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Funding
2019 I Am Strong Foundation seed grant; Promoting adolescent wellbeing through social media.
2020 I Am Strong Foundation continuation grant. Addressing Teen Digital Wellbeing.
2021 Morningstar Family Foundation, Piloting an SEL and Digital Wellbeing Curriculum in Middle School.
2022 Morningstar Family Foundation
2023 Metrowest Women’s Fund, Workshop for Metrowest girls to improve mental wellbeing on social media.
2024 Metrowest Women’s Fund, Metrowest Health Foundation, anonymous donor
Social Sciences Summer Research Program (every year)
Publications
2024
Charmaraman, L., Hernandez J. Maya, Weed, J., Durrani, S., Gramajo, A., Grevet Delcourt, C., and members of the Youth, Media, &Wellbeing Research Lab Youth Advisory Board ’21-22. (forthcoming). Youth co-designing more positive digital ecosystems: An action research journey via a Youth Advisory Board. Book chapter for MIT Works in Progress Series, Connected Learning Alliance. MIT Press.
2023
Gu, Quan, Charmaraman, L., & Grevet Delcourt, C. (2023). Experiences of novice design facilitators in
a remote participatory workshop. In CHIWORK ’23, June 13–15, 2023, Oldenburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 18 pages.
2022
Charmaraman, L., Grevet Delcourt, C., Durrani, S., Kapoor, J., Richer, A. M., & Xiao, L. F. (2022).
The role of parents, other adults, peers, and informal learning communities in shaping positive social media use. Information and Learning Sciences, 123(7/8), 399-420. https://doi.org/10.1108/ils-03-2022-0034
Delcourt, C. G., Charmaraman L., Gu, C., Durrani, S, and Xiao, T (2022). Innovating novel online
social spaces with diverse middle school girls: Ideation and collaboration in a synchronous virtual design workshop. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 248, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517576
2021
Charmaraman, L., & Grevet Delcourt, C. (2021). Prototyping for social wellbeing with early social
media users: Belonging, experimentation, and self-care. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), May 8-13, 2021, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445332
Charmaraman, L., Grevet Delcourt, C., Serrano Najera, C., Vargas, E., Gramajo, A., Richer, A. M., &
Adachi-Mejia, A., &. (2021). Disconnecting and reconnecting: A summer workshop photovoice project to support healthy social media use in early adolescence. Afterschool Matters, 34, 1-10. https://www.niost.org/Afterschool-Matters-Spring-2021/disconnecting-and-reconnecting
Webinars/Presentations/Blogs
2024
Quichimbo Augui, J., Bilyalova, Z., Li, A., Levette, Z., Hodgden, G., & Nallbani, A. (2024, April).
Youth, Media, Well-Being Lab: Creating Channels for Different Stakeholders. Presented at the Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley College.
2023
Gu, Quan. (2023, July). Navigating the intersection of AI and body image: Digital wellbeing workshop
for adolescent girls. Presented at the Social Sciences Summer Research Series.
Gu, Quan, Whalen, P., Hodgden, G., Nallbani, A., & Papgelis, C. (2023, April). Navigating the
intersection of AI and body image: Digital wellbeing workshop for adolescent girls. Poster presented at the Wellesley College summer science research poster session.
Gu, Q. (2023, April). Working for youth, with youth: Youth advisory boards co-designing more positive
digital wellbeing workshop experiences. Panel presented at the Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley College.
Gu, Connie Quan (2023, April). Learning UX leadership and exploring careers in remote participatory
design workshops. Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley, MA.
Andersonn, M. (2023, April). McNair Scholars Research panel. Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley, MA.
Charmaraman, L., Delcourt, C., Hernandez, J. M. (2023, March). Social Media and Mental Health:
Research-Based Approaches to Support Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing. Panelist for Social Change Dialogues webinar hosted by Wellesley Centers for Women.
Andersonn, M. & Xiao, T. (2023, March). Youth advisory boards co-designing more positive digital
wellbeing workshop experiences. Undergraduate research poster presented at the annual Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
2022
Durrani, S., Gu, C., & Xiao, T. (2022). Helping middle school girls create their own digital spaces.
Women Change Worlds blog. https://www.wcwonline.org/WCW-Blog-Women-Change-Worlds/entry/Helping-middle-school-girls-create-their-own-digital-spaces
Andersonn, M. (2022). Digital wellbeing & STEM workshops for adolescents. McNair Conference.
Andersonn, M. (2022). Digital wellbeing & STEM workshops for adolescents. Summer Social Science
Research Program poster session, Wellesley College.
Kapoor, J. (2022). The role of parents, other adults, peers, and informal learning communities in shaping
positive social media use. Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley College.
Weed, J. (2022). Working for youth, with youth: Lessons from the Inaugural Youth Advisory Board of
the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing Research Lab. Ruhlman Conference, Wellesley College.
2021
Xiao, L.F. T., Gu, C. Q., Durrani, S., Hainzl-Fernandez, M. & Delcourt, C. (2021). Girls in STEM &
social media. Poster presented at Social Sciences Summer Internship Program, Wellesley College.
Xiao, L. F. T. (2021). Evaluating a STEM identity and digital wellbeing workshop for girls. Presentation
at Social Sciences Summer Internship Program, Wellesley College.
Xiao, L.F. T. & Gu, C. Q. (2021). Making a difference in the lives of youth: Facilitating a summer digital
workshop for middle school girls. Tanner Conference, Wellesley College.
Xiao, L.F. T., Gu, C. Q., Durrani, S., Hainzl-Fernandez, M. & Delcourt, C. (2021). Girls in STEM &
social media. Poster presented at Social Sciences Summer Internship Program, Wellesley College.
Xiao, L. F. T. (2021). Evaluating a STEM identity and digital wellbeing workshop for girls. Presentation
at Social Sciences Summer Internship Program, Wellesley College.
2019
Charmaraman, L., Delcourt, C., Serrano Najera, C., Vandergriff, P., & Kim, Ashley. (2019, October).
Meeting them where they are: Designing an app for adolescents’ early social media use. Presented at the Social Change Dialogues speaker series, Wellesley Centers for Women.
Serrano Najera, C. (2019, July). Summer app development workshop. Presented at the Social Sciences
Summer Research program. Wellesley College, MA.
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