Bernie Luskin, president-elect of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Media Psychology and Technology, will share research and insights on how social media influences the brain.

The Lake Sherwood resident  is CEO of Luskin International, a consulting company that assists educational institutions and businesses with online higher education. Luskin has served as president of Orange Coast College, Coastline Community College, Jones International University and Touro University Worldwide.

He is the director of the Kellogg Foundation Community College Leadership Legacy Project and is a past chair of the American Association of Community Colleges. He has taught at many universities and founded the first master’s degree program in media psychology and social change at Fielding Graduate University and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Luskin, a licensed marriage and family therapist and school psychologist with a doctorate in education and technology from UCLA, is the author of 10 books and writes a regular column titled “The Media Psychology Effect” for Psychology Today magazine.

He has received lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to media and education from many organizations including the American Psychological Association, UCLA Doctoral Alumni Association and California State University, Los Angeles, and two Emmys for documentaries on education.