Lisa Kervin is a Professor in Language and Literacy Education in the Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Wollongong, where she is also Director of Early Start Research. In 2020 Lisa was a successful Chief Investigator in the 7-year ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. In this centre she co-leads the national “Educated Child” program of research and at the UOW node leads the UOW Children’s Technology Play Space, a living laboratory for the Centre. Her current research interests are focused on young children and how they engage with literate practices, adult and child interactions when using technology, young children and writing, and digital play.