January 2018: We had three full papers accepted to SIGCHI!
December 2017:
November 2017: I am a judge at the Amazon Alexa Skills Challenge
October 2017: Our SIGCSE paper was accepted on informal mentorship for computing and adolescents
September 2017: I presented our research on games and families at PAX WEST.
August 2017: I presented at ACM Foundation of Digital Games on our work in BlockStudio and coding with English language learning families.
May 2017: I presented a keynote at PBS Kids
April 2017:
April 2017: Our full paper on Pokémon GO and scientizing was accepted to Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.
March 2017: Our iConference paper on Pokémon GO was given a Most Interesting Preliminary Results Award (FINALIST).
January 2017: We had three full papers accepted to ACM SIGCHI:
January 2017: We had three full papers accepted to ACM SIGCHI:
September 2016: We have a full paper accepted to ACM Computer Supported Collaborative Work: “From Personal Informatics to Family Informatics: Understanding Family Practices around Health Monitoring”
July 2016: I presented a full paper at The International Conference of the Learning Sciences in Singapore: “The Learning Experiences of Youth Online Information Brokers”
June 2016: Rahul Banerjee presented our paper at Interaction Design and Children: “Empowering Children To Rapidly Author Games and Animations Without Writing Code”
June 2016: Carmen Gonzalez and I have received a University of Washington Royalty Research Fund for our work on search and brokering for English language learning parents.
May 2016: I presented our work at ACM SIGCHI: “The Evolution of Engagements and Social Bonds During Child-Parent Co-design“
March 2016: Lindsey Arnold has presented our work on co-designing with children- An approach to social robot design at ACM Human-Robot Interaction in New Zealand.
February 2016: Carmen Gonzales and I have won a Google Faculty Research Award for our proposal: “Youth Searching and Brokering Online Information for Latino Families with Limited English Proficiency”
February 2016: I have a first authored ICLS 2016 full paper accepted: “The Learning Experiences of Youth Online Information Brokers”
December 2015: I have a first authored CHI 2016 full paper accepted: “The Evolution of Engagements and Social Bonds During Child-Parent Co-design“
November 2015: I had a structured poster session and roundtable paper accepted to AERA 2016.
October 2015: I gave a presentation on my work in online searching and brokering to researchers at Google.
September 2015: I am an Associate Chair paper reviewer at CHI 2016.
January 2015: I started my position here at the Information School. Read more about me here.
December 2015: I have a first authored CHI 2016 full paper accepted: “The Evolution of Roles and Social Bonds During Child-Parent Co-design”
November 2015: I had a structured poster session and roundtable paper accepted to AERA 2016.
October 2015: I gave a presentation on my work in online searching and brokering to researchers at Google.
September 2015: I am an Associate Chair paper reviewer at CHI 2016.
January 2015: I started my position here at the Information School. Read more about me here.
April 2014: Two of my papers have been nominated for best student paper and best paper at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2014.
March 2014: I have accepted a tenure track assistant professor position in Digital Youth at the University of Washington‘s Information School.
March 2014: I have a lead author full paper accepted at the Interaction Design and Children 2014 conference in Aarhus, Denmark.
March 2014: My collaborators and I got a full paper accepted to Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2015.
September 2014: My collaborators and I just wrote a paper that has been accepted to Learning, Media, and Technology on social media and science learning.
August 2014: My collaborators Tamara Clegg, June Ahn, and I have just been awarded $1.35 million from the NSF Cyberlearning DIP to study how neighborhoods can learn science together and what technologies we’ll need to help make this happen.
April 2014: Two of my papers have been nominated for best student paper and best paper at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2014.
March 2014: I have accepted a tenure track assistant professor position in Digital Youth at the University of Washington‘s Information School.
March 2014: I have a lead author full paper accepted at the Interaction Design and Children 2014 conference in Aarhus, Denmark.
January 2014: I have three full papers (one lead, two co-author) accepted at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2014 in Boulder, CO.
December 2013: I successfully defended my dissertation, “The evolution of science ownership in learners engaged in design and technology usage.”
October 2013: I started my postdoctoral research fellowship at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Check out my bio.
June 2013: I presented my lead author full paper at Interaction Design and Children 2013 on designing science learning technologies with design expert and subject expert children.
June 2013: Tamara Clegg presented our paper at Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2013.
June 2013: We presented our poster on designing video games for museum environments at Games Learning Society 2013.
April 2013: Greg Walsh presented our full paper at the International Conference on Human Factors (CHI 2013) on designing new techniques for co-designing with children.
February 2013: We presented our Social Media Expo finalist paper at the iConference 2013.