I'm a PhD student at UC Berkeley's School of Information (formerly SIMS). My work focuses on how young people make use of new media in their everyday lives. Currently, I'm a member of the Digital Media and Learning Studio at University of California Humanities Research Institute. Previously, I was a researcher for The Digital Youth Project, a three year ethnographic study funded by the MacArthur Foundation. The project was led by Peter Lyman, and Mimi Ito. In November 2008 we released our final report, "Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media." The full report is available here and will be available from MIT Press in 2009. Before beginning the PhD I worked in new media design, both as a masters student at the I-School and as the project director for interactive media at Jan Krukowski & Company, a New York City agency specializing in the education and not-for-profit sectors. During this period I also worked closely with Tellart, a multi-purpose design firm based in Providence, RI. I received my masters from UC Berkeley's School of Information in 2007 and my BA from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME in 2000.

Please feel free to contact me: christo [at] sims [dot] berkeley [dot] edu