (December 22, 2022) Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/dad-heartwarming-santa-video-christmas-eve-1769031
Cited in: From Kirsten Dunst to Zendaya, why Hollywood actors can’t stop falling in love with their co-stars. (July 14, 2022) https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/why-hollywood-stars-actors-fall-in-love-movies-kirsten-dunst-zendaya-1739998
2021
Podcast Interiew “The Actor’s Mind” https://soundcloud.com/theactorsmind/season-4-episode-1-the-science-of-acting#c=61&t=0:00
Podcast Interview, “Embracing Arts Arlington”. https://embracing-arlington-arts.org/dr-thalia-goldstein-applied-developmental-psychology-department-george-mason-university/
2020
- Published Interview for Urdimento magazine, Brazil. http://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/urdimento/index
- Interviewed for “Generation Alpha” response to COVID19 Quarantine. Canvas X. https://library.canvas8.com/content/2020/04/09/gen-alpha-covid.html
- Featured Guest (January 10, 2020), WNPR “Where We Live”. Nurturing Creativity in Children and Adults too! https://www.wnpr.org/post/nurturing-creativity-children-and-adults-too
2019
- Interviewed for WHYY Radio story on Actors falling in love with each other. (December 4, 2019). https://whyy.org/episodes/the-pulse-goes-to-the-movies/
- Work featured on NPR’s Hidden Brain “You 2.0: Empathy Gym.” (July 29, 2019) https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=744195502
- Featured on CHSS Website on Scholar-in-Residence. https://chss.gmu.edu/articles/13252
- Interviewed and quoted for Pacific Standard Article “Should Animals Win Acting Oscars? A Pacific Standard Investigation” (January 3, 2019). https://psmag.com/news/oh-you-have-got-to-be-kitten-me-no-animals-should-not-win-acting-oscars
2018
- Research featurette by Child Trends (December 21, 2018) http://www.wtvm.com/2019/01/03/positive-parenting-where-will-your-childs-imagination-go-today/
- Interviewed and quoted in the New York Times on Empirical Research in the Arts (July 8, 2018) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/arts/design/do-you-like-dogs-playing-poker-science-would-like-to-know-why.html
- Research on Dramatic Pretend Play Games featured on Columbia University and University of Michigan’s “Research Connections” newsletter. (October, 2018). https://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/new-researcharchive#anchor36662
- Interviewed for Culture File Pod, Lyric FM, Dublin, Ireland (June 2, 2018). https://soundcloud.com/soundsdoable/culture-file-social-skills-imagination-and-theatre
2017
- Interviewed for CNN on children’s understanding of Santa Claus (December 13, 2017). http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/19/health/kids-santa-claus-belief-parent-curve-intl/index.html
- Research featured on the Child and Family blog. https://www.childandfamilyblog.com/social-emotional-learning/arts-social-cognitive-development/
- Interviewed for Urbo.com on psychological aspects of television and movie spoilers.
- Interviewed for Deseret News on children’s understanding of Santa Claus. (December 1, 2017) https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900005428/should-christians-celebrate-santa-claus.html
- Research reported on Child and Family Blog, from University of Cambridge, Jacobs Foundation, and Princeton University. https://childandfamilyblog.com/
- Questions of Realness (August, 2017). Blog for ‘Junkyard of the Mind.’ https://junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2017/8/14/questions-of-realness
- Interviewed for Urbo blog on the effects of living space comparison (August 19, 2017). http://www.urbo.com/content/unrealistic-portrayals-of-tv-characters-lives-could-affect-how-you-view-the-world-and-yourself
- Interviewed for Vice Magazine article on published research on Santa Claus. (March 25, 2017) https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/what-happens-to-your-brain-when-you-stop-believing-in-god
- “Science.dk” (Danish online magazine) interview on Theory of Mind and Literature (January, 2017). http://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/en-god-bog-er-alligevel-ikke-en-hurtig-empati-booster
2016
- Interviewed and quoted in The Atlantic. “Reading Literature Won’t Give you Superpowers” http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/should-psychologists-study-fiction/509405/ (December, 2016)
- Article in Time Magazine on published research on Theory of Mind and Literature http://time.com/4547332/reading-benefits/ (October 28, 2016)
- Quoted in Daily Pennsylvanian article Theory of Mind and Literature (October 17, 2016). http://www.thedp.com/article/2016/10/mind-reading-study-connection
- The Brainwaves Video Anthology, (July 28, 2016). “60 seconds with Thalia Goldstein” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KCO0Tjzqjo
- The Brainwaves Video Anthology, (July 28, 2016). “Imagination and Social Skills” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVSvyq9XYz4
- Quoted in “A Kid’s World Is a Pleasing, Confusing Mash-up of Magic and Reality”. (July 21, 2016). Science of Us http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/to-a-kid-the-world-is-a-pleasing-mashup-of-magic-and-reality.html
- Interview on Articulate with Jim Cotter, WHYY, (July 5, 2016). “Roberto Lugo, All the World’s A Stage, Hao Yang” http://whyy.org/cms/articulate/roberto-lugo-all-the-worlds-a-stage-hao-yang/
- Additional content-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYhMCFRGHA
- Interviewed for Mente &Cervello (Mind/Scientific American, March 2016 Italian issue).
2015
- Backstage Magazine, (May 14, 2015). “How not to Psych yourself out pre-audition”. http://www.backstage.com/interview/how-not-psych-yourself-out-preaudition/
- Yale Daily News (March 25, 2015). “For children, acting and reality blur”. http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/03/24/for-children-acting-and-reality-blur/
- “All About Psychology” website (March 3, 2015). http://www.all-about-psychology.com/thalia-goldstein.html
- Interview on the Leonard Lopate show, WNYC, 93.9. (January 16, 2015). “Inside the Mind of an Actor” http://www.wnyc.org/story/inside-mind-actor/
- APA “Monitor” Issue (June, 2014) “The Latest Research on Creativity and the Arts” http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/06/arts-creativity.aspx
- Pace University Alumni Magazine. (Spring 2014). “How make believe helps us understand the real world”.
- Interview on Social Cognition and Imagination Lab (March 5, 2014). Opportunitas, Pace University. http://www.pace.edu/mypace/research-social-cognition-and-imagination?mpc=fs
- Interviewed for “How Actors Create Emotions: A Problematic Psychology” (March, 2014) for The Atlantic Health. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/how-actors-create-emotions-a-problematic-psychology/284291/
- Quoted in “Why we love big fighting robots”. (July 13, 2013). The Culture Blog, Esquire Magazine. http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/pacific-rim-robot-movies?click=main_sr
- “The link between arts education and academic achievement”. (May 21, 2013). Aspire Wire: Ideas, Conversation, Action, Wheelock College. http://info.wheelock.edu/aspirewire/bid/179637/The-link-between-arts-education-and-academic-achievement
- “Scientific Explanations for Why Spoilers are so Horrible” (March 21, 2013) The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/03/scientific-explanations-for-why-spoilers-are-so-horrible/274227/
- “People you should know”: Radio/Podcast (February, 2013) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pysk/2013/02/04/people-you-should-know
- Why She Cries at Movies, While He Snores: New research finds men and women feel sympathy for fictional characters for different reasons.” (September, 2012) Pacific Standard Magazine (http://www.psmag.com/culture-society/why-she-cries-at-movies-while-he-snores-46912/) *Picked up by artsjournal.com
- “Dazed, but not Confused”: (April, 2012). The Columbia Chronicle. http://columbiachronicle.com/dazed-but-not-confused/
- “Using Theater to Teach Social Skills: Researchers document improvements for children with autism” (January, 2012) Harvard Education Letter http://www.hepg.org/hel/article/521
- “Cognitive and Brain Consequences of Learning in the Arts” (August, 2010) APS Observer Vol.23, No.6 July/August, 2010 http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2010/july-august-10/cognitive-and-brain-consequences-of-learning-in-the-arts-2.html
- “A life changing fellowship” Interview (May, 2010) APA Monitor http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/05/apf.aspx
- Filmed interview for Arts|Learning Project (January 25, 2010) http://www.artslearning.org/video
- “The Psychology of Actors.” (June 26, 2009) On Fiction: An online magazine on the psychology of fiction. http://www.onfiction.ca/2009/06/psychology-of-actors.html