Christina Mead is a first-year student in the Curriculum, Instruction and the Science of Learning doctoral program. She hopes to research how technology impacts the way children develop, the way technology has the potential to impact the relationships children form, and how to combat these effects through social interactions and play. Christina holds a Master of Science in Communicative Disorders and Sciences and is a Licensed Speech Language Pathologist. She has spent the majority of the last ten years working with young children under the age of five and their families.