Grants
I’m grateful that my research combining participatory design, technology, education, and community partnerships has been supported by nearly $27 million in funding thus far. My students and I have been funded by many sources including:
- National Science Foundation
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Spencer Foundation
- Susan Crown Exchange
- Dimon Family Foundation
- New Schools Venture Fund
- William T. Grant Foundation
- Heising Simons Foundation
Please check my CV for detailed grant funding information on specific projects.
Awards
Below are some of the awards I and my team have received.
2024 Carnergie Corporation of New York, Profiles in Collective Leadership
My research-practice partnership with the Anaheim Union High School District was recognized as one of 10 exemplary examples of community partnerships. They highlighted the collaborative research and implementation we are doing with artificial intelligence (AI) in the school district. The award comes with $200,000 that went to the school district to support student and parent stipends to work with my research lab to co-design AI tools for the district
2023 Chancellor’s Faculty Award for Undergraduate Mentorship, University of California, Irvine Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
Annual award to recognize faculty for exemplary mentorship of undergraduate students
2022 Best Paper Nominee
Garcia, L., Roldan, W., Bermudez, V., Bustamante, A., & Ahn, J. (2022). Elevating the ways in which latina mothers perceive, do, and envision early stem learning. Proceedings of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting – ISLS 2022.
2019 Distinguished Paper Award
Santo, R., DeLyser, L., Ahn, J., Pellicone, A., Aguiar, J. & Wortel-London, S. (2019). Equity in the Who, How and What of Computer Science Education: K12 School District Conceptualizations of Equity in ‘CS for All’ Initiatives. The 4th international conference on Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology
2018 Best Paper Nominee
Cabrera, L., Ahn, J., Yip, J., Clegg, T., Hernly, K., Bonsignore, E., Pitt, C., & Pauw, D. (2018). Exploring practices on the move: Facilitating learning across a neighborhood. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2018. London, UK: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
2014 Best Paper Nominee
Ahn, J., Subramaniam, M., Bonsignore, E., Pellicone, A., Waugh, A., & Yip, J.C. (2014). “I want to be a game designer or scientist”: Connected learning and developing identities with urban, African-American youth.
Venue: 2014 International Conference of the Learning Sciences
2014 Best Paper Nominee
Yip, J.C., Clegg, T.L., Ahn, J., Bonsignore, E., Gubbels, M., Rhodes, E., & Lewittes, B. (2014). The role of identity development within tensions in ownership of science learning.
Venue: 2014 International Conference of the Learning Sciences
2013 Best Paper Nominee
Paper: Ahn, J., Weng, C., & Butler, B. S. (2013). The dynamics of open, peer-to-peer learning: What factors influence participation in the P2P University?
Venue: HICSS 2013, Learning Analytics and Networked Learning
2012 Best Paper Award
Paper: Ahn, J., Subramaniam, M., Fleischmann, K. R., Waugh, A., Walsh, G., & Druin, A. (2012). Youth identities as remixers in an online community of storytellers: Attitudes, strategies, and values.
Venue: ASIST 2012 SIGUSE
2011 Best Dissertation Award
Venue: University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education
2010 Best Paper Nominee
Ahn, J. (May 2010). The effect of social network sites on adolescents’ social and academic development: Contemporary issues and research.
Venue: 2010 American Educational Research Association, SIG TACTL