Yalda Uhls

Yalda Uhls, MBA, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized, award-winning researcher, educator, author, and former Sony and MGM movie executive studying how media affects young people. She founded UCLA’s Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS), which collaborates with leading scientists to provide research-based insights for content creators crafting authentic and inclusive stories. She teaches a class at UCLA on Digital Media and Human Development and is the author of the parenting book Media Moms & Digital Dads: A Fact Not Fear Approach to Parenting in the Digital Age. Uhls’s expertise in how media content is created, as well as the science of how media affects children, informs her unique perspective.

What Stories Do Teens Want to See in Movies and TV?

By Stephanie Rivas-Lara, Becky Pham, Yalda Uhls | November 28, 2022

A new survey finds that teens are interested in hopeful, uplifting content and diverse stories in the entertainment they watch.

Does Your Child Have an Unhealthy Relationship With Technology?

By Yalda Uhls | June 28, 2022

It's quite possible that your fears about your child's screen time are unfounded.