Parents and Teens on Screens

Lucía Magis-Weinberg, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Washington. She leads the interACTlab (International Adolescent Connection and Technology Laboratory), focusing on studying how social media impacts adolescent development and mental health. Her lab also designs and evaluates school interventions to promote healthy digital habits. Her work has mostly focused on underserved adolescents in global settings, particularly in Latin America, and is currently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Dr. Magis-Weinberg received her MD from the National Autonomous University of México, her MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and PhD in Experimental Psychology (Developmental) from University College London. Before joining the University of Washington, she conducted research at the Institute of Human Development at University of California, Berkeley, as a postdoctoral scholar.

As a longstanding member of the Society for Research in Adolescence’s International Committee, Dr. Magis-Weinberg advocates for inclusive, global research on adolescent development. Committed to science communication, outreach and impact, she is Executive Editor of Neuromexico.org a leading science communication platform for Latin America. Dr. Magis-Weinberg is a member of the American Psychological Association Expert Advisory Panel on Social Media Use in Adolescence.

Dr. Brandon T. McDaniel is a Senior Research Scientist at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine Fort Wayne, and internationally recognized expert on the impacts of technology use on relationships, families, and children, with a special focus on parent device use and the potential for parental empowerment or distraction. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, and he has published more than 80 scholarly articles related to technology use, parenting, family relationships, and more. Also, as a father he has personal experiences with the complexities of real life with technology use and parent-child interaction and relationships. Through his research and community education, he assists individuals and families with the development of healthy digital habits.

David M. Levy is Professor Emeritus in the Information School, University of Washington, in Seattle.  He earned his PhD in computer science at Stanford University and a diploma in Calligraphy and Bookbinding from the Roehampton Institute in London. For twenty years he was a researcher at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, exploring the transition from paper and print to digital media. In his two-plus decades at the University of Washington, beginning in 2000, he focused on bringing contemplative practices and insights to bear on the problems of living in our accelerating, information-saturated world.