Joanne Cantor, Ph.D.

5205 Tonyawatha Trail, Monona, WI 53716

Tel. 608-221-0593

Email: cantor@yourmindonmedia.com

Web: yourmindonmedia.com

Blog: yourmindonmedia.com/blog

Most Requested Topics

• So You Think You Can Multitask: Making the Most of Your Time and Your Talents in the Internet Age
• This is Your Mind on Media: Staying Sane in a Crazy Culture
• Facebook vs. Face Time: Relationships and Mental Health in the Internet Age
• Thriving on Campus and in Cyberspace: Staying Connected While Succeeding in School
• Getting Students to Turn Off Digital Devices and Tune in to Lectures and Learning

About This Speaker

Joanne Cantor is an award-winning professor, speaker, and researcher and an internationally recognized expert on the psychology of media and communications. After 26 years as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she formed Your Mind on Media to spread the conclusions of her research more widely. Her entertaining and eye-opening presentations provide sound practical advice to promote productivity and creativity in businesses, professional organizations, and educational institutions, while reducing stress and enhancing healthy living. Her keynotes and workshops are highly interactive, and they combine psychology, the latest in brain research, and amusing anecdotes. She creates positive change by making her audiences think about their work and their lives in new ways, and her presentations generate great buzz. Her latest book, Conquer CyberOverload: Get More Done, Boost Your Creativity, and Reduce Stress, grew out of her research and workshops.

Dr. Cantor is Professor Emerita and Outreach Director of the Center for Communication Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has testified before Congress and the FCC on issues related to the media and is regularly quoted in the national press. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America and many NPR radio shows. She blogs regularly for PsychologyToday.com and has recently been quoted in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and Newsweek. In 2010 she received the Rising Star Award from the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Speakers Association.

What Clients Are Saying

“While listening to Joanne Cantor speak about the effects of media on our minds, I found myself sitting on the edge of my seat, fascinated by what she was saying. She delivers information based on solid research in an entertaining and engaging style that educates listeners and encourages new thinking about the barrage of media that influences our lives every day. As soon as I heard her, I went out and booked her for my next event.” –-Janet Gietzel, Executive Director, A Fund for Women

“I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Cantor’s presentation at the 2011 Annual Conference on the First Year Experience. She offered innovative and relevant ideas illustrated by simple examples and interesting allegories (who knew the human brain and a jar of jellybeans had so much in common?!). Her depth of research makes her a qualified expert on the issues concerning concentration and technology’s influence on Generation Y, as well as strategies to combat and embrace it. Dr. Cantor was engaging and entertaining, and I highly recommend her presentation to students, parents, counselors, and educators.”–-Stephanie Sipp, Student Program Coordinator, Academic Enhancement, University of Kentucky

“I think this course should be a mandatory part of our yearly training!!! It was very good and very timely.”–-Attendee at an educational workshop presented at a leading U.S. manufacturing corporation.

Recent Clients

• Association of Government Accountants
• Boeing
• The Business Forum
• Institute for Supply Management
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin Center for the First Year Experience
• University of Wisconsin Small Business Development Center
• Wisconsin Association for Justice
• Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association
• Wisconsin Society of Human Resource Managers