David Anderson is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and the Director of the Marian Wright Edelman Institute for Study of Children, Youth, and Families at San Francisco State University. He received his Ph.D. in Kinesiology from Louisiana State University after earning a B.Ed. degree in Physical Education from the University of Technology, Sydney and a M.Sc. degree in Physical Education and Kinesiology from California State University, Long Beach. David has engaged in a wide range of service, teaching, and research activities. His research centers on understanding how people of all ages acquire motor skills, how to promote the development of motor skills, and how motor activity influences psychological functioning and development. He is the former President of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, an Associate Editor for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, a Section Editor for Human Movement Science, and serves on several editorial and advisory boards. David currently oversees a range of programs designed to improve early childcare, education, and health in the San Francisco Bay Area and fervently promotes using physical activity to optimize motor and psychological development.