# Emily Cherkin Back to [[Reverse Flynn Effect and EdTech]] **Role:** Author and founder of The Screentime Consultant; University of Washington faculty; hearing witness - In her own words: "I am a parent, author, speaker, and on faculty at the University of Washington. I do not accept funding from tech companies for my work." - Her prepared statement gives her name as Emily B. Cherkin, M.Ed., The Screentime Consultant / First Fish Chronicles. - Sen. Cruz introduced her as an Associate Professor at UW's Evans School. - **Statistics in her statement:** - "40 percent of two-year-olds have a personal tablet" - ages 8–18 average "7.5 hours a day on screens—outside of school hours" - "Nearly 90 percent of American public schools provide children with internet-connected devices" - ⚠️ I did not trace the sources for these figures. - She described Horvath as a "fellow panelist, who has written an entire book" on classroom devices.