Associate Prof. @ Virginia Tech studying children's learning with digital technology.
Blacksburg, VA
Joined February 2011
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It was a pleasure to join the 2026 Virginia Education Summit and discuss how technology can support early childhood development while keeping human interactions a priority. Many thanks to @Hunt_Institute for the invitation and to everyone involved for a great discussion!
Delegate Mike Cherry (@mikecherryforva) opens our second session on balancing technology with early child development. Rupa Murthy from YWCA Richmond moderates a conversation featuring Susanne Bell from the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and Dr. Koeun Choi from Virginia Tech (@virginia_tech), as they explore evidence-based ways to use digital tools for early literacy without losing the human connection. #VES26
New publication in Media Psychology! 🎉We examine how media use at age 6 predicts later executive function difficulties via problematic media use, with Drs. @seyda_zayim and Yea-Ji Hong.
⬇️Free access via eprints (50 available): tandfonline.com/eprint/KKCMA…
Koeun Choi retweeted
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Over 25 international faculty are proposing exciting projects. Visit the website for more information and apply by November 25.
infantstudies.org/founding-g…
ALT Text in black 'Founding Generation Summer Fellowship Program - Undergraduate student? Apply to be a mentee!' against a pale blue background, ICIS logo on the top left.
Koeun Choi retweeted
We have a wide range of faculty expertise across the department and within our Child and Adolescent Development Area. @_KChoi @RoseWesche @DrCindySmith @BrittanyRHowell
Check out more info below. Feel free to email me directly at [email protected] if you have any questions!
Koeun Choi retweeted
Looking for a graduate program in HDFS? @VT_HDFS is hosting a virtual info session on Nov. 5th - see details below! Check out bit.ly/HDFSGradVT for program information. I would love to add more students to the @VTLearnLab team! Ph.D. program applications are due 12/1.
Excited to share that the ISSBD 2026 Biennial Meeting will be held in Incheon, South Korea 🇰🇷 (June 21–25, 2026)!
- Call for Abstracts open now – deadline Dec 1, 2025 (KST): 2026biennial.issbd.org/call-…
- See below for more ⬇️
So excited to have Seyda, now Dr. Ozcan, joining the CoDeS Lab as the Virginia Tech Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow! Looking forward to our continued collaboration and all the exciting new directions ahead.🥳 @seyda_zayim
Excited to launch our NSF project on robot theater with Myounghoon “Philart” Jeon @philartatVT (PI) and Qin Zhu (Co-PI), bringing together AI, creativity, and ethics🤖🎭! Learn more: news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_…
The CoDeS Lab is at #SRCD2025!✈️ We're excited to share our latest research on the role of digital media and AI in early development—from math learning to creativity and self-regulation. Presented by @jisun_Kim57 , @msamigurdal, & @JingChenbang123.
🆕Our new publication is out! 🎉
- "A child-robot theater afterschool program can promote children's conceptualization of social robots' mental capacities and engagement in learning"
- The full text is available here:
frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
📢 Another ICAT Playdate for a project led by Dr. Abby Walker in English, in collaboration with @philartatVT & @_KChoi, supported by @vt_icat:
- Voices of Voice Assistants!
- March 7, 2025, at 9am, EST
- 185 Kent St., Blacksburg, VA or Live on YouTube: icat.vt.edu/events/2025/03/v…
📢 Join us at ICAT Playdate: Reimagining Early Learning Through AI-Enhanced Joint Reading!
- Feb 28, 2025, at 9am, EST
- 185 Kent St., Blacksburg, VA or Live on YouTube: icat.vt.edu/events/2025/02/i…
in collaboration with an amazing team: Co-PIs: @snaglee2401 & @cbhornburg and Students: @seyda_zayim, @ysq_yu, @JingChenbang123, @msamigurdal, @Daniel_vargas_d, Sulakna Karunaratna, & Maegan Colbert
Koeun Choi retweeted
I’m excited to share that my newest publication is out! It has been a great collaboration working with this team of members from both @VT_HDFS and @VT_CS.
📢 Our paper "Exploring parent involvement in e-book joint reading with voice agents" is now published!
- We explore how AI voice agents can enhance parent-child joint reading by designing "TaleMate".
- Read it for free until April 23, 2025 here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kiWY…
📢 Our paper "Exploring parent involvement in e-book joint reading with voice agents" is now published!
- We explore how AI voice agents can enhance parent-child joint reading by designing "TaleMate".
- Read it for free until April 23, 2025 here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kiWY…
led by @Daniel_vargas_d in collaboration with @snaglee2401, @_KChoi, @cbhornburg, @jisun_Kim57, Sulakna Karunaratna
Koeun Choi retweeted
Please spread the word - Applications for our PhD program in HDFS (Child and Adolescent Development Area) are due 12/1!
🔍 Looking for a PhD program in HDFS? Join us at @VT_HDFS! Check out bit.ly/HDFSGradVT for more information and see our Child and Adolescent Development area faculty below. @_KChoi @BrittanyRHowell @DrCindySmith @RoseWesche
Applications are due Dec. 1st!
