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 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. Some of her current projects include investigating identity development across formal and informal learning spaces; using digital badges to recognize anytime, anywhere learning; and building public librarians’ capacity to incorporate digital media into their work with youth.
Katie Davis
Articles
March 20, 2023
Technology’s Child: Making the Complex More Concrete for Research on Kids and Tech
I’ve been researching technology’s role in child development for nearly twenty years. For most of that time, whenever a non-researcher asked me for the verdict – is tech good or bad for...
Categories: Connected Learning, Critical Perspectives, Featured, HX, New Trends, Research, Youth Well-BeingDecember 12, 2022
ConnectedLib Toolkit 2.0: Bringing Connected Learning to Small and Rural Libraries
For the last seven years, I’ve been working with a talented and committed group of researchers and library practitioners on the ConnectedLib Project, a research-practice partnership focused on bringing connected learning to...
Categories: Connected Learning, Critical Perspectives, Digital Learning, Educational Practice, Equity, Featured, ResearchApril 1, 2019
Researchers at the University of Washington (Katie Davis, Ligaya Scaff, Milly Romeijn-Stout) and the University of Maryland (Mega Subramaniam, Kelly Hoffman) are delighted to announce the launch of the ConnectedLib Toolkit, a...
Categories: Connected Learning, Educational Practice