Affiliate Position
- Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Washington
Specializations
- Child-Computer Interaction
- Learning Sciences
- Digital Youth
Research Areas
Biography
Katie Davis is Associate Professor at the University of Washington (UW) Information School, Adjunct Associate Professor in the UW College of Education, and a founding member and Co-Director of the UW Digital Youth Lab. Davis investigates the impact of digital technologies on young people’s learning, development, and well-being, and co-designs positive technology experiences for youth and their families. Her work bridges the fields of human development, human-computer interaction, and the learning sciences. In addition to her academic papers, Davis is the author of three books exploring technology’s role in young people’s lives, including Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up (MIT Press, 2023). She holds two master’s degrees and a doctorate in Human Development and Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Davis is actively recruiting PhD students to join the Digital Youth Lab in Autumn 2025.
Education
- EDD, Human Development and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2011
- EdM, Risk and Prevention, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2009
- EdM, Mind, Brain, and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2002
- BA, English, Williams College, 2000
Awards
- GOLD Winner for Science & Technology – Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, 2023 - INDIES, 2023
- Mid-Career Scholars Award - Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), 2021
- Best Paper Nomination - CSEDU 2020 (Computer Supported Education), 2020
- CoMotion-Population Health Innovation Fund Award - University of Washington, 2018
- Early Career Development Award - National Science Foundation, 2015
- Nominated for UW Distinguished Teaching Award - UW Center for Teaching and Learning, 2015
- Rising Star recognition - Association for Psychological Science, 2015
- Academic Career Enhancement (ACE) Award - Yahoo!, 2013
Memberships
- Association for Psychological Science
- Association for Computing Machinery
- International Society of the Learning Sciences
- American Educational Research Association
- Society for Research in Child Development
- Association of Internet Researchers
- Society for Research on Identity Formation
- Society for Research on Adolescence
Publications and Contributions
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewSocial media use (2024)Encyclopedia of Adolescence,
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Blog postDesign matters: Why we should resist using social media shorthand (2023)Connected Learning Alliance
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Book, Scholarly-New
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Magazine/Trade PublicationTechnology’s Child: Five Key Insights (2023)The Next Big Idea Club
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Blog postTechnology’s Child: Making the complex more concrete for research on kids and tech (2023)Connected Learning Alliance
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Journal Article, Academic JournalBeyond digital youth: understanding, supporting, and designing for young people’s digital experiences (2022)Information and Learning Sciences, 123(7/8), pp. 317-329 Editors: Katharine Davis, Mega Subramaniam
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Research ReportConnectedLib Toolkit 2.0: Bringing connected learning to small and rural libraries (2022)Connected Learning Alliance
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Conference PaperExploring situated and embodied support for youth’s mental health: Design opportunities for interactive tangible devices (2022)Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22)
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Conference PaperL@S 2022 Chairs’ Welcome (2022)Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Learning@Scale, pp. III-V
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Conference PaperConnected learning, collapsed contexts: Examining teens’ sociotechnical ecosystems through the lens of digital badges (2021)Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalDesigning a connected learning toolkit for public library staff serving youth through the design-based implementation research method (2021)Library & Information Science Research, 43(1), pp. 101074
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Magazine/Trade PublicationShould lecturers be trained to deal with shortening attention spans? (2021)The Campus Times Higher Education
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Conference PaperThe kids are / not / sort of all right: Technology’s complex role in teen wellbeing during COVID-19 (2021)Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalUsing the design-based implementation research method to designa connected learning toolkit for youth-serving public library staff (2021)Library & Information Science Research, 43(1)
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Conference PaperWhen screen time isn’t screen time: Tensions and needs between tweens and their parents during nature-based exploration (2021)Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalIntroduction to special issue: Adolescent and emerging adult development in an age of social media (2020)Journal of Adolescent Research, 35(1)
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Conference PaperNatureCollections: Can a mobile application trigger children’s interest in nature? (2020)Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU ’20)
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Conference PaperOtter this World: Can a Mobile Application Promote Children’s Connectedness to Nature? (2020)Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2020), pp. 444-457
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Op-edThe ‘app generation’ meets the pandemic (2020)Seattle Times
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Conference Paper"Everything's the Phone": Understanding the Phone’s Supercharged Role in Parent-Teen Relationships (2019)Proceedings of the 37th annual ACM conference on human factors in computing systems (CHI ’19), 227(Unknown Issue), pp. 1-14
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Conference PaperA Badge, Not a Barrier: Designing for–and Throughout–Digital Badge Implementation (2019)CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), pp. 14
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Conference PaperAdaptive support for collaboration on tabletop computers (2019)Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL '19), 1(Unknown Issue), pp. 176-183
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Blog PostAnnouncing the ConnectedLib Toolkit for Youth-Serving Library Professionals and Professionals-in-Training (2019)Connected Learning Alliance
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ToolkitConnectedLib Toolkit (2019)
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Report
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Conference PaperModeling the Engagement-Disengagement Cycle of Compulsive Phone Use (2019)Proceedings of the 37th annual ACM conference on human factors in computing systems (CHI ’19), 312(Unknown Issue), pp. 1-14
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Blog PostParticipatory politics in an age of crisis (2019)Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins
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Journal Article, Academic JournalSparking interest: A design framework for mobile technologies to promote children’s interest in nature (2019)International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
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Journal Article, Academic JournalSupporting learners' STEM-oriented career pathways with digital badges (2019)Information and Learning Science, 120(1/2), pp. 87-107
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Book, Scholarly-NewWriters in the secret garden: Fanfiction, youth, and new forms of mentoring (2019)
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Conference PaperInformal computing mentoring of low-income adolescents: Relationships, roles, qualities, and impact (2018)Proceedings of SIGCSE 2018
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Journal Article, Public or Trade JournalLearning and engagement in a gamified course: Investigating the effects of student characteristics (2018)Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 34(5), pp. 492-503
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Journal Article, Academic JournalPlaying in the virtual sandbox: Students’ collaborative practices in Minecraft (2018)International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 8(3), pp. 56-76
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Journal Article, Academic JournalSongwriting to learn: How high school science fair participants use music to communicate personally relevant scientific concepts (2018)International Journal of Science Education, 8(4), pp. 307-324
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Conference PaperTechnology use in rural and urban public libraries: Implications for connected learning in youth programming (2018)
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Conference PaperUsing digital badges to promote student agency and identity in science learning (2018)Proceedings of the Connected Learning Summit (CLS '18)
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Conference PaperUsing digital badges to promote student agency and identity in science learning (2018)Proceedings of the Connected Learning Summit (CLS’18)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalUsing technology to support equity and inclusion in youth library programming: Current practices and future opportunities (2018)Library Quarterly, 88(4), pp. 315-331
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Conference PaperComputing mentorship in a software boomtown: relationships to adolescent interest and beliefs (2017)ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER)
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Conference PaperDesigning together?: Group dynamics in participatory digital badge design with teens (2017)Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’17), pp. 322-327
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Journal Article, Academic JournalDigital life and youth well-being, social-connectedness, empathy, and narcissism (2017)Pediatrics, 140(S2), pp. S71-S75
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Conference PaperGroup Touch: Distinguishing tabletop users in group settings via statistical modeling of touch pairs (2017)Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalIdentity and agency in school and afterschool settings: Investigating digital media's supporting role (2017)Digital Culture & Education, 9(1), pp. 31-47
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewIdentity development in the digital age: An Eriksonian perspective (2017)Identity, sexuality, and relationships among emerging adults in the digital age, pp. 1-17
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Conference PaperMore than peer production. Fanfiction communities as sites of distributed mentoring. (2017)Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’17), pp. 259-272
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Journal Article, Academic JournalTweens' perspectives on their parents' media-related attitudes and rules: An exploratory study in the US (2017)Journal of Children and Media, 11(3), pp. 358-366
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Conference PaperWhere no one has gone before: A meta-dataset of the world’s largest fanfiction repository (2017)Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’17), pp. 6106-6110
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Conference PaperModeling collaboration patterns on an interactive tabletop in a classroom setting (2016)ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’16), pp. 860-871
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White PaperConnected Libraries: Surveying the Current Landscape and Charting a Path to the Future (2016)The Connected Lib Project
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Journal Article, Academic JournalConnected learning in and after school: Exploring technology's role in the diverse learning experiences of high school students (2016)The Information Society, 32(2), pp. 98-116
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewDesigning digital badges for an informal STEM learning environment (2016)Digital badges in education: Trends, issues, and cases, pp. 145-155
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White Paper
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Journal Article, Public or Trade JournalHow Fan Fiction Mentors Can Change Lives (2016)School Library Journal
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Conference PaperLearning through participatory design: Designing digital badges for and with teens (2016)Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’16), pp. 218-229
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Journal Article, Academic JournalLeveraging the power of music to improve science education (2016)International Journal of Science Education, 38(1), pp. 73-95
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Conference PaperThousands of positive reviews: Distributed mentoring in online fan communities (2016)ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’16), pp. 691-704
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Journal Article, Academic Journal"I was bullied too": Stories of bullying and coping in an online community (2015)Information, Communication and Society, 18(4), pp. 357-375
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewConnecting 'round the clock: Mobile phones and adolescents' experiences of intimacy (2015)Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, 2(Unknown Issue), pp. 937-946
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Journal Article, Academic JournalDigital badges in afterschool learning: Documenting the perspectives and experiences of students and educators (2015)Computers & Education, 88(Unknown Issue), pp. 72-83
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Conference Short PaperDistributed mentoring in online fan fiction communities: Promoting equity, access, and openness in learning (2015)Panel presentation, Digital Media and Learning Conference
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Journal Article, Academic JournalIntegration of math jingles into physiology courses (2015)Journal of Mathematics Education, 8(2), pp. 56-73
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Conference PaperWriting within community: How mentoring works in online fan fiction (2015)Young Adult Library Services Association Symposium
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Conference Workshop PaperYouth perspectives on equity, access and information exchange in educational technology: Implications for research, practice, and policy (2015)Workshop, Digital Media & Learning Conference
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Journal Article, Academic JournalA decline in creativity? It depends on the domain (2014)Creativity Research Journal, 26(1)
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Op-EdAre Apps Becoming a Human Crutch? Op-Ed (2014)The Seattle Times
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Book PrefacePreface to the paperback edition of The App Generation (2014)The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
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Op-EdThe App Generation: How technology is changing us. Op-Ed. (2014)Cognoscenti
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe changing landscape of peer aggression: A literature review on cyberbullying and interventions (2014)Journal of Youth Development, 9(1), pp. 130-142
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Magazine/Trade PublicationThe value of getting lost in an app-suffused world (2014)School Administrator, pp. pg. 21-22
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewYouth identities in a digital age: The anchoring role of friends in youth’s approaches to online identity expression (2014)Mediated youth cultures: The internet, belonging, and new cultural configurations, pp. 11-25
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Book IntroductionYouth perspectives on social media and technology (2014)AM:STARs: Social Networking & New Technologies, 25(3), pp. xvii-xxi
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Journal Article, Academic Journal"Amino Acid Jazz": Amplifying biochemistry concepts with content-rich music (2013)Journal of Chemical Education, 90(Unknown Issue), pp. 1479-1483
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Research ReportTechnique and content in the works of young artists: A methodological contribution (2013)Good Work Project Report Series,
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Book, Scholarly-NewThe App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2013)pp. 256, ISBN/ISSN: 978-0300196214
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Journal Article, Academic JournalTweens’ conceptions of privacy online: Implications for educators (2013)Learning, Media and Technology, 38(1), pp. 4-25
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Journal Article, Academic JournalYoung people's digital lives: The impact of interpersonal relationships and digital media use on adolescents' sense of identity (2013)Computers in Human Behavior, 29(Unknown Issue), pp. 2281-2293
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Book Entry, Almanac or EncyclopediaAdolescent learners' characteristics (2012)Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, pp. 134-136
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Book Entry, Almanac or EncyclopediaAdult learners' characteristics (2012)Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, pp. 136-138
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Journal Article, Academic JournalFive minds our children deserve: Why they’re needed, how to nurture them. (2012)Journal of Educational Controversy, 6(1)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalFriendship 2.0: Adolescents’ experiences of belonging and self-disclosure online (2012)Journal of Adolescence, 35(6), pp. 1527-1536
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewI’ll pay attention when I’m older: Generational differences in trust (2012)Restoring Trust, pp. 47-67
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewMy trust needs to be earned, or I don’t give it: Youth’s mental models of trust (2012)Restoring Trust, pp. 25-45
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Journal Article, Academic JournalTensions of identity in a networked era: Young people’s perspectives on the risks and rewards of online self-expression. (2012)New Media & Society, 14(4), pp. 634-651
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Journal Article, Academic JournalA life in bits and bytes: A portrait of a college student and her life with digital media. (2011)Teachers College Record, 113(9), pp. 1960-1982
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Book Entry, Almanac or EncyclopediaThe theory of multiple intelligences (2011)Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence, pp. 485-503
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Journal Article, Academic JournalComing of age online: The developmental underpinnings of girls’ blogs (2010)Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(1), pp. 145-171
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Journal Article, Academic JournalFostering cross-generational dialogues about the ethics of online life (2010)Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2(2), pp. 124-150
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewThe pedagogy of GoodWork: Strategies of engagement (2010)GoodWork: Theory and practice, pp. 257-269
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Book Entry, Almanac or EncyclopediaTrust: Its conceptualization by scholars, its status with young persons (2010)Political and civic leadership: A reference handbook, volume 2
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Journal Article, Academic JournalAdolescent friendships on LiveJournal (2009)Rocky Mountain Communication Review, 6(1), pp. 47-50
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Research Report
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Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-NewMorality, ethics and good work: Young people’s respectful and ethical minds (2009)Morality, ethics and gifted minds
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Research ReportNew digital media, social institutions and the changing roles of youth (2009)Good Work Project Report Series, 61(Unknown Issue)
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Research ReportRethinking girls’ development in a digital era (2009)FIfF-Kommunikation, 26(3), pp. 48-51
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Research ReportSocial development in the era of new digital media (2009)Good Work Project Report Series,
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Research ReportYoung people, ethics, and the new digital media: A synthesis from the GoodPlay Project. (2009)The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning
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Research ReportTrust in the lives of young people: A conceptual framework to explore how youth make trust judgments (2008)Good Work Project Report Series, 52(Unknown Issue)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWhen false representations ring true (and when they don’t) (2008)Social Research, 75(4), pp. 1085-1108
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Journal Article, Professional JournalGood work in psychology (2007)The Psychologist, 20(11), pp. 672-676
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Research ReportIs trust on the wane? It may depend on where you live (2006)Good Work Project Report Series,
Presentations
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Generative AI and the Future of Learning: Preserving Agency, Promoting Equity
(2024)
Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Pacific Regional Conference - Seattle, WA
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Supporting teens' intentional social media use through an in-the-moment intervention
(2023)
Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress, - Washington, D.C.
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), University of Maryland - College Park, MD
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
University of Michigan Interactive and Social Computing (MISC) speaker series - Ann Arbor, MI
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Learning & the Brain Conference: The Science of Teaching and Learning - Boston, MA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Gutman Library Talks, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
HCI Institute’s Seminar Series, Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Parent Education Series, Eton School - Bellevue, WA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
The Whole U, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance’s Annual PA Child Abuse Prevention Symposium - Virtual
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
MIT Teaching Systems Lab - Cambridge, MA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Town Hall Seattle - Seattle, WA
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Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up
(2023)
Bermuda National Gallery - Hamilton, Bermuda
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A parent’s guide to screens and kids
(2022)
Saltus Speaks Parent Speaker Series - Pembroke Parish, Bermuda (virtual)
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Connected learning: The essential mindset to serve rural youth in America
(2022)
Connected Learning Summit - Virtual
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Promoting public libraries as centers of youth civic engagement
(2022)
Connected Learning Summit - Virtual
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Taking on Goliath: Can researchers make social media better for teens?
(2022)
HX Dialogue Speaker Series - University of California, Irvine, California (virtual)
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All in the Family: A Conversation about Media Rules, Parental Controls, and Family Media Plans
(2021)
Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development - Remote Webinar
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What kind of screen time is best for your child (and you)?
(2021)
All in the Family: A Conversation about Media Rules, Parental Controls, and Family Media Plans -- 28th webinar of the Ask the Experts series hosted by Children and Screens - Virtual
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Coping through COVID: Understanding Technology’s Role in Teen Resilience and Wellbeing
(2020)
Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association Fall Conference - Virtual
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Digital badges and soft skill development: Teen self-assessment beyond STEM contexts
(2020)
Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) - San Francisco, CA
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Human development in a digital world
(2020)
he Future of Education Series: Human Development and Psychology: The Long View. Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
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Large-scale learning environments: Writers in the secret garden
(2020)
Episode 12, Silver Lining for Learning series - Virtual
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Raising Good Gamers Research roundtable
(2020)
Games for Change Virtual Festival - Virtual
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So you’ve earned a badge, now what? Supporting students’ digital badge literacy.
(2020)
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) - San Francisco, CA
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Teen Health
(2020)
CRA Virtual Conference 2020 - Virtual
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What My Little Pony Can Teach Us About Interest-Driven Learning
(2020)
2020 Learning at Scale Conference - Virtual
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Youth agency in a digital age
(2020)
Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) - San Francisco, CA
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Agency and Identity in Networked Environments: Insights from Researching and Designing for Today's Digital Youth
(2019)
Universität Wien’s #YouthMediaLife Lectures series - Wien, Austria
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Designing for youth agency in a digital age
(2019)
Conference on Digital Youth – Growing Up in a Novel Social Space, Leibnitz University - Hannover, Germany
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Insights from studying and designing for today’s digital youth
(2019)
Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven - Leuven, Belgium
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Supporting and transforming learning with networked technologies
(2019)
Department of Library and Information Science, Humboldt University - Berlin, Germany
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The tech effect: Understanding and supporting today’s digital youth
(2019)
100 Women in Finance (100WF) - Hamilton, Bermuda
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Empowering youth co-designers to promote student adoption of a digital badge system
(2018)
American Educational Research Association (AERA) - New York, NY
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Informal computing mentoring of low-income adolescents: Relationships, roles, qualities, and impact
(2018)
SIGCSE 2018 - Baltimore, MD
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The tech effect: Understanding and supporting today's digital youth
(2018)
Facebook Headquarters - Menlo Park, CA
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The Tech Effect: Understanding and Supporting Today's Digital Youth
(2018)
Entel - Santiago, Chile
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The tech effect: Understanding and supporting today's digital youth
(2018)
University Child Development School - Seattle, WA
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The Tech Effect: Understanding and Supporting Today's Digital Youth
(2018)
“Seminar with Howard Gardner” event - Santiago, Chile
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Promoting equity and access in public libraries’ computer-supported youth programming
(2017)
12th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) - Philadelphia, PA
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Co-designing a digital badge system: Supporting learners’ science identities through participatory design.
(2016)
In P. Bell (Ed.) Researchers and practitioners co-designing for expansive science learning and educational equity. Paper symposium conducted at the 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) - Singapore
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Connected learning in public libraries: What's it going to take to turn every library into a connected learning library
(2016)
Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Digital Media and Learning (DML) Conference, University of California - Irvine, CA
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Designing digital badges with and for users: A collaborative design approach
(2016)
In T. Horstman, C. Gamrat & K. Davis (Chairs) (Ed.) Democratizing learning through digital badges: Theoretical and analytical frameworks to advance design and research. Structured poster session conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). - Washington, DC
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Documenting distributed learning in online fanfiction communities.
(2016)
In E.C. Weinstein & D. Patton (Ed.) Digital posts as data: Opportunities, puzzles, and methodological considerations of studying youth’s digital communications, 2016 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Special Topic Meeting – Technology and Media in Children’s Development - Irvine, CA
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From cyber safety to digital citizenship: Changing our conversations with kids
(2016)
University Child Development School - Seattle, Washington
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2016)
Keynote speech at Healthy Youth Partnership Conference - Austin, Texas
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2016)
Keynote speech at Washington State Higher Education Building Bridges Technology Conference - Spokane, Washington
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Digital youth: The state of affairs (invited panelist)
(2015)
Digital Media and Learning - Los Angeles, CA
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Exploring the role of networked technologies in learners’ developing identities
(2015)
Cyberlearning 2015, National Science Foundation - Arlington, VA
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Seattle Digital Youth Think Tank 2014: Inaugural Reporting Out.
(2015)
Annual Meeting of the American Library Association - San Francisco, CA
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Sexting in the context of growing up online
(2015)
Facebook Sexting Roundtable - Menlo Park, CA
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
Mercer Island Parent Edge Speaker Series - Mercer Island, WA
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
CHI 2015 - Seoul, Korea
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
STEAM Power 2015, sponsored by the Gates Foundation Visitor Center, Pacific Science Center, and the EMP Museum - Seattle, WA
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
Sungkyunkwan University Distinguished Lecture Series - Seoul, Korea
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
University Prep - Seattle, WA
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
2015 Heads and Board Chairs Conference, Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
St. Paul's School - Concord, New Hampshire
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
Society for Women Engineers - Seattle, WA
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
Lakeside School - Seattle, WA
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2015)
Atlantic Conference of Independent Schools (ACIS) annual meeting - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world.
(2015)
Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences - Seattle, WA
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Assessing change in adolescents' art-making over time: A methodology
(2014)
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, PA
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Connecting learning with digital badges: Exploring the formal and informal learning experiences of youth from non-dominant backgrounds
(2014)
Presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the Digital Media and Learning Conference, MacArthur Foundation - Boston, MA
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Cultivating digital citizenship: Strategies for approaching dilemmas of privacy and identity online
(2014)
Interactive courses conducted at the Future of Learning Institute and the Project Zero Classroom, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
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Cultivating digital citizenship: Strategies for approaching dilemmas of privacy and identity online
(2014)
Interactive course conducted at the 7th Annual 21st Century Learning Conference - Hong Kong, China
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Digital Youth - The State of Affairs
(2014)
Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) 2014 - Seattle, WA
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Digital Youth: Towards a new multidisciplinary research network
(2014)
Workshop conducted at the annual iConference 2014 - Berlin, Germany
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Innovating education practice through digitial badges: Recent research, current practices, and future directions
(2014)
(Chair and Session Organizer), Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, PA
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Literacy, expertise, and experience in gaming
(2014)
Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, PA
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Sing about science: Leveraging the power of music to improve science education
(2014)
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, PA
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Stakeholders' perceptions of the opportunities, challenges, and value of digital badges in education
(2014)
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, PA
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The App Generation
(2014)
Invited plenary talk at the Project Zero Classroom, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Keynote speaker at the 2014 Early Learning STEM Institute, Thrive Washington - Seattle, WA
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Featured speaker at TEDSalon Berlin: Bits of Knowledge, TED Salon Berlin - Berlin, Germany
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Invited speaker at Town Hall Seattle - Seattle, WA
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Featured speaker at the Learning & the Brain Conference - San Francisco, CA
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Keynote speaker at the 7th Annual 21st Century Learning Conference - Hong Kong, China
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Guest speaker at Glenbard School District's Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families - Glen Ellyn, IL
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Invited speaker at Microsoft Research's Visiting Speaker Series - Redmond, WA
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The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world
(2014)
Invited speaker at the Annenberg Public Policy Center?s Speaker Series 2013-2014, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
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The human brain and social media: How are individuals changing?
(2014)
Invited speaker at Cattolica de Sacro Cuore University - Milan, Italy
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Askwith Forum: The App Generation
(2013)
Public lecture series, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
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Badges for lifelong learning
(2013)
iAffiliates Day, The Information School - Seattle, WA
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Bullying: How does it start and how do we stop it?
(2013)
Issues that Matter public forum, Sno-Isle Libraries - Lake Stevens, WA
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Charting a research trajectory from conceptual development to construct measurement
(2013)
Guest Lecture in INSC 570-Research Design, University of Washington Information School - Seattle, WA
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Digital youth workshop: Calling all designers, researchers, and policy makers. Scholarship in action: data, innovation, wisdom
(2013)
iConference 2013 - Fort Worth, TX
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GoodPlay online: Exploring digital ethics and new media literacies
(2013)
Roots of Empathy Research Symposium, GoodPlay - Toronto, ON, Canada
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Identity development in the digital age: Identity work on social networking sites
(2013)
Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation - Saint Paul, MN
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Leveraging new media technologies to make learning more engaging
(2013)
5th Annual DUB Retreat, UW's inter-department Human-Computer Interaction and Design Research Group - Seattle, WA
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Overview of the Digital Youth Summit 2014
(2013)
Presentation to the MLIS Advisory Board, University of Washington Information School - Seattle, WA
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Round table I: Research to practice
(2013)
School Library and Technology Exploratory Workshop, ALA - Seattle, WA
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School Library and Technology Exploratory Workshop
(2013)
American Library Association Midwinter Meeting - Seattle, WA
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Studying the 'App Generation': New media's role in youth identity, intimacy, and imagination
(2013)
Guest Lecture in LIS 566-Young Adult Materials, University of Washington Information School - Seattle, WA
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Teen design days: Promoting youth civic engagement through design thinking
(2013)
McArthur Digital Media & Learning Conference - Chicago, IL
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The App Generation
(2013)
Lectures & Readings series, 92nd Street Y - New York, NY
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The App Generation
(2013)
Public lecture series, Cambridge Forum - Cambridge, MA
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The GoodPlay Project: Exploring ethics and new media literacies
(2013)
Interactive courses conducted at 'Developing Responsible, Caring & Balanced Youth: A GoodWork Conference', Project Zero - Dedham, MA
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The GoodPlay Project: Exploring ethics and new media literacies
(2013)
Interactive courses conducted at the Future of Learning Institute and the Project Zero Classroom, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
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The identites of today's digital youth: Coherent or fragmented?
(2013)
Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation - Saint Paul, MN
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Theory with practice: Teachers' perspective on and experiences with digital media and media literacy education
(2013)
Annual Meeting, National Association for Media Literacy Education - Torance, CA
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Today's digital youth: Growing up in a hyper-connected, multi-tasking, media-rich world
(2013)
Upward Bound Summer Program Orientation, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
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Understanding inequalities in digital media and learning
(2013)
American Educational Research Association - San Francisco, CA
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Understanding inequalities in digital media and learning
(2013)
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - San Francisco, CA
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Building community online: Opportunities, challenges, and the role of schools
(2012)
Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Researching digital youth: Developing and validating survey instruments
(2012)
Guest lecture in INSC 570, Research Design, Information School, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
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Researching digital youth: Theoretical foundations
(2012)
Guest lecture in INSC 570, Research Design, The Information School, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
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The GoodPlay Project: Exploring ethics and digital life
(2012)
Professional development course, Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) - Milton, MA
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The GoodPlay Project: Exploring ethics and digital life
(2012)
Interactive courses conducted at the Future of Learning Institute and the Project Zero Classroom, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
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The space between generations: What's different about today's digital youth?
(2012)
TEDx South Lake Union Women, Microsoft Women of Research, UW Women in Informatics, and Women in Bio Seattle Metro - Seattle, WA
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Young people's digital lives: The impact of digital media use and interpersonal relationships on adolescents' sense of identity
(2012)
Society for Research on Adolescence - Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Young people's digital lives: The role of new media in youth identity and relationships
(2012)
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
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Young people's digital lives: The role of new media in youth identity and relationships
(2012)
Information School, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
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Young people's digital lives: The role of new media in youth identity and relationships
(2012)
Information School, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI