Position Title
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication
Drew Cingel (PhD, Northwestern University) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis, and a member of the Human Development Graduate Group. He studies the interaction between human development and media effects. He is particularly interested in understanding how facets of child and adolescent development influence media choice and the effects of exposure to media, including the areas of social media use on adolescent mental health and social-emotional development, children’s learning from media, including television and tablet computers, and the influence of media on child and adolescent moral development. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Communication, Communication Research, New Media & Society, Media Psychology, and the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. He has served as Chair of the Children, Adolescents, and Media division of the International Communication Association, and is currently Co-Editor of Media Psychology. He has received funding from many industry and non-profit partners, including Netflix and Common Sense Media, and regularly consults on policy and litigation pertaining to youth digital media use and well-being