IST Research Talks presents "Partnering With Youth in Technology and Research"

Priya Kumar, PNC Technologies Career Development Professor, will present “Partnering With Youth in Technology and Research." The lecture is part of the IST Research Talks series presented by the College of Information Sciences and Technology. 

From online games to Chromebooks to AI chatbots, computing technologies touch nearly every facet of children’s lives. Over the past decade, Kumar has used a variety of research methods — including interviews, co-design, and participatory action research — to work with children and explore how they navigate the digital environment. In this talk, she’ll explain why youth voices need to be included in technology scholarship and offer suggestions to researchers who are interested in working with youth.

About the speaker

Priya Kumar is the PNC Technologies Career Development Professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology. She conducts theory-driven, qualitative research on the connections between digital technologies and the social practices of communication and learning, with a focus on privacy. Her research has been featured in media outlets that include The New York Times, NPR, NBC, CNN and Slate, and her TEDx Talk on children’s privacy has garnered more than 22,000 views on YouTube. Kumar is also affiliated with the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences. For more information, visit https://priyakumar.org/.

The IST Research Talks series highlights the interdisciplinary work of faculty and scholars in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. Check out past lectures and upcoming events at IST Research Talks.