2022-2023 Jennifer and Eric Spiegel Award Winner: Julia Szymanski

"Social Media and Tween Girl Mental Health, Well-Being, and Social Fulfillment"

"Everyone remembers being a tween. While working definitions vary, scholarship tends to place the age range at 9-13 years old, and online parenting websites and journals of all kinds warn parents of the impending physical, social,and identity changes that are to come for their children. In this paper Julia examines "how social media usage influences tween girl identity formation and well-being."