- 1,200+Citations
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- 15+Years in research
My academic research examined how children and families interact with emerging technologies — including augmented reality, whole-body gesture interfaces, and haptic touchscreens — alongside large national surveys of media use in American households. Several of these studies are still widely cited in the media-and-child-development literature.
Earlier work appears under my former name, Sabrina Connell. The complete, continuously updated list lives on Google Scholar.
Research interests
- Children, families, and technology
- Media use and child development
- Augmented reality and whole-body interfaces
- Haptic and touchscreen interaction
- Educational technology and learning products
- Survey methodology and behavioral measurement
Selected publications
- Parental co-use of media technology with their young children in the USAS. L. Connell, A. R. Lauricella, & E. Wartella · 2015Journal of Children and Media, 9(1), 5–21Cited by 490
- Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology: A National SurveyE. Wartella, V. Rideout, A. Lauricella, & S. Connell · 2013Center on Media and Human Development, School of Communication, Northwestern University (revised editions published 2014)Cited by 450
- A Wizard-of-Oz elicitation study examining child-defined gestures with a whole-body interfaceS. Connell, P.-Y. Kuo, L. Liu, & A. M. Piper · 2013Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC)Cited by 87
- Augmenting children’s tablet-based reading experiences with variable friction haptic feedbackD. Cingel, C. Blackwell, S. Connell, & A. M. Piper · 2015Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC)Cited by 18
- Children and Adolescents: Television, Computers, and Media ViewingE. Wartella, A. R. Lauricella, D. P. Cingel, & S. Connell · 2016Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 1, 272–278Cited by 14
- Persisting effects of internet skills on online participationE. Hargittai, S. Connell, E. Klawitter, & E. Litt · 2014TPRC Conference PaperCited by 10
- Media, technology, and reading in Hispanic families: A national surveyE. Wartella, E. Kirkpatrick, V. Rideout, A. Lauricella, & S. Connell · 2014Center on Media and Human Development, Northwestern University (revised edition 2014)Cited by 10
- Moderating a mean and scary world: Fear-related coping strategies in television programs for the preschool audienceS. L. Connell · 2011Tufts UniversityCited by 1