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2025

38.

Zehrung, Rachael; Cawelti, Lora; Steenis, Erica Van; Soria, Verenisse Ponce; Mendoza, Guadalupe Aileen; Arum, Richard; Chen, Yunan; Ahn, June

“How DidWe Miss It?”: Examining the Infrastructural Work of Practitioners Supporting Housing Insecure and Foster Youth Students Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 1-26, 2025.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, educational change, equity and inclusion, HCI, improvement science, infrastructuring, k12 education, leadership, RPP

37.

Salazar, Julie; Seccia, Isabella T; Maldonado, Jennie V; Hernandez, Laura; Bermudez, Vanessa N; Acevedo-Farag, Lourdes M; Ahn, June; Bustamante, Andres S

Sustaining Latine Families’ Cultural Values Through Technology Mediation Practices Journal Article

In: Journal of Latinos and Education, pp. 1–12, 2025.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: culture, family, funds of knowledge, HCI

2024

36.

Anderson-Coto, Maria J; Salazar, Julie; Lopez, John Louis-Strakes; Sedas, R Mishael; Campos, Fabio; Bustamante, Andres S; Ahn, June

Towards culturally sustaining design: Centering community’s voices for learning through Participatory Design Journal Article

In: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, vol. 39, pp. 100621, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, family, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, participatory design, play and games

2023

35.

Yip, Jason; Ello, Frances Marie Tabio; Tsukiyama, Fumi; Wairagade, Atharv; Ahn, June

" Money shouldn't be money!": An Examination of Financial Literacy and Technology for Children Through Co-Design Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, pp. 82–93, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: capital, culture, HCI, participatory design

34.

Nguyen, Ha; Lopez, John Louis-Strakes; Homer, Bruce; Ali, Alisha; Ahn, June

Reminders, reflections, and relationships: insights from the design of a chatbot for college advising Journal Article

In: Information and Learning Sciences, vol. 124, no. 3/4, pp. 128–146, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: AI, HCI, higher education, participatory design

33.

Clegg, Tamara; Hernly, Kenna; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Pitt, Caroline

Changing lanes: Relational dispositions that fuel community science learning Journal Article

In: American Educational Research Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 621–661, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, equity and inclusion, family, funds of knowledge, HCI, identity, informal learning, infrastructuring, learning sciences, RPP, social media, STEM

2021

32.

Campos, Fabio; Ahn, June; DiGiacomo, Daniela; Nguyen, Ha; Hays, Maria

Making Sense of Sensemaking: Understanding How K–12 Teachers and Coaches React to Visual Analytics Journal Article

In: Journal of Learning Analytics, pp. 1-21, 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: dataviz, HCI, information sciences, k12 education, learning analytics, participatory design, RPP, teachers

2020

31.

Nguyen, Ha; Ahn, June; Young, William; Campos, Fabio

Where's the learning in education crowdsourcing? Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Seventh ACM Conference on Learning@ Scale, ACM Proceedings of the Seventh ACM Conference on Learning@ Scale, New York, NY, 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: crowdsourcing, data science, HCI

2018

30.

Pellicone, Anthony; Ahn, June

Building worlds: A connective ethnography of play in Minecraft Journal Article

In: Games and Culture, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 440-458, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: culture, HCI, informal learning, play and games, STEM

29.

Cabrera, Lautaro; Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Hernly, Kenna; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pitt, Caroline; Pauw, Daniel

Exploring practices on the move: Facilitating learning across a neighborhood Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2018, ISLS Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2018, London, UK, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, infrastructuring, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM

28.

Mills, Kelly; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel; Cabrera, Lautaro; Hernly, Kenna; Pitt, Caroline

Designing to illuminate children’s scientific funds of knowledge through social media sharing Proceedings Article

In: In Proceedings of the 17th Conference for Interaction Design and Children – IDC 2018, ACM In Proceedings of the 17th Conference for Interaction Design and Children – IDC 2018, New York, NY, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, infrastructuring, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM

27.

Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Cabrera, Lautaro; Hernly, Kenna; Pitt, Caroline; Mills, Kelly; Salazar, Arturo; Griffing, Diana; Rick, Jochen; Marr, Rachael

Science Everywhere: Designing public, tangible displays to connect youth learning across settings Proceedings Article

In: In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2018, ACM In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2018, New York, NY, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, infrastructuring, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM

26.

Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara

HCI and education: Designing for technology-enhanced learning experiences Book Chapter

In: Wiley Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction, 2018.

BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, HCI, participatory design

2017

25.

Pellicone, Anthony; Ahn, June

The game of performing play: Understanding streaming as cultural production Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2017, ACM Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2017, New York, NY, 2017.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: culture, HCI, informal learning, play and games, social media

24.

Uchidiuno, Judith; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel

Learning about learning through participatory design with families Book Chapter

In: Participatory Design and the Learning Sciences, 2017.

BibTeX | Tags: HCI, learning sciences, participatory design

2016

23.

Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel

Scientizing with sciencekit: Social media and storytelling mobile apps for developing playful scientific dispositions Journal Article

In: Educational Technology, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 23-28, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, informal learning, participatory design, social media, STEM

22.

Yip, Jason; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Uchidiuno, Judith; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Beck, Austin; Pauw, Daniel; Mills, Kelly

The evolution of engagements and social bonds during child-parent co-design Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI 2016, ACM Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI 2016, New York, NY, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, participatory design, social media, STEM

21.

Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael

Seeing the unseen learner: Designing and using social media to recognize children’s science dispositions in action Journal Article

In: Learning, Media, and Technology, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 252-282, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: HCI, informal learning, participatory design, social media, STEM

2015

20.

Pauw, Daniel; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Yip, Jason; Uchidiuno, Judith

Navigating Connected Inquiry Learning with ScienceKit Proceedings Article

In: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, International Society of the Learning Sciences Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM

19.

Ahn, June; Webster, Sarah; Butler, Brian

Open Education in the Wild: The Dynamics of Course Production in the Peer 2 Peer University Proceedings Article

In: CSCW '15: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing , ACM CSCW '15: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, New York, NY, 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, higher education, informal learning, information sciences, infrastructuring, online and blended learning, online communities, social media

18.

Kim, Jinyoung; Ahn, June; Vitak, Jessica

Korean mothers’ KakaoStory use and its relationship to psychological well-being Journal Article

In: First Monday, vol. 20, no. 3, 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: family, HCI, information sciences, online communities, social media

2014

17.

Clegg, Tamara; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael; Lewittes, Becky; Rhodes, Emily

Capturing personal and social science: Technology for integrating the building blocks of disposition Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2014, International Society of the Learning Sciences Boulder, CO, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: HCI, identity, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

16.

Yip, Jason; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Gubbels, Michael; Rhodes, Emily; Lewittes, Becky

The role of identity development within tensions in ownership of science learning Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2014, International Society of the Learning Sciences Boulder, CO, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, identity, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM

15.

Yip, Jason; Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael

It helped me do my science. A case of designing social media technologies for children in science learning Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Interaction Design and Children - IDC 2014, ACM New York, NY, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM

14.

Pellicone, Anthony; Ahn, June

Construction and community: Investigating interaction in a minecraft affinity space Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Tenth Conference for Games + Learning + Society - GLS 2014, ETC Press Madison, WI, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, play and games, social media

13.

Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael; Lewittes, Becky; Rhodes, Emily

Selfies for science: Collaborative configurations around sciencekit Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the companion publication of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing – CSCW 2014, ACM New York, NY, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, social media, STEM

12.

Lee, Tak Yeon; Mauriello, Matthew Louis; Ahn, June; Bederson, Benjamin

CTArcade: Computational thinking with games in school age children Journal Article

In: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, vol. 2, iss. 1, pp. 26-33, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: computer science education, HCI, informal learning, play and games, STEM

2013

11.

Ahn, June; Butler, Brian; Weng, Cindy; Webster, Sarah

Learning to be a better Q’er in social Q&A sites: Social norms and information artifacts Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 76th Annual Meeting – ASIST2013, Association for Information Science and Technology Montreal, Canada, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, crowdsourcing, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, online and blended learning, online communities, social media

10.

Kim, Jinyoung; Ahn, June

The show must go on: The presentation of self during interpersonal conflict on facebook Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 76th Annual Meeting – ASIST2013, Association for Information Science and Technology Montreal, Canada, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, HCI, information sciences, online communities, social media

9.

Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Gubbels, Michael

SINQ: Designing social media to foster everyday scientific inquiry for children Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013, ACM New York, NY, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

8.

Ahn, June; Gubbels, Michael; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Clegg, Tamara

Using social media and learning analytics to understand how children engage in scientific inquiry Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013, ACM New York, NY, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, learning analytics, participatory design, STEM

7.

Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Hansen, Derek; Kraus, Kari; Visconti, Amanda; Ahn, June; Druin, Allison

Playing for real: Designing alternate reality games for teenagers in learning contexts Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013, ACM New York, NY, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, play and games, STEM

6.

Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Ahn, June; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Gubbels, Michael; Lewittes, Becky; Rhodes, Emily

When face-to-face fails: Opportunities for social media to foster collaborative learning Proceedings Article

In: Tenth International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning – CSCL2013, International Society of the Learning Sciences Madison, WI, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, participatory design, social media

5.

Waugh, Amanda; Taylor, Natalie Greene; Subramaniam, Mega; Ahn, June; Druin, Allison; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.

Young people’s engagement in content creation: An analysis of outliers Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 76th Annual Meeting – ASIST2013, Association for Information Science and Technology Montreal, Canada, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, k12 education, libraries, online communities, social media, STEM

2012

4.

Ahn, June; Subramaniam, Mega; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.; Waugh, Amanda; Walsh, Greg; Druin, Allison

Youth identities as remixers in an online community of storytellers: Attitudes, strategies, and values Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 75th Annual Meeting – ASIST2012, Association for Information Science and Technology Baltimore, MD, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, identity, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

3.

Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Kraus, Kari; Ahn, June; Visconti, Amanda; Fraistat, Ann; Druin, Allison

Alternate Reality Games: Platforms for Collaborative Learning Proceedings Article

In: Tenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2012, International Society of the Learning Sciences Sydney, Australia, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, play and games, STEM

2.

Ahn, June; Gubbels, Michael; Kim, Jinyoung; Wu, Johnny

SINQ: Scientific INQuiry learning using social media Proceedings Article

In: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2012, ACM New York, NY, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

1.

Lee, Tak Yeon; Mauriello, Matthew Louis; Ingraham, John; Sopan, Awalin; Ahn, June; Bederson, Benjamin

CTArcade: Learning computational thinking while training virtual characters through game play Proceedings Article

In: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2012, ACM New York, NY, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: computer science education, HCI, informal learning, play and games, STEM