“Technology’s Child is the book we’ve been waiting for — deeply informative about how connected technology impacts children’s sense of self, their relationships, and their learning. This thoughtful and deeply researched account will inform parents, educators, and (hopefully) designers, too.”
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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.
Recent News & Updates
June 18, 2024
PhD student Rotem Landesman presented our paper on teens’ Instagram experiences at the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’24) in Delft, Netherlands. Read the UW News story about the paper.
June 6, 2024
Technology’s Child selected as the Foreword INDIES 2023 Gold winner for Science & Technology
April 1, 2024
My research group was awarded a Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation for our project Developing a Community-Based Model for Equitable AI Practices in Education Settings
March 18, 2024
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
March 5, 2024
Featured speaker, 2024 ParentEd Talks series, Technology’s Child: Empowered Parenting in the Digital Age
February 12, 2024
Guest podcast appearance on Tech Shock from Parent Zone
January 9, 2024
Invited speaker, Washington State Library & Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Digital Citizenship Program, Applying the Two-Step Framework to Social Media Literacy
November 18, 2023
Invited speaker, Learning & the Brain Conference: The Science of Teaching and Learning, The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
November 14, 2023
Featured speaker, The Whole U speaker series, University of Washington, Raised on Technology: Child Development and Digital Media
September 13, 2023
Featured speaker, Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance’s Annual PA Child Abuse Prevention Symposium
August 2023
Guest podcast appearances on Know Them, Be Them, Raise Them and 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms
July 2023
Guest podcast appearances on Parenting Beyond Discipline, Dastardly Cleverness, and Tilt Parenting
May-June, 2023
Technology’s Child reviewed in the May-June issue of Harvard Magazine