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After spending her childhood coming up with new episodes to her favorite sitcoms instead of sleeping, Laura Brown decided to try her hand at writing and never looked back. A hopeless romantic, she’s been drawn to love stories since a young age. She lives in Massachusetts with her family, and yes, that includes feline members! Laura’s been hard of hearing her entire life but didn’t start learning ASL until college, when her disability morphed from an inconvenience to a positive part of her identity. It’s important to her to create strong, competent characters with disabilities, as she didn’t have that growing up. At home the closed captioning is always on, lights flash with the doorbell, and hearing aids are sometimes optional.
Dr. Laura Brown is a licensed psychologist, early childhood expert, and writer who has dedicated her career to supporting children through media. She is the founder of Laura Brown Consulting which creates curricula and outreach and provides formative research and educational consulting for kid-focused brands and content.
Laura has held diverse roles including Curriculum Director, Creative Executive, Research Director, and Educational Consultant on many leading shows including the upcoming Barney’s World, Rubble and Crew, Batwheels, Sago Mini Friends, Vida the Vet, Carmen Sandiego, Go, Dog. Go!, Mighty Express, The Polos, Wallykazam!, Peter Rabbit, The Adventures of Napkin Man!, PJ Masks, The Wonder Pets, Ni Hao, Kai Lan, and the original Blue’s Clues. She most recently served as Curriculum Director for Warner Bros. Discovery’s Cartoonito, where she developed and authored the Humancentric Learning Framework, oversaw curricula on all preschool properties, and developed outreach for properties in the U.S. and internationally. Laura’s clients include Netflix, Nick Jr., Disney Junior, Spin Master Entertainment, Mattel, Universal Kids, Amazon Kids, Warner Brothers Animation, Hello Sunshine, Duolingo ABC, and many others worldwide.
Laura did her undergraduate work at The University of Pennsylvania, where she studied with the founder of Positive Psychology. This branch of psychology continues to infuse and inspire her work. She holds a PhD in Applied Educational Psychology and an Ed.M. in School Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. Laura is the mother of three grown children and a hilarious rescue pup, Charlie Brown.
Dr. Laura Brown’s professional work spans therapeutic, academic, and consulting positions. Her contributions to the theory and practice of psychology are reflected in the 120 articles and book chapters she has published, in areas ranging from feminist theory and therapy, to trauma, ethics and standards of psychotherapeutic practice, cultural competence, and mental health issues affecting the LGBT community. She is regarded by many as one of the pioneering forces in the development of feminist therapy, building on the work of forerunners Hannah Lerman, Lucia Gilbert, Rachel Hare-Mustin, Adrienne Smith, and Lenore Walker. She has extended her professional expertise to the media through her positions as consulting psychologist for Survivor II: The Australian Outback, and host of the Dr. Laura Brown Show with KVI Radio in Seattle.
