Nilam Ram

Nilam Ram is a professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, where Ram studies psychological change processes, intensive longitudinal methods, and the behavioral and health implications of smartphone and digital media use. Ram's research draws on ecological momentary assessment, mobile sensing, and machine learning to examine how individuals' daily experiences, including affect, stress, and social context, unfold over time and connect to longer-term outcomes such as mental health and well-being. Across projects, Ram has examined topics ranging from adolescent smartphone distraction and screen time to older adults' emotional dynamics and cortisol secretion, as well as methodological questions in Bayesian modeling and idiographic science.