Curriculum Vitae

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education

(now) PhD in Applied Child Development, Tufts University [thesis coming]
(2006) MA in Applied Child Development, Tufts University [thesis]
(2004) BA in Music and Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis [thesis]

awards and fellowships
(2006) Outstanding Contribution to Undergraudate Education, Tufts University
(2004) Dignity of Difference Award, Washington University in St. Louis
(2003) Fischlowitz Fellowship ($5,000), Washington University in St. Louis
(2002) Summer Leaders Fellowship ($3,000), Washington University in St. Louis

teaching expereince
(2009) Instructor, Media Literacy & Multimedia Workshop, 7th-10th grades
(2008) Instructor, Creating your Techno-Biography, 7th-10th grades
(2007) Guest Lecturer, The Psychology of Student Learning
(2006) Teaching Assistant, Advanced Personal and Social Development
(2004, 5) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Child Development
(2005, 6) Instructor, Active Citizenship through Technology
(2005) Teaching Assistant, Adolescent Development
(2005) Guest Lecturer, Pre-School in Three Cultures
(2002-4) Assistant Conductor, Washington University Wind Ensember
(2001-4) Instructor, Explorer International Summer Program

research expereince
(now) Program Manager, Developmental Technologies Research Group
(now) Reearcher, New Media Literacies
(2006-7) Research Assistant, Tufts-NEMC Gay Fathers Research Group
(2005-6) Co-Investigator, Chinatown Head Start Research Group
(2005) Pricipal Investigator, Online Disclosure among Young Adolescents
(2003-4) Research Assistant, Memory and Development Laboratory

professional expereince
(now) Vice President, Ponte & Chau Consulting, Inc
(2004-5) Tech Coordinator, Evelyn Pitcher Curriculum Lab
(2005) Committee Member, Departmental Strategic Plan Steering Committee
(2004-5) Chair, Graduate Student Council, Committee on Non-Academic Affairs
(2004-5) Co-Chair, Child Development Graduate Student Association
(2002-4) Residential College Liaison, Office of Residential Life
(2002) Intern, Office of Arts and Sciences

publications
Bers, M., Beals, L., Chau, C., Satoh, K., & Khan, N. (Forthcoming). Virtual worlds for young people in a program context: Lessons from four case studies. In New Science of Learning: Cognition, Computers, and Collaboration in Education. (Eds.) Khine, M. S. and Saleh, I. M. To be published by Springer.

Bers, M., Beals, L., Chau, C., Satoh, K., Blume, B., DeMaso, D., & Gonzalez-Heydrich, J. (Accepted). Use of a virtual community as a psychosocial support system in pediatric transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation.

Bers, M., Lynch, A.D., & Chau, C. (Forthcoming). A confirmatory factor analysis of the structure of the Positive Technological Development Questionnaire. In Technology, Learning, and Identity: Research on the Development and Exploration of Selves in a Digital World. (Eds.) Ching, C. C. & Foley, B. J. To be published by Cambridge University Press.

Bers, M., Chau, C. (Under Review). The virtual campus of the future: Stimulating and simulating civic actions in a virtual world. Journal of Computing in Higher Education.

Bers, M., Chau, C., Satoh, K., & Beals, L. (2007). Virtual Communities of Care: Online peer networks with post-organ transplant youth. In Proceedings of the Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference.

Bers, M. & Chau, C. (2007). Technology and Early Childhood Education. In Rebecca S. New and Moncrieff Cochran (Eds.), Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia. Vol. 3, pp. 798-801. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger.

Chau, C. (2006). Associations between online civic engagement and personal technological characteristics among college students. Masters Thesis Abstract International, AAT 1436328.

Chau, C., & Bers, M. (2006). Positive Technological Development: A systems approach to understanding youth development when using educational technologies. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences. (Eds. S. Barab, K. Hay, & D. Hickey). LEA Publishing, 902-903.

Chau, C., Mathur, A., & Bers, M. (2006). Active Citizenship through Technology: Collaboration, connection, and civic participation. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences. (Eds. S. Barab, K. Hay, & D. Hickey). LEA Publishing, 904-905.

Bers, M. & Chau, C. (2006). Fostering civic engagement by building a virtual city. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(3), 748-770.

Presentations
First Authored Presentations

Chau, C. (March 21, 2007). Developmental Technologies: Positive uses of technology for youth learning and development. Chair and Organizer. Symposium presented at the 2007 Society of Research in Child Development Conference, Boston, MA.

Chau, C. (March 21, 2007). Online civic engagement among late adolescents. In the symposium Developmental Technologies: Positive uses of technology for youth learning and development. Paper presented at the 2007 Society of Research in Child Development Conference, Boston, MA.

Chau, C., & Bers, M. (April 9, 2007). Using a 3D virtual environment to foster college-community connections. Poster presented at the 2007 American Educational Researcher Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Chau, C., Fan, S., New, R., Kirst, S., & Ponte, I. (June 26, 2006). The interface of Chinese and American culture in an urban Head Start center. Poster presented at Head Start’s 8th National Research Conference, Washington D. C.

Chau, C., & Bers, M. (April 10, 2006). Exploring the relationship between educational technology and youth development: A case study of LEGO summer camp. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association 2006 Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Chau, C., & Bers, M. (August 21, 2005). Positive technological development: A research methodology for exploring relationships between youth development and educational technologies. Symposium paper presentation at the 2005 Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Washington D. C.

Chau, C. (April 1, 2005). Making friends on virtual communities: An adolescent experience. Paper presented at Student Presentation Day at Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Co-Authore Presentations

Phelps, E., Perrin, E., Pinderhughes, E., Zimmerman, S., Chau, C., Lai, A., Henson, B. (April 4, 2008). Families headed by gay adoptive fathers: Family processes and outcomes. In symposium Gay Fathers and Their Children (Chair Ellen Pinderhuges, Erin Phelps). Paper presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Denver, CO.

Mesalles, D., Chau, C., & Bers, M. (March 21, 2007). Fostering civic engagement with 3D virtual community environment. In the symposium Developmental Technologies: Positive uses of technology for youth learning and development. Paper presented at the 2007 Society of Research in Child Development Conference, Boston, MA.

Ponte, I., Kirst, S., New, R., Fan, S., & Chau, C. (June 26, 2006). Home-school relationship in Head Start: Cultural values of parents and teachers. Poster presented at Head Start’s 8th National Research Conference, Washington D. C.

Kirst, S., Ponte, I., New, R., Chau, C., & Fan, S. (April 8, 2006). Teacher beliefs regarding the roles of Chinese-immigrant parents in school readiness. Paper presented at the 13th International Roundtable on School, Family, and Community Partnership, San Francisco, CA.

Fan, S., Chau, C., New, R., Ponte, I., & Kirst, S. (April 7, 2006). Shifting identities: Chinese immigrant values as they support and hinder family, school, and community relations. Paper presented at the 13th International Roundtable on School, Family, and Community Partnership, San Francisco, CA.

Ponte, I., Chau, C., New, R., Fan, S., & Kirst, S. (March 31, 2006). Parents and teachers beliefs about parental roles in Head Start: Lessons from Chinatown. Poster presented at Student Presentation Day at Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

New, R., Ponte, I., Fan, S., Chau, C., & Kirst, S. (March 31, 2006). Teachers beliefs regarding parental roles and school readiness in Head Start: Perspectives from Chinese immigrants. Paper presented at Tufts Community Research Symposium, Medford, MA.

Li, Y., Ma, L., Lerner, R., & Chau, C. (March 24, 206). School engagement among adolescent from different ethnic groups: Findings from the 4-H study of positive youth development. Poster presented at the Society Research on Adolescence 11th Biennial Meeting, San Francisco, CA.