Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment

TYDE

Committed to growing expertise across UVA and building infrastructure to support cutting-edge research about both the impact of digital technology on healthy youth development and its potential to support intervention and prevention solutions.

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TYDE Team Spotlights

Meet the UVA faculty and student researchers who make up the TYDE community! Members of our community are passionate about tech and youth mental health.

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Alex Buddendeck in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Alex Buddendeck

Fourth-year Undergraduate RA

Youth & Social Innovation and Psychology

Steven Johnson

Professor of Commerce

McIntire School of Commerce

Simon Daniel

Simon Daniel

PhD Candidate

Education

Ava Arvand

Fourth-year Undergraduate RA

Psychology

photo of Adrienne Wood laughing at an inflatable goat

Adrienne Wood

Associate Professor

Psychology

Subigya Nepal

Subigya Nepal

Assistant Professor

Computer Science

Noah French

Noah French

PhD Candidate

Psychology

Ethan Wang

Ethan Wang

Content Creator

TYDE

Irène​ Mathieu

Irène Mathieu

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Emma Toner

Emma Toner

PhD Candidate

Psychology

Lana Swartz

Lana Swartz

Associate Professor and Shannon Mid-career Fellow

Media Studies

Bethany Teachman

Bethany Teachman

Professor, Co-Director of TYDE

Psychology

Jingjing Li Professor UVA Artificial Intelligence

Jingjing Li

Associate Professor

Commerce

Varun Reddy UVA Engineering

Varun Reddy

Third Year, Computer Science Major

Engineering and Applied Science

Nancy Deutsch

Nancy Deutsch

Professor, co-Director of TYDE

Education

Kelvin Afolabi

Kelvin Afolabi

Ph.D. Candidate in Research, Statistics and Evaluation

Education and Human Development

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