Stephanie Reich, PhD

Dr. Stephanie Reich is a Professor of Education at the University of California, Irvine, with appointments in Informatics and Psychological Science. She is director of the Development in Social Context lab, member of the Connected Learning Lab, and fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Society for Community Research and Action. Dr. Reich’s research focuses on understanding and improving the social context of children’s lives. As such, her empirical investigations center on direct, indirect, and reciprocal influences on children, specifically through the family, digital, and school environments. Her work spans from infancy through college, with particular focus on individual, familial, and community assets.

COI Statement: Dr. Reich reports unpaid roles as an advisor to Joan Ganz Cooney Center and Or Initiative; unpaid role as a member of the NASEM consensus committee on social media and adolescent health; unpaid roles on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Community Psychology and Monographs of the Society for Research on Child Development; and research funding from NIH and the Kay Family Foundation.