Samantha | Betrayal Weekly

[gentle music] Samantha Gray is a professor of psychology.

Over the years, she's taught a variety of classes.

I was teaching couples and family therapy.

I taught adolescent development.

I taught an undergrad class called Psychology and Technology.

She got her start in the academic world exploring how tech shapes our personal identity and how we relate to each other.

Samantha has always loved technology.

When she was growing up in the '80s, her favorite toy was a Whiz Kid.

It was literally a laptop.

It had a little handle, so I would carry it like it was a little briefcase.

That kind of went along with my vibe.

Her vibe, which Samantha describes as...

Opinionated, inquisitive, and bookish.

Whenever she was around her more rowdy cousins...

I was just kind of, like, patting my pearls, like, "Oh my." I'm like, "They're going to play in the dirt? Like, I don't know." I had my little purse, and I was right at the adults table.

Samantha wanted to be the first in her family to go to college.

I'd read the newspaper with my dad, and we'd watch the nightly news together.

Samantha's dad was in the military.

Growing up, they moved a lot.

I was born in Chicago, but then we moved to Texas, and then Georgia, and then we moved to Germany, and then California.

Finally, her family settled down in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In high school, Samantha floated between a few social groups.

I wasn't in the super nerdy group.

I wasn't in the cool kids group.

I was right there in the middle.