Dr. Peter Gray is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. His current research and writing focus on children's natural ways of learning and the life-long value of play. He is a founding member of the nonprofit Alliance for Self-Directed Education and a founding board member of the nonprofit Let Grow. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed introductory psychology textbook Psychology, now in its 8th edition, which Steven Pinker has used and lauded, first at MIT and then at Harvard; and Free to Learn (Basic Books, 2013), which has been published in 18 languages. He has written for Boston Magazine, Salon, Aeon, Huffington Post, The Independent, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and many others. He has appeared multiple times on NPR, including All Things Considered. He is a frequent podcast guest, and he is often an invited keynote speaker at conferences on play, education, and child development.