History
The Development with Media and Technology Fellows Program (DMTF), formerly Teen Life Online and in Schools Writing Collaborative/Paper Camp) is a one of a kind program in the country that trains graduate students and junior faculty to conduct methodologically rigorous research on African American and Latinx youth’s online social and academic worlds. Each year since 2014 (except for 2016, 2018, and 2020), the network comes together to receive cutting-edge methodological and professional training.
The Goal
To create a community of the next generation of scholars who will be able to think deeply about how to design and conduct research on people of color, their online experiences, and mental health.
Process
Those selected will meet with Dr. Tynes to discuss their interests in the CELDTech datasets and work with participants to come up with a proposal and analyses of the data. The fellows will then meet in a hybrid setting: four days of meetings and writing online and six days in person (in Los Angeles, CA). This setting will provide writing time, career development, and community building while working on a draft of the paper you have analyzed and previously discussed with Dr. Tynes.
Dr. Tynes then mentors fellows/participants for years afterward. There are currently over 25 former participants that she actively mentors and tens of others who participated that she supports when needed. Many of her mentees began as graduate students and now hold post-docs or assistant professorships.
2023 Datasets
For the 2023 meeting scheduled for the summer, we plan to have two datasets available: The National Survey of Critical Digital Literacy(NSCDL) and CRITMetic Design and Development Project.
NSCDL is a first-of-its-kind critical race longitudinal mixed methods study that includes a sample of 1138 Black, Latinx, and white participants ages 11-19. The focus of this study is to understand whether critical race digital literacy is a buffer in the association between online racism and mental health/ academic outcomes. The study has multiple datasets that include an online survey, a daily diary, artifact uploads from social media, websites, and classroom materials.
CRITMetic datasets will include videos and interview transcripts of the design and development process for a digital literacy platform. Manuscripts will focus on the design process and interviews.
Application Information
An application can be submitted between December 1, 2022, and January 12, 2023.
Please submit:
- Cover Letter explaining what you would like to gain with this fellowship
- Curriculum Vitae
Email a pdf of each document with your documents to camellac@usc.edu
Decisions will be announced in late January 2023
You will then be scheduled a meeting with Dr. Tynes to discuss your specific interests in the CELDTech datasets.
If you have any questions feel free to email Camella Cooper at camellac@usc.edu