Dr. Rachel Kowert

Dr. Rachel Kowert is the Research Director of Take This, a non-profit organization that provides mental health information and resources to gaming communities and industries.

Dr. Kowert has dedicated her career to studying video games and the gamers who love them. She has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, Polygon, Kotaku, New York Magazine’s Science of Us and Texas Public Radio among others. As a researcher, psychologist, gamer and parent, she strives to educate other parents about the potential dangers and unique contributions that video games can bring to our everyday lives. Her most recent book, A Parent's Guide to Video Games, won an INDIES Award in the Science category. For more information, visit www.rkowert.com.

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