About me

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech. I received the M.S. in Human Development from the same department in Spring 2024. My research interests center on understanding the influences of technology on children’s development within the family context.

I am currently focusing on examining various parental factors that contributed to children’s screen use as parents play a seminal role in young children’s media exposure. Specifically, I investigate how both parental and child self-regulation—including emotional, behavioral, and cognitive aspects—affect parental and child screen use as well as how parental and child screen use, in turn, impact their self-regulation skills. Furthermore, I examine the effects of media interactivity, content, and context of screen media use on these relations.

I am currently working as a graduate research assistant supporting for projects within the Cognitive Developmental Science Lab and the Child Development Center for Learning and Research at Virginia Tech.

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Recent news

• May 2024: Obtained the M.S. in Human Development at Virginia Tech. Click for the thesis!
• May 2024: Published a new article. Click for the article!
• April 2024: Awarded the Outstanding Master’s Student Award at Virginia Tech. Click for the news!
• March 2024: Poster presented at the CDS 2024 Conference. Click for the abstract (p. 215)!
• February 2024: Delivered a talk at a Brown Bag event of VT HDFS.