Coaches, Student Athletes, and the Misuse of Social Media
This talk helps coaches know what to convey to student athletes about their digital reputation and online choices so they are best positioned for their future.
What the Best Bullying and Cyberbullying Assembly Speakers Do
I have recently shared the most important considerations for schools planning to host bullying assembly programs according to research. Now, I wanted to turn your attention to bullying and cyberbullying speakers themselves. As you may know from your own experiences, there are fantastic ones out there, but there are also many who leave a lot…
2019 eSafety Conference in Sydney
I just got back from my first-ever visit to Australia, and had an incredible time at the 2019 eSafety conference hosted by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner. The theme was “The Online World We Want,” and I was invited to discuss our 2019 research findings on bullying, cyberbullying, sexting, sextortion, and digital self-harm among…
Bullying Prevention Through Empathy Building: Getting Students to Care
This presentation provides youth professionals with a toolbox of actionable best practices to help cultivate empathy among students in order to reduce bullying and cyberbullying.
Empowering Teens to Delete Cyberbullying and Make Kindness Go Viral
This talk will teach educators how to lead students in transforming their schools and communities through bullying prevention and kindness initiatives.
Cyberbullying and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Discusses the reality of cyberbullying victimization among those on the autism spectrum, and provides strategies and solutions to support and equip this population.
Student Athletes and Social Media
Specifically for student athletes, we cover the importance of digital reputations and provide numerous strategies for how they can represent themselves positively online.
Pause Before You Post: What Students Need to Know About Web-based Personal Publishing
Teens are the primary producers of web content, and continue to publish their ideas, experiences, stories, observations, and opinions on blogs, web journals, or personal profile pages (e.g., on Facebook). Additionally, they publish the pictures they take, the music and videos they produce, and many other forms of artistic, creative, intellectual, and social expression. While…
Jostens Renaissance 2011: You Make it Matter
As regular readers of this blog will know, Sameer and I have had a long partnership with Jostens. When I was in high school in the mid-1990s, our class rings and yearbooks came from Jostens, so I knew of the brand. About four years ago, Charley Nelson, who is the director of educator services for…
Happy New Year and CRC Initiatives for 2011
Happy New Year everyone! We hope that you all enjoyed whatever holiday you celebrated and that your 2011 is productive and rewarding. Sameer and I have a number of exciting projects and initiatives planned for 2011 and I just wanted to preview some of those here so that you can follow our progress over the…
Happy New Year and CRC Initiatives for 2011
Happy New Year everyone! We hope that you all enjoyed whatever holiday you celebrated and that your 2011 is productive and rewarding. Sameer and I have a number of exciting projects and initiatives planned for 2011 and I just wanted to preview some of those here so that you can follow our progress over the…
IBPA 2010 Conference – Bullying Prevention in the Age of the Internet
The 7th Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association in Seattle, Washington is coming up quick, and we really hope you’re coming (register here). We will be participating in a pre-conference on Monday, November 15th, and will be giving a presentation entitled “The Online Experience of Adolescent Girls: Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Relationship Abuse” on…
IBPA 2010 Conference – Bullying Prevention in the Age of the Internet
The 7th Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association in Seattle, Washington is coming up quick, and we really hope you’re coming (register here). We will be participating in a pre-conference on Monday, November 15th, and will be giving a presentation entitled “The Online Experience of Adolescent Girls: Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Relationship Abuse” on…
Family Online Safety Institute Conference – December 11th, 2008
I’m going to be in Washington, DC on Wednesday, December 10th and Thursday, December 11th for the Family Online Safety Institute’s annual conference, where I’ll be participating in a formal roundtable to discuss cyberbullying prevention and response and Internet safety issues. I am really looking forward to this, as many top practitioners and authors in…
Book Update
We are happy to report that our cyberbullying book is now expected to be in print on August 5th, 2008. We are very excited to have the book in our hands (and perhaps even more excited to have it in YOUR hands!). It represents the culmination of over five years of research and we worked…
Dr. Hinduja in DC at DOJ/NCPC Event on 06/04
I have been invited by the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Crime Prevention Council to provide remarks on a briefing of Internet Safety at the National Press Club in Washington DC on the morning of June 4th, 2008. I’ll be covering some of our latest cyberbullying research findings in order to heighten national…