Publications

@inproceedings{garcia2022elevating,

title = {Elevating the ways in which Latina mothers perceive, do, and envision early STEM learning},

author = {Leiny Garcia and Wendy Roldan and Vanessa N Bermudez and Andres S Bustamante and June Ahn},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/garcia-et-al-latina-mothers-stem.pdf},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)},

address = {Hiroshima, Japan},

organization = {International Society of the Learning Sciences},

keywords = {community, culture, equity and inclusion, family, funds of knowledge, informal learning, participatory design, play and games, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{CLS2018,

title = {Social talk and constructing solutions: Comparing a teen and proxy player in an educational alternate reality game},

author = {Anthony Pellicone and Kathryn Kaczmarek Frew and June Ahn and Elizabeth Bonsignore and Kari Kraus and Derek Hansen and others },

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-08-01},

urldate = {2018-08-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2018 Connected Learning Summit},

publisher = {Proceedings of the 2018 Connected Learning Summit},

address = {Cambridge, MA},

keywords = {epistemic network analysis, informal learning, play and games},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{CHI2017,

title = {The game of performing play: Understanding streaming as cultural production},

author = {Anthony Pellicone and June Ahn},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/pellicone-performing-play.pdf},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025854},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-05-06},

urldate = {2017-05-06},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2017},

publisher = {Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2017},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {culture, HCI, informal learning, play and games, social media},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{IDC2016,

title = {Traversing transmedia together: Co-designing an educational alternate reality game for teens, with teens},

author = {Elizabeth Bonsignore and Derek Hansen and Anthony Pellicone and June Ahn and Kari Kraus},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bonsignore-et-al-transmedia.pdf},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2930674.2930712},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-06-24},

urldate = {2016-06-24},

booktitle = {Proceedings of 15th Conference for Interaction Design and Children – IDC 2016},

publisher = {Proceedings of 15th Conference for Interaction Design and Children – IDC 2016},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {informal learning, participatory design, play and games},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{CSCL2015,

title = {Navigating Connected Inquiry Learning with ScienceKit},

author = {Daniel Pauw and Tamara Clegg and June Ahn and Elizabeth Bonsignore and Jason Yip and Judith Uchidiuno},

url = {https://repository.isls.org/bitstream/1/421/1/285.pdf},

doi = {https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/cscl2015.285},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-07-01},

urldate = {2015-07-01},

booktitle = {Computer Supported Collaborative Learning},

publisher = {Computer Supported Collaborative Learning},

address = {Gothenburg, Sweden},

organization = {International Society of the Learning Sciences},

keywords = {community, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{CSCW2015,

title = {Open Education in the Wild: The Dynamics of Course Production in the Peer 2 Peer University},

author = {June Ahn and Sarah Webster and Brian Butler},

url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2675133.2675292},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2675133.2675292},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-02-28},

urldate = {2015-02-28},

booktitle = {CSCW '15: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing

},

publisher = {CSCW '15: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {community, HCI, higher education, informal learning, information sciences, infrastructuring, online and blended learning, online communities, social media},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Capturing personal and social science: Technology for integrating the building blocks of disposition},

author = {Tamara Clegg and Elizabeth Bonsignore and June Ahn and Jason Yip and Daniel Pauw and Michael Gubbels and Becky Lewittes and Emily Rhodes},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/clegg-et-al-2014-ISLS.pdf},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-06-01},

booktitle = { Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2014},

address = {Boulder, CO},

organization = {International Society of the Learning Sciences},

keywords = {HCI, identity, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {The role of identity development within tensions in ownership of science learning},

author = {Jason Yip and Tamara Clegg and June Ahn and Elizabeth Bonsignore and Michael Gubbels and Emily Rhodes and Becky Lewittes },

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ICLS2014-Ownership-FINAL-CAMERA-READY.pdf},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-06-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2014},

address = {Boulder, CO},

organization = {International Society of the Learning Sciences},

keywords = {DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, identity, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = { It helped me do my science. A case of designing social media technologies for children in science learning},

author = {Jason Yip and June Ahn and Tamara Clegg and Elizabeth Bonsignore and Daniel Pauw and Michael Gubbels },

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/idc2014-Social-Media-Tech.pdf},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-06-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Interaction Design and Children - IDC 2014},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Construction and community: Investigating interaction in a minecraft affinity space},

author = {Anthony Pellicone and June Ahn },

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Pellicone-Ahn-GLS-Final.pdf},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-05-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Tenth Conference for Games + Learning + Society - GLS 2014},

address = {Madison, WI},

organization = {ETC Press},

keywords = {community, culture, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, play and games, social media},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Selfies for science: Collaborative configurations around sciencekit},

author = {Elizabeth Bonsignore and June Ahn and Tamara Clegg and Jason Yip and Daniel Pauw and Michael Gubbels and Becky Lewittes and Emily Rhodes},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/bonsignore-et-al-2014-cscw.pdf},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-02-14},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the companion publication of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing – CSCW 2014},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Learning to be a better Q’er in social Q&A sites: Social norms and information artifacts},

author = {June Ahn and Brian Butler and Cindy Weng and Sarah Webster},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/16Ahn.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-11-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 76th Annual Meeting – ASIST2013},

address = {Montreal, Canada},

organization = {Association for Information Science and Technology},

keywords = {community, crowdsourcing, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, online and blended learning, online communities, social media},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {What can we learn from facebook activity? Using social learning analytics to observe new media literacy skills},

author = {June Ahn},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LAK13-FacebookSocialAnalytics_camera-ready.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-06-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Third Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge - LAK13},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {funds of knowledge, informal learning, information sciences, learning analytics, online communities},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {The dynamics of open, peer-to-peer learning: What factors influence participation in the P2P University?},

author = {June Ahn and Cindy Weng and Brian Butler},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/HICSS-final-draft.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-06-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – HICSS},

publisher = {IEEE},

address = {Maui, HI},

keywords = {community, crowdsourcing, higher education, informal learning, information sciences, online and blended learning, online communities},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {SINQ: Designing social media to foster everyday scientific inquiry for children},

author = {June Ahn and Jason Yip and Michael Gubbels},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p503-ahn.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-06-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Using social media and learning analytics to understand how children engage in scientific inquiry},

author = {June Ahn and Michael Gubbels and Jason Yip and Elizabeth Bonsignore and Tamara Clegg},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p427-ahn.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-06-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, learning analytics, participatory design, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Playing for real: Designing alternate reality games for teenagers in learning contexts},

author = {Elizabeth Bonsignore and Derek Hansen and Kari Kraus and Amanda Visconti and June Ahn and Allison Druin},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/bonsignore-et-al-2013.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-06-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {DBIR, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, play and games, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {When face-to-face fails: Opportunities for social media to foster collaborative learning},

author = {Tamara Clegg and Jason Yip and June Ahn and Elizabeth Bonsignore and Michael Gubbels and Becky Lewittes and Emily Rhodes},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CSCL2013-SINQ-camera-ready2.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-06-01},

booktitle = {Tenth International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning – CSCL2013},

address = {Madison, WI},

organization = {International Society of the Learning Sciences},

keywords = {community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, participatory design, social media},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Young people’s engagement in content creation: An analysis of outliers},

author = {Amanda Waugh and Natalie Greene Taylor and Mega Subramaniam and June Ahn and Allison Druin and Kenneth R. Fleischmann},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ASIST-SuperUsers-Final.pdf},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 76th Annual Meeting – ASIST2013},

address = {Montreal, Canada},

organization = {Association for Information Science and Technology},

keywords = {community, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, k12 education, libraries, online communities, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Youth identities as remixers in an online community of storytellers: Attitudes, strategies, and values},

author = {June Ahn and Mega Subramaniam and Kenneth R. Fleischmann and Amanda Waugh and Greg Walsh and Allison Druin},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ASIST2012_Scidentity_final_0711.pdf},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-10-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 75th Annual Meeting – ASIST2012},

address = {Baltimore, MD},

organization = {Association for Information Science and Technology},

keywords = {community, DBIR, HCI, identity, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {Alternate Reality Games: Platforms for Collaborative Learning},

author = {Elizabeth Bonsignore and Kari Kraus and June Ahn and Amanda Visconti and Ann Fraistat and Allison Druin},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CoopLearningARG_FinalRev.pdf},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-06-01},

booktitle = {Tenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2012},

address = {Sydney, Australia},

organization = {International Society of the Learning Sciences},

keywords = {DBIR, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, play and games, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {SINQ: Scientific INQuiry learning using social media},

author = {June Ahn and Michael Gubbels and Jinyoung Kim and Johnny Wu},

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ahn-et-al-2012-sinq.pdf},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-05-01},

booktitle = {CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2012},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{nokey,

title = {CTArcade: Learning computational thinking while training virtual characters through game play},

author = {Tak Yeon Lee and Matthew Louis Mauriello and John Ingraham and Awalin Sopan and June Ahn and Benjamin Bederson },

url = {https://ahnjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/lee-et-al-2012-ctarcade.pdf},

year  = {2012},

date = {2012-05-01},

booktitle = {CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2012},

address = {New York, NY},

organization = {ACM},

keywords = {computer science education, HCI, informal learning, play and games, STEM},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}