John Mootz
Senior Policy and Research Manager, Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development
Dr. John Mootz is the Senior Policy and Research Manager at Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development. Dr. Mootz holds a B.A. in Psychology from California State University, Sacramento, and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Oregon Health & Science University, where he studied the genetic and molecular mechanisms of drug addiction. During graduate school, he served as a labor organizer for the university’s first graduate researcher union. His work spans a broad range of digital governance and youth issues, including school smartphone bans, age-verification, AI policy, social media design regulations, and children’s privacy and data rights.