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Katie Davis, author of Technology’s Child

Dr. Katie Davis is Associate Professor at the University of Washington (UW) and Director of the UW Digital Youth Lab.

For nearly 20 years, Katie has been researching and speaking about the impact of digital technologies on young people’s learning, development, and well-being.

In her latest book, Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up, Katie draws on her career in research and teaching as well as her experiences as a parent and educator to bring clarity to what we know about technology’s role in child development.

News & Updates

Keynote speaker, The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Pacific Regional Conference, Seattle, WA, Generative AI and the Future of Learning: Preserving Agency, Promoting Equity

Featured speaker, 2024 ParentEd Talks series, Technology’s Child: Empowered Parenting in the Digital Age

Guest podcast appearance on Tech Shock from Parent Zone

Invited speaker, Washington State Library & Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Digital Citizenship Program, Applying the Two-Step Framework to Social Media Literacy

Invited speaker, Learning & the Brain Conference: The Science of Teaching and Learning, The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA

Featured speaker, The Whole U speaker series, University of Washington, Raised on Technology: Child Development and Digital Media

Featured speaker, Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance’s Annual PA Child Abuse Prevention Symposium

Guest podcast appearances on Know Them, Be Them, Raise Them and 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

Guest podcast appearances on Parenting Beyond Discipline, Dastardly Cleverness, and Tilt Parenting

Guest podcast appearances on Mindful Mama, Parenting Horizons, and Brainy Moms.

Technology’s Child reviewed in the May-June issue of Harvard Magazine

Q&A in Seattle’s Child about navigating childhood friendship in a digital age

Guest on No Guilt Mom podcast

Featured speaker at the (Re)Connected Kids Summit, hosted by GoZen!, creator of social and emotional learning programs

Guest on Dr. Justin Coulson’s Happy Families podcast – part 1 and part 2

Guest on the Artificiality podcast with Helen and Dave Edwards

Guest on New Day Northwest with Amity Addrisi, KING 5 TV (Seattle’s NBC affiliate)

Public talk about Technology’s Child at the Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda

Invited talk on Technology’s Child at the HCI Institute’s Seminar Series, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Public talk about Technology’s Child at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA (see the write-up on the iSchool website)

Returned to alma mater to give a book talk on Technology’s Child as part of the Gutman Library Book Talks, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA

Invited guest on No Such Thing, a podcast about education in the digital age hosted by Marc Lesser.

Visited the MIT Teaching Systems Lab to give a talk about Technology’s Child, Cambridge, MA

Visited the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, to talk about Technology’s Child.

Visited the University of Pennsylvania to talk about Technology’s Child at the Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA

Guest on Harvard EdCast from Harvard Graduate School of Education, discussing how children engage with technology at each stage of development and how they can best be supported.

Visited the Ann Arbor as part of the University of Michigan’s Interactive and Social Computing (MISC) speaker series, Ann Arbor, MI

Technology’s Child chosen by The Next Big Idea Club as a March 2023 Must-Read Book! 

Guest speaker at the Parent Education Series, Eton School, Bellevue, WA

Invited guest on No Silly Questions, a parenting podcast hosted by educators Danielle Freilich and Jordana Fruchter.