Reynol Junco

Rey Junco is a clinician in private practice in Concord, MA. He is a former associate professor of education and human computer interaction at Iowa State University and fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He has taught at Iowa State University, Harvard University, and the University of Oxford. Rey's research focuses on how social technologies influence young adult psychosocial development, engagement, and learning. Rey has found that social technologies can be used in ways that improve engagement, academic performance, and psychological well-being and has examined how they affect interpersonal relationships. Rey's research has uncovered motivators behind what is referred to colloquially as "technology addiction" and he has developed a cognitive behavioral based therapy to help treat this issue.

Rey conducted the first large, multi-institution survey of college student technology use and reported the results in a book he coauthored with Jeanna Mastrodicasa, entitled Connecting to the Net.Generation: What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know about Today's Students. In his second book, Using Emerging Technologies to Enhance Student Engagement, he and his colleagues provided a comprehensive analysis of social media's role in student engagement, technology's potential to improve retention, and blogs' potential to improve students' writing and marketing skills. In his third book, Engaging Students Through Social Media: Evidence-Based Practices for Use in Student Affairs, Rey explores the psychological impact of social technologies and offers strategies for parents and educators looking to change habits commonly referred to as "technology addiction." His empirical work has been published in high-impact journals such as Computers & Education, Computers in Human Behavior, and the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.

Rey's work has been cited in major news outlets such as the New York Times, NPR, PBS, NBC, CNN, Time, US News & World Report, USA Today, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, and Mashable. Rey was a regular guest on the NPR show, Tell Me More where he discussed how his research could help parents understand their children's use and misuse of technology. Rey has given talks, workshops, and lectures at over 50 national and international conferences, universities, and organizations. He enjoys talking about how technology impacts young people, using technology in educationally-relevant ways, teaching young people about privacy.

Rey's private practices focuses on working with people who have been impacted by trauma and with families whose children are seen as addicted to technology.