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Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Jacqueline (Jackie) Nesi, PhD is a clinical psychologist at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Dr. Nesi studies the role of digital technology (smartphones, social media) in youth mental health, and how parents can support their children to use these technologies in healthier ways. She also writes the popular weekly newsletter Techno Sapiens, where she shares the latest research and practical tips for living and parenting in the digital age.

Dr. Nesi earned her undergraduate degree in psychology at Harvard University and her graduate degree in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At Brown, she completed her predoctoral internship and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-funded postdoctoral fellowship before joining the faculty in 2020.

Dr. Nesi is passionate about understanding how and for whom social media use influences adolescents’ mental health to identify and intervene with youth most at risk.

Read more about Dr. Nesi at https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jnesi

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Education

  • Graduate Degree:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Undergraduate Degree:  Harvard University
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship:  The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
  • Internship:  The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University