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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/

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