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Affiliate Positions

  • Visiting Research Scientist , Hasso Plattner Institut, Universität Potsdam
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Washington

Specializations

  • Child-Computer Interaction
  • Learning Sciences
  • Digital Youth

Research Areas

Biography

Dr. Katie Davis is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Information School, Adjunct Associate Professor in the UW College of Education, and a founding member and Co-Director of the UW Digital Youth Lab. Her research explores the role of new media technologies in young people’s personal, social, and academic lives, with a particular focus on the intersection between technology and identity development during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Katie is the co-author with Howard Gardner of "The App Generation: How Today’s Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World" (2013, Yale University Press). She holds two master’s degrees and a doctorate in Human Development and Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. In addition to publishing and presenting her research in scholarly venues, Katie regularly shares her work with parents, teachers, industry leaders, and policymakers in an effort to build connections between research and practice. Learn more about her research at: www.katiedavisresearch.com

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

  • 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

  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Beyond 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
  • Conference Paper
    Exploring 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) Authors: C. Dauden Roquet, N. Theofanopoulou, J.L. Freeman, J.L. Schleider, J.J. Gross, Katharine Davis, E. Townsend, P. Slovak
  • Conference Paper
    Connected 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) Authors: Caroline Pitt, A. Bell, B. S. Boyd, N. Demmel, Katharine Davis
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Should lecturers be trained to deal with shortening attention spans? (2021)
    The Campus Times Higher Education Author: Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    The 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) Authors: Caroline Pitt, A. Hock, L. Zelnick, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Using the design-based implementation research method to designa connected learning toolkit for youth-serving public library staff (2021)
    Library & Information Science Research, 43(1) Authors: Ilanko Subramaniam, K.M. Hoffman, Caroline Pitt, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    When 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) Authors: Saba Kawas, Nicole Kuhn, E. E. Bascom, Alexis Hiniker, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Introduction to special issue: Adolescent and emerging adult development in an age of social media (2020)
    Journal of Adolescent Research, 35(1) Authors: Katharine Davis, L. Charmaraman, E. Weinstein
  • Conference Paper
    NatureCollections: Can a mobile application trigger children’s interest in nature? (2020)
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU ’20) Authors: Saba Kawas, Jordan Sherry-Wagner, Nicole Kuhn, Sarah K. Chase, Brittany Bentley, Joshua J. Lawler, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Otter this World: Can a Mobile Application Promote Children’s Connectedness to Nature? (2020)
    Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2020), pp. 444-457 Authors: Saba Kawas, Nicole Kuhn, Mina Tari, Alexis Hiniker, Katharine Davis
  • Op-ed
    The ‘app generation’ meets the pandemic (2020)
    Seattle Times Authors: Katharine Davis, Howard Gardner
  • 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 Authors: Katharine Davis, Anja Dinhopl, Alexis Hiniker
  • Conference Paper
    A 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 Authors: Caroline Pitt, Adam Bell, Edgar Onofre, Katie Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Adaptive 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 Authors: Abigail Evans, Katharine Davis, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Blog Post
    Announcing the ConnectedLib Toolkit for Youth-Serving Library Professionals and Professionals-in-Training (2019)
    Connected Learning Alliance Author: Katharine Davis
  • Toolkit
    ConnectedLib Toolkit (2019)
    Authors: Milly Romeijn-Stout, Katharine Davis, Mega Subramaniam
  • Report
    How disparities in wealth affect Gen Z’s experiences with technology. Understanding Gen Z Special Projects Report. (2019)
    Pacific Standard Author: Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Modeling 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 Authors: J. A. Tran, K. S. Yang, Katharine Davis, Alexis Hiniker
  • Blog Post
    Participatory politics in an age of crisis (2019)
    Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins Authors: Yomna Elsayed, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Sparking interest: A design framework for mobile technologies to promote children’s interest in nature (2019)
    International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction Authors: Saba Kawas, Sarah K. Chase, Jason Yip, Joshua Lawler, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Supporting learners' STEM-oriented career pathways with digital badges (2019)
    Information and Learning Science, 120(1/2), pp. 87-107 Authors: Caroline Pitt, Adam Bell, Rose Strickman, Katharine Davis
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Writers in the secret garden: Fanfiction, youth, and new forms of mentoring (2019)
    Authors: Cecilia Aragon, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Informal computing mentoring of low-income adolescents: Relationships, roles, qualities, and impact (2018)
    Proceedings of SIGCSE 2018 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Leanne Hwa, Katharine Davis, Jason Yip
  • Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal
    Learning and engagement in a gamified course: Investigating the effects of student characteristics (2018)
    Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 34(5), pp. 492-503 Authors: Katharine Davis, H. Sridharan, Lucas Koepke, S. Singh, Robert Boiko
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Playing in the virtual sandbox: Students’ collaborative practices in Minecraft (2018)
    International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 8(3), pp. 56-76 Authors: Katharine Davis, Julian Boss, Perry Meas
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Songwriting 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 Authors: S.J. Ward, R.M. Price, Katharine Davis, G.J. Crowther
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Using technology to support equity and inclusion in youth library programming: Current practices and future opportunities (2018)
    Library Quarterly, 88(4), pp. 315-331 Authors: Mega Subramaniam, Ligaya Aline Scaff, Saba Kawas, Kelly M Hoffman, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Computing mentorship in a software boomtown: relationships to adolescent interest and beliefs (2017)
    ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Amy J. Ko, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Designing 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 Authors: Caroline Pitt, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Digital life and youth well-being, social-connectedness, empathy, and narcissism (2017)
    Pediatrics, 140(S2), pp. S71-S75 Authors: C. James, Katharine Davis, L. Charmaraman, S. Konrath, P. Slovak, E. Weinstein, L. Yarosh
  • Conference Paper
    Group 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) Authors: Abigail Evans, Katharine Davis, J. Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Identity and agency in school and afterschool settings: Investigating digital media's supporting role (2017)
    Digital Culture & Education, 9(1), pp. 31-47 Authors: Katharine Davis, A. Ambrose, M. Orand
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Identity development in the digital age: An Eriksonian perspective (2017)
    Identity, sexuality, and relationships among emerging adults in the digital age, pp. 1-17 Authors: Katharine Davis, E. Weinstein
  • Conference Paper
    More 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 Authors: S. A. Evans, Katharine Davis, Abigail Evans, J. Campbell, David P. Randall, Kodlee Yin, C. Aragon
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Tweens' 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 Authors: Ada S. Kim, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Where 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 Authors: K. Yin, C. Aragon, Sarah Evans, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Modeling 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 Authors: Abigail Evans, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Katharine Davis
  • White Paper
    Connected Libraries: Surveying the Current Landscape and Charting a Path to the Future (2016)
    The Connected Lib Project Authors: Kelly M. Hoffman, Mega Subramaniam, Saba Kawas, Ligaya Aline Scaff, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Connected 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 Authors: Katharine Davis, Sean Fullerton
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Designing digital badges for an informal STEM learning environment (2016)
    Digital badges in education: Trends, issues, and cases, pp. 145-155 Authors: E. Klein, Katharine Davis
  • White Paper
    Digital Youth Seattle Think Tank White Paper (2016)
    Authors: Karen Fisher, Katharine Davis, Jason Yip, Negin Dahya, J. Elizabeth Mills, Michael Eisenberg
  • Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal
    How Fan Fiction Mentors Can Change Lives (2016)
    School Library Journal Authors: Sarah Evans, David P. Randall, Julie Campbell, Katharine Davis, Cecilia Aragon, Abigail Evans
  • Conference Paper
    Learning 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 Authors: Adam Bell, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Leveraging the power of music to improve science education (2016)
    International Journal of Science Education, 38(1), pp. 73-95 Authors: Gregory J. Crowther, Tom McFadden, Jean S. Fleming, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Thousands 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 Authors: J. Campbell, Cecilia Aragon, Katharine Davis, Sarah Evans, Abigail Evans, David P. Randall
  • 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 Authors: Katharine Davis, David P. Randall, A. Ambrose, M. Orand
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Connecting 'round the clock: Mobile phones and adolescents' experiences of intimacy (2015)
    Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, 2(Unknown Issue), pp. 937-946 Authors: E. Weinstein, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Digital badges in afterschool learning: Documenting the perspectives and experiences of students and educators (2015)
    Computers & Education, 88(Unknown Issue), pp. 72-83 Authors: Katharine Davis, S. Singh
  • Conference Short Paper
    Distributed mentoring in online fan fiction communities: Promoting equity, access, and openness in learning (2015)
    Panel presentation, Digital Media and Learning Conference Authors: Katharine Davis, J. Campbell, Abigail Evans, D. P. Randall, S. A. Evans
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Integration of math jingles into physiology courses (2015)
    Journal of Mathematics Education, 8(2), pp. 56-73 Authors: G. J. Crowther, Katharine Davis, L. D. Jenkins, J. L. Breckler
  • Conference Paper
    Writing within community: How mentoring works in online fan fiction (2015)
    Young Adult Library Services Association Symposium Authors: S. A. Evans, J. Campbell, Katharine Davis, Abigail Evans, D. P. Randall, Cecilia Aragon
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    Youth perspectives on equity, access and information exchange in educational technology: Implications for research, practice, and policy (2015)
    Workshop, Digital Media & Learning Conference Authors: Katharine Davis, Karen Fisher, Negin Dahya, Jason Yip, Michael Eisenberg, J. Elizabeth Mills
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    A decline in creativity? It depends on the domain (2014)
    Creativity Research Journal, 26(1) Authors: Emily C. Weinstein, Zachary Clark, Donna DiBartolomeo, Katharine Davis
  • Op-Ed
    Are Apps Becoming a Human Crutch? Op-Ed (2014)
    The Seattle Times Authors: Katharine Davis, Howard Gardner
  • Book Preface
    Preface 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 Authors: Howard Gardner, Katharine Davis
  • Op-Ed
    The App Generation: How technology is changing us. Op-Ed. (2014)
    Cognoscenti Authors: Howard Gardner, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    The changing landscape of peer aggression: A literature review on cyberbullying and interventions (2014)
    Journal of Youth Development, 9(1), pp. 130-142 Authors: Katharine Davis, Justin Reich, Carrie James
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    The value of getting lost in an app-suffused world (2014)
    School Administrator, pp. pg. 21-22 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Youth 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 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Book Introduction
    Youth perspectives on social media and technology (2014)
    AM:STARs: Social Networking & New Technologies, 25(3), pp. xvii-xxi Authors: M. A. Moreno, Katharine Davis, J. Elizabeth Mills
  • 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 Authors: Gregory J. Crowther, Katharine Davis
  • Research Report
    Technique and content in the works of young artists: A methodological contribution (2013)
    Good Work Project Report Series, Authors: DJ DiBarolomeo, Z Clark, Katharine Davis
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2013)
    pp. 256, ISBN/ISSN: 978-0300196214 Authors: Howard Gardner, Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Tweens’ conceptions of privacy online: Implications for educators (2013)
    Learning, Media and Technology, 38(1), pp. 4-25 Authors: Katharine Davis, C James
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Young 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 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Book Entry, Almanac or Encyclopedia
    Adolescent learners' characteristics (2012)
    Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, pp. 134-136 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Book Entry, Almanac or Encyclopedia
    Adult learners' characteristics (2012)
    Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, pp. 136-138 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Five minds our children deserve: Why they’re needed, how to nurture them. (2012)
    Journal of Educational Controversy, 6(1) Authors: Katharine Davis, H Gardner
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Friendship 2.0: Adolescents’ experiences of belonging and self-disclosure online (2012)
    Journal of Adolescence, 35(6), pp. 1527-1536 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    I’ll pay attention when I’m older: Generational differences in trust (2012)
    Restoring Trust, pp. 47-67 Authors: Katharine Davis, J Ryan, C James, M Rundle, H Gardner
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    My trust needs to be earned, or I don’t give it: Youth’s mental models of trust (2012)
    Restoring Trust, pp. 25-45 Authors: M Rundle, C James, Katharine Davis, J Ryan, J M Francis, H Gardner
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Tensions 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 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    A 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 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Book Entry, Almanac or Encyclopedia
    The theory of multiple intelligences (2011)
    Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence, pp. 485-503 Authors: Katharine Davis, J Christiandoulou, S Seider, H Gardner
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Coming of age online: The developmental underpinnings of girls’ blogs (2010)
    Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(1), pp. 145-171 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Fostering cross-generational dialogues about the ethics of online life (2010)
    Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2(2), pp. 124-150 Authors: Katharine Davis, S L Katz, R Santo, C James
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    The pedagogy of GoodWork: Strategies of engagement (2010)
    GoodWork: Theory and practice, pp. 257-269 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Book Entry, Almanac or Encyclopedia
    Trust: Its conceptualization by scholars, its status with young persons (2010)
    Political and civic leadership: A reference handbook, volume 2 Authors: Katharine Davis, H Gardner
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Adolescent friendships on LiveJournal (2009)
    Rocky Mountain Communication Review, 6(1), pp. 47-50 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Research Report
    Meeting of Minds: Cross-generational dialogue on the ethics of digital life (2009)
    Authors: R Santo, C James, Katharine Davis, S L Katz, L Burch, B Joseph
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Morality, ethics and good work: Young people’s respectful and ethical minds (2009)
    Morality, ethics and gifted minds Authors: S Seider, Katharine Davis, H Gardner
  • Research Report
    New digital media, social institutions and the changing roles of youth (2009)
    Good Work Project Report Series, 61(Unknown Issue) Authors: M Wiegel, Katharine Davis, C James, H Gardner
  • Research Report
    Rethinking girls’ development in a digital era (2009)
    FIfF-Kommunikation, 26(3), pp. 48-51 Author: Katharine Davis
  • Research Report
    Social development in the era of new digital media (2009)
    Good Work Project Report Series, Authors: Katharine Davis, M Wiegel, C James, H Gardner
  • Research Report
    Young 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 Authors: C James, Katharine Davis, A Flores, J Francis, M Rundle, H Gardner
  • Research Report
    Trust 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) Author: Katharine Davis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    When false representations ring true (and when they don’t) (2008)
    Social Research, 75(4), pp. 1085-1108 Authors: Katharine Davis, S Seider, H Gardner
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Good work in psychology (2007)
    The Psychologist, 20(11), pp. 672-676 Authors: S Seider, Katharine Davis, H Gardner
  • Research Report
    Is trust on the wane? It may depend on where you live (2006)
    Good Work Project Report Series, Author: Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Technology use in rural and urban public libraries: Implications for connected learning in youth programming
    Authors: Katharine Davis, Mega Subramaniam, Kelly Hoffman, Milly Romeijn-Stout
  • Conference Paper
    Using digital badges to promote student agency and identity in science learning
    Proceedings of the Connected Learning Summit (CLS '18) Authors: Katharine Davis, Caroline Pitt, Adam Bell, Suhkyung Kim

Presentations

  • 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
  • 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
  • Coping through COVID: Understanding Technology’s Role in Teen Resilience and Wellbeing (2020)
    Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association Fall Conference - Virtual
  • 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
  • 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
  • Large-scale learning environments: Writers in the secret garden (2020)
    Episode 12, Silver Lining for Learning series - Virtual
  • Raising Good Gamers Research roundtable (2020)
    Games for Change Virtual Festival - Virtual
  • 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
  • Teen Health (2020)
    CRA Virtual Conference 2020 - Virtual
  • What My Little Pony Can Teach Us About Interest-Driven Learning (2020)
    2020 Learning at Scale Conference - Virtual
  • Youth agency in a digital age (2020)
    Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) - San Francisco, CA
  • 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
  • Designing for youth agency in a digital age (2019)
    Conference on Digital Youth – Growing Up in a Novel Social Space, Leibnitz University - Hannover, Germany
  • Insights from studying and designing for today’s digital youth (2019)
    Leuven School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven - Leuven, Belgium
  • Supporting and transforming learning with networked technologies (2019)
    Department of Library and Information Science, Humboldt University - Berlin, Germany
  • The tech effect: Understanding and supporting today’s digital youth (2019)
    100 Women in Finance (100WF) - Hamilton, Bermuda
  • Empowering youth co-designers to promote student adoption of a digital badge system (2018)
    American Educational Research Association (AERA) - New York, NY
  • Informal computing mentoring of low-income adolescents: Relationships, roles, qualities, and impact (2018)
    SIGCSE 2018 - Baltimore, MD
  • The tech effect: Understanding and supporting today's digital youth (2018)
    Facebook Headquarters - Menlo Park, CA
  • The Tech Effect: Understanding and Supporting Today's Digital Youth (2018)
    Entel - Santiago, Chile
  • The tech effect: Understanding and supporting today's digital youth (2018)
    University Child Development School - Seattle, WA
  • The Tech Effect: Understanding and Supporting Today's Digital Youth (2018)
    “Seminar with Howard Gardner” event - Santiago, Chile
  • Promoting equity and access in public libraries’ computer-supported youth programming (2017)
    12th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) - Philadelphia, PA
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • From cyber safety to digital citizenship: Changing our conversations with kids (2016)
    University Child Development School - Seattle, Washington
  • 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
  • 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
  • Digital youth: The state of affairs (invited panelist) (2015)
    Digital Media and Learning - Los Angeles, CA
  • Exploring the role of networked technologies in learners’ developing identities (2015)
    Cyberlearning 2015, National Science Foundation - Arlington, VA
  • Seattle Digital Youth Think Tank 2014: Inaugural Reporting Out. (2015)
    Annual Meeting of the American Library Association - San Francisco, CA
  • Sexting in the context of growing up online (2015)
    Facebook Sexting Roundtable - Menlo Park, CA
  • The App Generation: How today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2015)
    CHI 2015 - Seoul, Korea
  • 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
  • The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2015)
    Lakeside School - Seattle, WA
  • The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2015)
    St. Paul's School - Concord, New Hampshire
  • The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2015)
    Sungkyunkwan University Distinguished Lecture Series - Seoul, Korea
  • 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
  • The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2015)
    University Prep - Seattle, WA
  • 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
  • The App Generation: How today’s youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world (2015)
    Society for Women Engineers - Seattle, WA
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Digital Youth - The State of Affairs (2014)
    Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) 2014 - Seattle, WA
  • Digital Youth: Towards a new multidisciplinary research network (2014)
    Workshop conducted at the annual iConference 2014 - Berlin, Germany
  • 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
  • Literacy, expertise, and experience in gaming (2014)
    Paper symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, PA
  • 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
  • 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
  • The App Generation (2014)
    Invited plenary talk at the Project Zero Classroom, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The human brain and social media: How are individuals changing? (2014)
    Invited speaker at Cattolica de Sacro Cuore University - Milan, Italy
  • Askwith Forum: The App Generation (2013)
    Public lecture series, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA
  • Badges for lifelong learning (2013)
    iAffiliates Day, The Information School - Seattle, WA
  • Bullying: How does it start and how do we stop it? (2013)
    Issues that Matter public forum, Sno-Isle Libraries - Lake Stevens, WA
  • 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
  • Digital youth workshop: Calling all designers, researchers, and policy makers. Scholarship in action: data, innovation, wisdom (2013)
    iConference 2013 - Fort Worth, TX
  • GoodPlay online: Exploring digital ethics and new media literacies (2013)
    Roots of Empathy Research Symposium, GoodPlay - Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 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
  • 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
  • Overview of the Digital Youth Summit 2014 (2013)
    Presentation to the MLIS Advisory Board, University of Washington Information School - Seattle, WA
  • Round table I: Research to practice (2013)
    School Library and Technology Exploratory Workshop, ALA - Seattle, WA
  • School Library and Technology Exploratory Workshop (2013)
    American Library Association Midwinter Meeting - Seattle, WA
  • 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
  • Teen design days: Promoting youth civic engagement through design thinking (2013)
    McArthur Digital Media & Learning Conference - Chicago, IL
  • The App Generation (2013)
    Lectures & Readings series, 92nd Street Y - New York, NY
  • The App Generation (2013)
    Public lecture series, Cambridge Forum - Cambridge, MA
  • 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
  • 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
  • The identites of today's digital youth: Coherent or fragmented? (2013)
    Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation - Saint Paul, MN
  • 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
  • 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
  • Understanding inequalities in digital media and learning (2013)
    Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - San Francisco, CA
  • Understanding inequalities in digital media and learning (2013)
    American Educational Research Association - San Francisco, CA
  • Building community online: Opportunities, challenges, and the role of schools (2012)
    Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association - Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Researching digital youth: Developing and validating survey instruments (2012)
    Guest lecture in INSC 570, Research Design, Information School, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Researching digital youth: Theoretical foundations (2012)
    Guest lecture in INSC 570, Research Design, The Information School, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • 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
  • The GoodPlay Project: Exploring ethics and digital life (2012)
    Professional development course, Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) - Milton, MA
  • 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
  • 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
  • Young people's digital lives: The role of new media in youth identity and relationships (2012)
    Information School, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Young people's digital lives: The role of new media in youth identity and relationships (2012)
    Information School, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
  • 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