FSOS faculty member awarded University research grant

Xiaoran Sun, assistant professor in Family Social Science, has been awarded University of Minnesota Grants-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship.

Dr. Sun was awarded $34,400 grant for the project, “Examining Teenagers’ Overnight Smartphone Use and Its Implications for Well-Being with High-Intensity Smartphone Data.”

Dr. Sun’s project will use a recent dataset that includes objective, high-intensity (i.e., every five seconds) observations of teenagers’ smartphone use across six months and bi-weekly survey data on teenagers’ well-being outcomes.

“I led the collection of this dataset as Principal Investigator during my postdoc at Stanford University in the Human Screenome Project,” says Sun. ”I will use this innovative dataset to understand how teenagers use smartphones overnight and what implications overnight smartphone would have on their well-being.”

The findings will set the foundation for future research and funding applications. Dr. Sun joined the faculty of the Department of Family Social Science in December, 2021.

Opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students

Dr. Sun welcomes interested and motivated graduate and undergraduate students to join her for the project and work with her. They can contact Dr. Sun via email (sunx0521@umn.edu) if they are interested.