Cynthia Chiong's Profile
About Cynthia Chiong
Cynthia received her doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Virginia. During her graduate studies, she was also a fellow in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a program devoted to building an interdisciplinary approach to educational research. Her research focuses on how the design of educational media can affect young children's learning and the way they interact with them, as well as how parents and teachers use these technologies to teach. Her research has been published in journals such as Psychological Science, Child Development, Journal of School Psychology, and American Behavioral Scientist. Cynthia is currently the director of research for Sirius Thinking, the creators of the Emmy Award-winning children’s literacy show Between the Lions. She also works with The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop exploring young children's use of digital media and Teachers College at Columbia University and Wireless Generation on IES and NIH-funded research that incorporates new approaches in creating math assessments for young students. In her free time, Cynthia reviews educational apps for 3- to 8-year-olds on her blog, A Matter of App.