People

Kiley A. Larson is a research scientist at The Institute of Human Development and Social Change, New York University.  She is a member of the Connecting Youth research team which has spent the last three years studying, and providing formative assessment for, several of the DML demonstration sites, including the YOUMedia flagship sites, Hive NYC and Chicago, the Learning Labs, and the Quest Schools.  Broadly, her research examines the ways in which people attach meanings to the use of technologies and how those meanings are connected to socio-historical context. She is also interested in how youth discover existing, and create new, learning and career pathways through their interactions with mentors.