Joseph Jay Tobin

Joseph Tobin is the Elizabeth Garrard Hall Professor of Education at the University of Georgia. His research interests include cross-cultural studies of early childhood education, immigration and education, children and the media, and qualitative research methods. Among his publications are Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited; Good Guys Don't Wear Hats: Children's Talk about the Media; and Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokemon. He directs the Children Crossing Borders project, a study of parent and staff views about what children of recent immigrants should experience in preschool settings. His newest project is a study of Deaf Kindergartens in Japan, France, and the US.