Natascha Crandall, Ph.D.
President, Crandall Consulting, LLC
Dr. Natascha Crandall is a psychologist and educator with a special interest in enhancing children’s growth and development through research and the power of media. She is the founder of Crandall Consulting, LLC.
Natascha earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Developmental Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University and continued her studies in Rehabilitation Counseling at The University of Maryland. After obtaining her Masters degree, Natascha worked as an Addictions Therapist for young mothers in economically depressed areas near Washington, DC. She then chose to further her education and received her Doctorate in School Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, and earned a “Dissertation of Distinction” award for her research and writing skills. It was there that she discovered the power of furthering creative development by gathering information from young children; and thus, her love of educating children through media began.
Natascha has extensive experience in curriculum development, script review, and formative research for apps and leading shows including: Netflix’s Gabby’s Dollhouse, Creature Cases, PBS’s Alma’s Way, Donkey Hodie, Bob the Builder, Scholastic’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, TVO’s Leo’s Pollinators, Secrets of the Forest, WarnerMedia’s Bing Bunny, Odo, Isadora Moon, Peacock’s Caillou, Universal Kids’, Driftwood Bay, The Floogals, Nickelodeon’s Sunny Day, Peter Rabbit, Zack and Quack, Bubble Guppies, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets, DreamWorks Animation’s Noddy, CBeebies’ The Octonauts, Sesame Tree, YouTube’s Behind the Beats, CoComelon, Amazon Prime’s Blippi’s Treehouse, Wellie Wishers, Hulu’s WildWoods, Disney Junior’s Claude, and many Sesame Workshop international co-productions.
As a Pakistani-American Muslim, Natascha has a Diversity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell University and has done Diversity Consulting for a number of companies. Natascha has also been participating as an Emmy Award Judge for children and preschool shows for the past few years. She is a past reviewer for the US government’s AISL grant, a past member of the Board of Education in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, and the Advisory Board for Common Sense Media. She is currently the Board of Directors President for the Prompt Institute, an organization whose focus is to help children with speech disorders enhance their oral language skills.
Although Natascha would say that she is a New Yorker at heart, the truth is that she resides in New Jersey with her husband, two children, one bad natured cat, and two overactive doggies. She also holds the role of being a Girl Scout Troop Leader as well as a Girls Lacrosse Coach in her town.
