by Cyberbully Advocate | Aug 7, 2025 | Blog, cyberbullying, cyberbullying research, Featured, reporting cyberbullying
We recently collected another round of data from middle and high school students in across the United States. This sample includes about 3,500 English or Spanish speaking 13- to 17-year-olds. We used age, race, gender, and region quotas to match U.S. Census...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2025 | Blog, cyberbullying, Featured, ptsd, research, trauma
A couple of years ago, I explored the concerning link between bullying and trauma, and summarized the existing research that showed how repeated harassment involving peers at school should be considered an Adverse Childhood Experience that has the potential for...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Mar 7, 2025 | cyberbullying, definition, Evergreen, Other Publications, research
“What is Cyberbullying?” is one of the most frequent questions we are asked because many know what it is when it happens, but have trouble wrapping succinct descriptive words around it. Formally, we define it as “willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Nov 7, 2024 | Blog, cyberbullying, cyberbullying research, data, Featured, research
When Sameer and I first became interested in studying cyberbullying back in 2001, we began our inquiry by simply speaking with folks. We talked with parents and teens, but also with teachers and other school staff, as well as law enforcement officers and anyone else...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog, cyberbullying, Featured, response, school counselors, schools
Technology has created many opportunities for students to be hurtful to each other in a variety of ways, and has made interpersonal peer conflict even more challenging for schools to deal with. This is complicated by the reality that youth have always been hesitant to...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2024 | Blog, cyberbullying, digital self-harm, Featured, mental health
Sameer and I first became aware of digital self-harm over a decade ago when we learned of the suicide of Hannah Smith. She was 14 years old when she ended her life after being mistreated online. The resulting investigation determined that the threats and hurtful...
