RESEARCH TALKS

Are smartphones really that bad for well-being? Applied Developmental Psychology Program, Spring 2023 Colloquia Series, George Mason University. (03/2023)

The cost and benefits of constant connectivity: Is screen time really that bad for well-being? Social Area Brownbag, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Online. (10/2022)

Interdisciplinary research approaches for the study of technology. College Board of Advisors Meeting (CBOA), Georgetown University, Washington, DC. (04/2022)

Digital well-being. SPUD: Social Psychology Under Discussion, Virginia Common Wealth University, Richmond, VA. (03/2022)

Raines fellowship workshop. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, online. (06/2021)

The secret to happiness: A psychological perspective? Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany, online. (06/2021)

The social price of constant connectivity: Smartphones impose subtle costs on well-being. Psychology Brown Bag Invitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, online. (04/2021)

What is happiness. Invited guest lecture at University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (05/2020)

What parents and practitioners need to know about smartphones: The psychological impact of digital media. Presented at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital: Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds. (12/2019)

The social price of constant connectivity. Presented at Georgetown Mason University’s Colloquia Series, Fairfax, VA. (10/2019)

Is your smartphone making you unhappy? Not exactly. Presented at American Psychological Association’s Innovation, Washington, DC. (10/2019)

Smartphones impose subtle costs on well-being. Invited talk for MARK Seminar, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (7/2019)

The social price of constant connectivity: Smartphones impose subtle costs on well-being. Presented at the University of Maryland’s Seminar Series, College Park, MD (5/2019)

Happiness: What do we know. Invited talk for the Healthy UBC Initiatives (11/2013)

Achieving happiness: Is there a recipe for happiness. Invited talk for the Healthy UBC Initiatives (06/2013)

The psychological cost of wealth: How wealth undermines the joys of parenthood. Presented at Member Speakers Series at Green College, University of British Columbia (11/2011)

The pursuit of happiness. Presented at Member Speakers Series at Green College, University of British Columbia (03/2010)

Keynotes

Kushlev, K. (2019). Is your smartphone making you unhappy? Not exactly. Keynote presented at the 57th Junior Science Humanities Symposium at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. 

CONFERENCES

Organizing Committee

2019 New Directions in the Psychology of Technology Conference. November 2019. Washington, DC.

Chair

Ewell, P., Müller, S., & Kushlev, K. (2019). The psychology of media and technology. Preconference organized for the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR.

Kushlev, K., Harari, G., & Okdie, B. (2018). The psychology of media and technology. Preconference organized for the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Kushlev, K., Schroeder, J., & Fast, N. (2017). The psychology of technology. Preconference organized for the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Chaired Symposia

Kushlev, K. (2024, February 8-10). AI’s social and political footprints: Persuasion, misinformation, bias, and creativity. Symposium organized for the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Kushlev, K, & Nelson, S. K. (2014). The devil is in the details: Revealing the complexities of the relationship between parenthood and well-being. Symposium organized for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX. 

Conference Talks

Bharucha, J., Layous, K., Simon-Thomas, E., Wetchler, E., Heintzelman, S., & Kushlev, K. (2024, April). Exploring person-activity fit: Should happiness seekers build upon their strengths or improve upon their weaknesses? Western Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Layous, K., Simon-Thomas, E., Wetchler, E., Heintzelman, S., & Kushlev, K. (2024, February). Exploring person-activity fit: Should happiness seekers build upon their strengths or improve upon their weaknesses? Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychologists, San Diego, CA.

Moon*, K., Kushlev, K., Patterson, J. D., Beaty, R. E., Green, A. E. (2024, February 8). A computational approach to creativity: Fostering success and equity in college admissions. The Computational Social Psychology Preconference at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Kushlev, K., Moon*, K. (2024, February 8-10). Does ChatGPT promote or hinder human creativity? Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Ross, M. Q., & Kushlev, K. (2023, November 16-19). Antecedents and consequences of smartphone self-extension [Paper presentation]. National Communication Association 109th Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD.

Castelo, N., Kushlev, K., Ward, A., Esterman, M., & Reiner, P. (2023, July 6–8). Reducing mobile internet use improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being. European Association for Consumer Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

van der Willigen*, T. & Kushlev, K. (2023, June 2). Phenomenological and ontological autonomy: Integrating self-determination, self-control, and authenticity. The 8th International Self-Determination Theory Conference, Orlando, FL.

van der Willigen*, T. & Kushlev, K. (2023, February 25). Phenomenological and ontological authenticity. ”Roundtable Unconference,” Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

van der Willigen*, T. & Kushlev, K. (2023, February 22). Choice and the self: Integrating self-determination, self-control, authenticity, and well-being. Authenticity Preconference at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

van der Willigen*, T., & Kushlev, K. (2022, June 7). A unified model of autonomy: Integrating self-determination, self-control, and well-being. Tenth SELF International Conference, Virtual.

Leitao*, M.R., Proulx*, J., & Kushlev, K. (2021, November 12–13). Phone interference, well-being, and gender: A mega-analysis on the impact of phone use as moderated by gender. The New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology Conference, Santa Barbara, California.

Leitao*, M.R., Proulx* J., & Kushlev, K. (2021, November 4–5). Phone interference, well-being, and gender: A mega-analysis on the impact of phone use as moderated by gender. The American Psychological Association’s Technology Mind and Society Conference, Virtual.

Kushlev, K. (2020, October). Lead of digital life. Global Wellbeing Summit 2020. Tokyo, Japan.

Kushlev, K., Proulx, J., Lickel, B., & Schmader, T., (August, 2020). To accept one’s flaws or to change them: Shame motivates first steps towards self-change. Working paper presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Virtual.

Kushlev, K. (October, 2019). Smartphones impose subtle costs on well-being (but they also make our lives easier). Presented at the Big Questions Conference of Happiness and Suffering at Singapore Management University, Singapore.

Heintzelman, S. J., Kushlev, K., & Diener, E. (October, 2019). Evaluating strategies for personalizing wellbeing interventions. Presented at a Symposium entitled “The Good Life: New Insights into the Psychology of Happiness and Well-Being.” Lora Park, Chair. Society of Experimental Social Psychology Conference. Toronto, ON.

Longyear*, R., & Kushlev, K. (April, 2019). Associations between subjective well-being, health behavior, and population health metrics. Presented at the Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences & Humanities at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Kushlev, K., Dunn, E., Proulx, J., Dwyer, R., Hunter, J., & Pressman, S. (2019). The hidden costs of constant connection. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR. Slides

Kushlev, K., (2019). The psychological effect of pervasive connectivity: A theoretical sketch. Presented at the Preconference for Media and Technology at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR.

Kushlev, K. (2018). The psychological effects of pervasive connectivity: A theoretical sketch. Presented at Georgetown University’s Workshop on Computing for Physical and Mental Health, Washington, DC.

Kushlev, K., Heintzelman, Kanippayoor J. M., Leitner, D. S. J., Lutes, L. D., Wirtz, D. Oishi, S., & Diener, E. (2018). Delivering happiness online: A randomized controlled trial of a web platform for increasing subjective well-being. American Psychological Association’s conference on Technology, Mind & Society, April 5-7, 2018, Washington, DC.  Abstract&Summary

Kushlev, K., Proulx, J., Dunn E. W., Hunter, J., & Pressman, S. (2018). The effects of smartphones on face-to-face social interactions. Presented at the Annual Convention at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA. Slides

Dunn, E. W., Dwyer, R., & Kushlev, K., (2017). Phones at the dinner table: Does smartphone use undermine enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions? Presented at the Annual Convention at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

Dwyer, R., Kushlev, K., & Dunn, E. W. (2017). Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions. Psychology of Technology Conference, Berkeley, CA.

Kushlev, K., Proulx, J., Schmader, T, & Tracy, J. (2017). Shame for past addictive drinking in recovering alcoholics predicts intentions to seek therapy in coping with future alcohol cravings. Poster session presented at the American Psychosomatic Society’s Emotions in Social Relationships: Implications for Health and Disease conference, Berkeley, CA

Kushlev, K. & Dunn, E. (2017). Do smartphones complement or compromise the benefits of face-to-face interactions? Presented at the Annual Convention at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Kushlev, K. & Dunn, E. (2017). Do smartphones complement or compromise the benefits of face-to-face interactions? Presented at the Annual Convention at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Kushlev, K. (2016). Do smartphones complement or compromise the benefits of face-to-face interactions? Presented at the Psychology of Technology Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Kushlev, K., Proulx, J., & Dunn E. W. (2016). “Silence your phones”: Smartphone notifications increase inattention and hyperactivity symptoms. Presented at CHI 2016, San Diego.

Kushlev, K., Proulx, J., & Dunn E. W. (2015). Just Google it: Relying on smartphones for information compromises trust and social connectedness. Talk presented at the Happiness and Well-Being Preconference of the Annual Convention ofthe Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Kushlev, K., Dunn, E. W., & Ashton-James, C. (2014). The effects of money on goal activation and subjective well-being. Talk presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC.

Kushlev, K., Dunn, E. W., & Ashton-James, C. (2014). Money impoverishes parental experience. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Lickel, B., Kushlev, K., Savelei, V., Matta, S., & Schmader, T. (2013, May). Motivation to change the self: Another motivation evoked by self-conscious emotions. Talk presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.