GTD is a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Psychology and a certificate candidate in Interactive Technology & Pedagogy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has held fellowships at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, the Macaulay Honors College, and the Stanton/Heiskell Center for Telecommunication Policy, and has conducted research at the CUNY New Media Lab, the Public Space Research Group, the Housing Environments Research Group, and with several children’s educational media groups. His research operates at the intersection of Urban Studies, Youth Studies, and Internet Studies, with a focus on understanding the mutual shaping of digital environments and young people’s communication, political engagement, play, and self-expression.

