About me

I am a Ph.D. candidate 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 behavioral, emotional, and cognitive levels—affect parental and child screen use as well as how parental and child screen use, in turn, impact their self-regulation. 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 (CoDeS) Lab at Virginia Tech.

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Recent news

• July 2025: Delivered a talk at the 2025 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress. Click for the abstract!
• May 2025: Poster presented at the SRCD 2025 Conference.
• November 2024: VT +Policy Network Policy Impacts Report was published. Click for the report!
• 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!