Amon Millner CV

Curriculum Vitae Amon Millner Fall 2024

Amon D. Millner

1000 Olin Way, Milas Hall Room 258, Needham, MA 02492

amon.millner [at] olin.edu :: +1-781-292-2527

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Media Arts and Sciences, advisor: Dr. Mitchel Resnick	2010
M.S. Media Arts and Sciences	2005

Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. Human Computer Interactions	2003

University of Southern California, B.S. Computer Science	2001

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Olin College of Engineering
Senior Advisor to the President for Community Strategic Initiatives	2021 - present
Associate Professor of Computing and Innovation	2019 - present
Assistant Professor of Computing and Innovation	2015 - 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor of Computing Innovation	2012 - 2015
Computing Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow	2010 - 2012

Tufts University
Mechanical Engineering Department Advisory Council member	2024-present
Research Affiliate	2022-present
Visiting Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering	2021

MIT Media Lab
Research Affiliate / Visiting Scientist	2010 - 2020

PROFESSIONAL AND ADVISORY POSITIONS

Unruly Studios - A startup producing Splats - programmable light-up tiles
Founding Advisor, Professor of Unruliness (Dr. Splat)	2015 - present

Mighty Picnic - Producer of PBS Kids show Lyla in the Loop Curriculum Director	2020 - present
Founding Advisor	2016 - present


The Clubhouse Network - Over 100 after-school centers across 19 countries
Board of Directors member	2018 - present
Board Chair	2020 - 2024

Modkit - Creators of blocks-based coding tools for Vex Robotics & more
Co-Founder, Learning Lead	2010 - 2015

Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn Program at the South End Technology Center
An empowerment program hiring teens who teach ~700 peers per year
Advisor, Co-coordinator, Founding Mentor	2004-2019

IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Collaborative User Experience Group Graduate Research Intern	2002

Intel Corporation
ASIC Graduate Technical Intern	2001

PATENTS

“System of Distributed Interactive Objects” inventors: Leeming, B., Ozick, D., Millner, A., Kunitz, D. Provisional Patent # US 12,097,424 (9/24/24).
“Energy-Generating Scooter-Mounted Apparatus” inventors: Kaun, K., Pitter, A., Julio, S., Tiefel, S., Nwankwo, E., Andrade, L., Lye, L., Millner, A. Patent # US 9,755,481 (9/5/2017).
“Identifying and Providing Physical Social Actions to a Social Networking System” inventors: Ryan, T., Huang, J., Booth, P., McKay, J., Moon, S., Seger M., Millner, A., Deng, P., Marra, C., Thompson, S., Marra, G. Patent # US 9,621,602 (4/11/2017).

COMMERCIALIZED TECHNOLOGY AND TOOLS

Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu
Scratch Sensor Board / Picoboard - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10311
Unruly Splats - https://www.unrulysplats.com
Modkit for Vex - https://www.modkit.com/vex
Modkit MotoProto Shield - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10018

HONORS AND MILESTONES

Scratch related World’s largest coding community for kids - surpassed 100 million registered users. Unruly Splats / Unruly Studios related	2022
Future of Educational Technology Conference Pitchfest winner.	2023
Tech & Learning Best Remote & Blended Learning Tools.	2021
Mass Tech Leadership Council’s Digital Transformation in Education Award.	2019
BostInno 50 on Fire!	2019
Startup of the Year Top 15 finalist.	2018
MAKE Editors’ Choice Award / Education Award at Maker Faires for Unruly Studios, Modkit or Fab Lab related booths I ran.	‘16, ‘11, ‘10, ‘08
Lyla in the Loop related
135 million streams reached in 8 months after launch.	2024
13 million game plays February - June, #1 PBS Kids game played in February: Vacuum Hockey.	2024
STEMcees related
Public Choice Award for STEM for All Multiplex video contribution: Designing hip hop ecologies for computational learning at https://multiplex.videohall.com/presentations/2162.	2021
Individual
Fulbright Specialist Roster Grantee.	2014
Computing Research Association Computing Innovation Fellow.	2010 - 2012
MIT Center for Bits and Atoms Fellow.	2004 - 2009
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering & Science Fellow / GEM Fellowship.	2003 - 2008
Intel (graduate) Fellow.	2000 - 2003
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society initiate, Nu Beta chapter.	2001
Order of Omega Honor Society initiate, Omega Phi chapter.	2000
Ronald E. McNair Scholar.	1999

HANDS-ON CREATING EFFORTS

Settings for Cultivating and Showcasing Creativity

STEM Slams

I created the blueprint and prototypes for STEM Slam events: the flagship event for Olin College’s MIRROR effort (Movement for Investing in Reciprocity & Rethinking Outreach Relationships). STEM Slams feature spoken stories, music performances, art, food, and an interactive intermission with hands-on experiences. They’re like a mashup of HBCU homecomings and tech company hack-a-thons. The ‘23 and ‘24 events brought together communities spanning colleges, K-12 schools, community organizations, and STEM companies.

Fab Labs

I was on the core team of people who shaped the first Fab Labs that became the blueprint for the global network of community-serving spaces supporting local invention. Two of the most foundational Labs I helped design were Boston’s South End Technology Center Lab and the Mobile Fab Lab in a 23 foot trailer. There are now over 2300 Fab Labs in the Network.

Hands-on Making via Interactive Exhibits and Demonstrations

Lead organizer for all performances and exhibitors, STEM Slam, Cambridge, MA. February 2024.
Graph Theory with Fish + Path Planning using Splats with Busa, A., Created-By Festival. Boston, MA. October 2019.
Marble Run, Electric Fun at Boston Mini Maker Faire with Busa, A.. Boston, MA. October 2018.
Unruly Splats at Boston Mini Maker Faire with Leeming, B. Boston, MA. October 2018.
Buzzbots with Davenport, Z. at MITxMake. Cambridge, MA. April 2018.
Faball - custom fabricated marble mazes. Haystack Mountain School of Craft. Deer Isle, ME. July 2017.
Various Designing Resources for Empowerment and Making (DREAM) undergraduate student projects at MITxMake. Cambridge, MA. April 2017.
Programmable Unruly Tiles with Leeming, B., and Ozick, D. New York Maker Faire, Queens, NY. September 2016.
DIY Popsicle stick tools with Wei, J. The Boston Children’s Museum Mini Maker Faire, Boston, MA. July 2016.
DIY straw & string prosthetics with Lye, L. The Boston Children’s Museum Tinker Tent, Boston, MA. August 2015.
Customizing waterjet-cut dragonflies with Lye, L. FabFest, Roxbury, MA. August 2015.
Multiple Modkit interactive mini-projects featuring pushbuttons and servo motors at Make-to-learn Symposium/Digital Media and Learning Conference, Chicago, IL. March 2013.
Interactive Puppetry at GE Garages, Boston, MA. September 2012.
Pets of the Programmable Park at The Boston Children’s Museum. August 2012.
DIY auto-hand-dryer demonstration at the Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC), Ann Arbor, MI. June 2011.
Multiple Modkit interactive mini-projects at Maker Faire Bay Area, San Mateo, CA. May 2011 and May 2010.
Hands-on Fabrication with the Heads on Fire Fab Lab at the Maker Faire Bay Area, San Mateo, CA. May 2008.
Bone Xylophone + Interactive Halloween Projects using Scratch Sensor Boards with Baafi, E. at the Maker Faire Austin, Austin, TX. October 2007.
Collaborative Workshop on Wheels – the Mobile Fab Lab with Sun, A. and Cheung, K. at Gadgetoff, Newark, NJ. September 2007.
Scratch Patches in Action – Interactive Fishing (demonstration) at the Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC), Boulder, CO. June 2005.
Invention and Design workshop series at the South End Technology Center Fab Lab, 2004 - 2006.

Professional Development Workshops

“From Parents to Policy Makers: Demystifying Generative AI” with Goss, J. Lee, J. and Ghosh, D. Transforming AI Summit. Cambridge, MA. May 2024.
“From Binary Bits to Beat boxes” with STEMcees team for Upward Bound teacher and students. Boston University EARL Center. February 2022.
“Events on Playgrounds Shaping Programming Practices.” STEAM in the Game Workshops. Virtual. July 2021.
“Effective writing” for Howard University inSTEM students Feb 2021.
“Unruly Hour of Code” family coding development. Virtual. Dec 2019.
“Integrating Maker Spaces and Higher Education - hands-on workshop for 170 professors from 50 Latin American universities. Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 2019.
“Re-Making STEM - a workshop on computational making for middle and high school students and teachers”, with Pasillas-Olivares, M., Tucker-Raymond, E. Cambridge, MA, June 2018.
“HCI for Social Activism”, with Shaer, O., Mackay, W., and Beaudouin-Lafon, M., Wellesley, MA. April 2017.
“Making Microcontroller Learning and Teaching Awesome”, with Baafi, E., and Klimczak, S., FabLearn, Stanford, CA. October 2016.
“Design Compass for Digital Fabrication”, with Ben-Ur, E. FAB 11, Boston, MA. August 2015.
“Pre-college Innovation Workshop at Olin” for teachers and community organizers to benefit from innovative spaces, Needham, MA. August 2014.
“Scratch, Starlogo, and Etoys”, Computer Programming Tools in Schools Workshop for Teachers, Cambridge, MA. August 2012, March 2012, and August 2011.
“Scratch – Clubhouse Edition” and “Stop Motion Animation”, Computer Clubhouse Network Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. April 2010.
“Scratch: Visual Programming for Anyone”, Massachusetts Computer Using Educators Technology Conference, Foxboro, MA. October 2009.
“Scratch: Visual Programming for Anyone”, O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, San Jose, CA. March 2008.
“Fab for Kids”, 4th International Fab Lab Forum, Chicago, IL. August 2007.
“Physical Play, Programming, and Interactive Toys” Computer Clubhouse Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. May 2006.
“Hands on with Hook-ups”, Innovative Design Experiences After School (IDEAS), Cambridge, MA. June 2005.
“Hands on with Hook-ups”, RI School of the Future, Providence, RI. November 2004.

PUBLICATIONS

Notes: Undergraduate co-authors are underlined. * Collaborating research participants and/or community partner co-authors are next to *s. Journal Articles
Gravel, B. E., Millner, A., Tucker-Raymond, E., Olivares, M. C., & Wagh, A. “Weebles wobble but they also commit to lifelong relationships”: Teachers’ transdisciplinary learning in computational play. International Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-022-00373-9 (2022). Champion, D.N., Tucker-Raymond, E., Millner, A., Gravel, B., Wright, C.G., Likely, R., Allen-Handy, A. and Dandridge, T.M., "(Designing for) learning computational STEM and arts integration in culturally sustaining learning ecologies", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 121 No. 9/10, pp. 785-804. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-01-2020-0018 (2020). Shaer, O., Millner, A., Hummels, C. “Trajectories in TEI: Reflecting on the Evolution of Ideas, Innovators, and Interactions.” ACM Interactions. XIX.6 November+December. 12-17 (2012). Resnick, M., Maloney, J., Monroy-Hernandez, A., Rusk, N., Eastmond, E., Brennan, K., Millner, A., Rosenbaum, E., Silver, J., Silverman, B., Kafai, Y. "Scratch: Programming for All." Communications of the ACM. 52(11). 60-67 (2009).

Conference Publications
Mabour, C., Gravel, B., Tucker-Raymond, E., Alvarado, A., Millner, A., Wright, G., & Allen-Handy, A., "Sustaining Relationality and Self-expression in a STEM+Hip-Hop Making Space." International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Buffalo, NY. (2024). Wright, C., Gravel, B., Tucker-Raymond, E., Champion, D., Allen-Handy, A., & Millner, A. "Learning in Culturally Sustaining Assessments of Computational Explorations." American Educational Research Association (AERA). Philadelphia, PA. (2024). Gravel, B., Tucker-Raymond, E., Hovhanessian, C., Fitzpatrick, C., Millner, A., & Olivares, M. "Building Meaningful Education with Engineering to Foster Care and Relationality." The National Association for Research on Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference. Denver, CO. (2024). Gravel, B., Tucker-Raymond, E., Olivares, M., & Millner, A. "Multiple Relationalities in Critical Making Research." Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Chicago, IL. (2023). Champion, D., Tucker-Raymond, E., Wright, C., Gravel, B., Millner, A., & Allen-Handy, A. "Making in Afrocentric Learning Ecologies." Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Chicago, IL. (2023). Gravel, B.E., Tucker-Raymond, E., Millner, A., Fair, S., & Alvarado, A. “‘They Know, but they Don’t Know’: Expanding Relationality through Hip Hop Making.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Diego, CA. (2022). Tucker-Raymond, E., Olivares, M.C., Gravel, B., & Millner, A. “Expanding Science Teacher Learning through Critical Relationality.” National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST). Vancouver, BC. (2022). Champion, D., Wright, C., Tucker-Raymond, E., Allen-Handy, A., Likely, R., Gravel, B., Millner, A. “Designing Hip Hop Ecologies for Learning: Relational Approaches to Computation.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Virtual (2021). Champion, D., Wright, C., Tucker-Raymond, E., Allen-Handy, A., Likely, R., Gravel, B., Millner, A. “Designing Hip Hop Ecologies for Learning: Relational Approaches to Computation.” Science Education for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice (SEEDS). Virtual (2021). Champion, D., Tucker-Raymond, E., Wright, C. G., Millner, A. D., Gravel, B. E., Allen-Handy, A., Likely, R., & Dandridge, T. “Exploring Computational Making through the Sounds of Hip Hop.” International Conference of the Learning Sciences.Nashville, TN / Virtual. (2020). Gravel, B., Tucker-Raymond, E., Olivares, M., & Millner, A. "Re-Making STEM through Computational Making and Critical Relationality." International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Nashville, TN / Virtual. (2020). Gravel, B.E., Millner, A., Tucker-Raymond, E., Olivares, M.C., & Wagh, A. “Characterizing Relationships Between Play and Computation in Computational Making Activities.” Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA). San Francisco, CA / Virtual. (2020). Wright, C.G., Champion, D., Tucker-Raymond, E., Gravel, B.E., Millner, A., Allen-Handy, A., Likely, R. “Using Culturally-Sustaining STEM+C Learning Environments to Explore Computational Learning & identity. Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA). San Francisco, CA / Virtual. (2020). Tucker-Raymond, E., Olivares, M., Millner, A., Gravel, B.E., Peruzzi, D., & Brown, L. “Centering Racialized Identities in Science Classrooms to Broaden Participation.” The National Association for Research on Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference. Portland, OR / virtual. (2020). Gravel, B., Olivares, M., Tucker-Raymond, E., Wagh, A., Gouvea, E., Millner, A., Ren, A. “Teachers’ Emerging Disciplinary Questions in the Context of Computational Play.” National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference 2019. Baltimore, MD. (2019). Leeming, B., Dietch, M., Grody, P., Borsky, C., Coffman, B., Wei, J., Ozick, D., Millner, A. “Moving and Making: How JumpSmart Programmable Floor Tiles Promote the Active Side of Interactive Games.” Abstract at Scratch@MIT Conference. Cambridge, MA. (2016). Baafi, E., Klimczak, S., Reisdorf, C., Millner, A. “Modkit.io: a Text-based Environment Inspired by the “When” Hat from Scratch.” Poster at Scratch@MIT Conference. Cambridge, MA. (2016). Dietch, M., Leeming, B., Millner, A. “JumpSmart: A Platform for Communal Making and Physical Engagement in Programming.” Demonstration/paper at the Constructionism 2016 Conference. Bangkok, Thailand (2016). Millner, A. “Computer as Chalk: Supporting Youth as Designers of Tangible User Interfaces.” Proceedings of the Constructionism 2012 Conference. Athens, Greece (2012). Millner, A., Baafi, E. “Modkit: Blending and Extending Approachable Platforms for Creating Computer Programs and Interactive Objects.” Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference. Ann Arbor, MI (2011). Baafi, E., Millner, A. “A Toolkit for Tinkering with Tangibles & Connecting Communities.” Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Tangible Embedded & Embodied Interaction Conference. Madeira, Portugal (2011). Millner, A. “Supporting Children as They Program to Make Physical and Virtual Objects Interact.” Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference. Evanston, IL.(2008). Barron, B., Kafai, Y., Josephs, D., Pinkard, N., Resnick, M., Martin, C., Schatz, C., Shapiro, B., Millner, A., Peppler, K., Chiu, G., and Desai, S. “Clubs, Homes, and Online Communities as Contexts for Engaging Youth in Technology Fluency Building Activities.” Symposium and proceedings published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN. (2006). Zigelbaum, J., Millner, A., Desai, B. & Ishii, H. ”Bodybeats: Whole-body, Musical Interfaces for Children.” Work-in-progress/poster paper in Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (2006).

Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries
Millner, A., Baafi, E., *Klimczak, S. “Cultivating Community Change while Creating Construction Kits: Launching Scratch, Modkit, and L2TT2L.” Constructionism in Context. Editors Kafai, Y., and Holbert, N. MIT Press. Cambridge, MA (2020). Millner, A. “Fab Labs.” The SAGE Encyclopedia of Out-of-School Learning. Editor Peppler, K. Sage Publications, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA (2017). Millner, A. “Interface Designs with Hook-ups.” The Computer Clubhouse: Constructionism and Creativity in Youth Communities. Kafai, Y. Peppler, K., Chapman, R., eds. Teachers College Press. New York, NY. 58-70 (2009). Millner, A., Daily, S. “Creating an Educational Ecosystem for Design, Personal Fabrication, and Invention.” Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators. Kimble, C. & Hildreth, P., eds. Information Age Publishing. Charlotte, NC, USA. 403-428 (2008).

Theses
Millner, A. “Computer as Chalk: Cultivating and Sustaining Communities of Youth as Designers of Tangible User Interfaces.” Media Lab Ph.D. dissertation. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA (2010). Millner, A. “Hook-ups: How Youth Learn Through Creating Physical Computer Interfaces.” Media Lab master’s thesis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2005).

Refereed Workshops
Millner, A. Busa, A., Leeming B. “Promoting Unruly Programming with Random Blocks and Physical Play.” Blocks and Beyond Workshop. IEEE Visual Languages / Human-Centered Computing Conference 2017. Raleigh, NC (2017). Millner, A., Huang, W., *Corbett, C. “Creating Opportunities for Young Learners with Hearing Impairments to Program, Design, and Learn Language in New Ways.” Workshop on Designing for and with Children with Special Needs in Multiple Settings. ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference 2013. New York, NY (2013). Millner, A. “The Hook-ups Initiative: How Youth Can Learn by Creating Their Own Computer Interfaces and Programs.” SIGGROUP Bull., 24 (3), 85-89 (2005).

GRANTS AND SPONSORED PROJECTS

Projects with (Sub)Contracts Supporting my Olin College Activities

Reach Every Reader: Phase 2 (Co-PI)

With PI Yaacov Petscher, Florida State University and Co-PI Hank Fien, Boston University. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Subcontract to Boston University.

2024-2029

$6,000,000

total award

Supplements to Reach Every Reader: Phase 2

Boston University Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education and Red Hat capstone support 2024.

$60,000

ADVANCING KnowlEDGE—Engineering Deans’ Gender Equity—Initiative: Aligning Systems to Ensure Inclusion and Equity in Advancement of Diverse Women Engineering Faculty (Co-I)

With PI Caitryn Lynch, Olin College; and Olin College Co-Is: Jessica Townsend, Chhavi Goenka, and Lynn Stein. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Subcontract to ASEE from (NSF) HRD ADVANCE Partnership award #2204520.

2024-2026

$20,000

Shade is Social Justice Public Art Competition - MIRROR Innovative Shade Structure Installation (Competition Winner 1 of 6)

With Lead organization Buildingways, and collaborating organizations: Citizens of the World, Equity Roadmap, Pheuhaus, & Obuchi Lab. Cambridge Arts Council. Site of temporary Installation: Donnelly Field, Cambridge, MA 7/1/24 to 9/30/24.

2024-2025

$27,000

Code-Switching in the Digital Age: Analyzing Child-AI Conversations and Its Implications on STEM Participation (Co-PI)

With PI Nermeen Dashoush, Boston University; and Boston University Co-PIs Sen Wang and Kathleen Corriveau; and Mighty Picnic Co-Is Dave Peth and Nneka Bolden. The Theresa and Frank Caplan Foundation. Subcontract to Boston University.

2024-2025

$49,998

total award

MIRROR - Movement to Invest in Reciprocity and Re-imagine Outreach Relationships Project Directed Gift (Project Director)

Support for STEM Slams and MIRROR Initiatives. MathWorks.

2023

$58,000

MIRROR - Movement to Invest in Reciprocity and Re-imagine Outreach Relationships Project Directed Gift (Project Director)

Support for STEM Slams and MIRROR Initiatives. Rogers Family Foundation.

2022

$100,000

Collaborative Research: Using Culturally-sustaining STEM+C Learning Environments to Explore Computational Learning and Identity (Co-PI)

With PI Eli Tucker-Raymond, Boston University; and Co-PI Chris Wright, Drexel University; Brian Gravel, Tufts University; and Dionne Champion, University of Florida. National Science Foundation. STEM+C DRL #1842278, #203472. Subcontract to Boston University.

2019-2021

$1,700,000

total award

Collaborative Research: Integrating Computational Making Practices in STEM Teaching (Co-PI)

With PI Eli Tucker-Raymond, Boston University; and Co-PI Maria Olivares, TERC. National Science Foundation. STEM+C DRL#1742091 & #1932802. Subcontract to TERC.

2017-2021

$1,200,000

total award

Supplements to Collaborative Research: Integrating Computational Making Practices in STEM Teaching

Research Experiences for Undergraduates 2019 $13,402 DRL #1932802; Research supplement 2018 $51,512 DRL #1841777; Research Experiences for Undergraduates 2018 $13,190 DRL #1831156.

$78,104

total supplements

Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship - Community Development: Coahoma Mobile Education Trailer (Co-PI)

With PI Kofi Taha, MIT D-Lab and Olin College; and Co-PI Benjamin Linder. Ford College Community Challenge (C3).

2017-2019

$25,000

Supplements to Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship - Community Development: Coahoma Mobile Education Trailer

Ford C3 10th Anniversary supplement 2017.
4.0 Schools Tiny Fellowship 2017.
Community Foundation of NW Mississippi Tiny Grant 2017.

$20,000

$10,000

$7,000

Digital Design Trajectories Directed Gift (Project Director)

Autodesk.

2013 - 2015

$20,000

Supplements to Digital Design Trajectories

Autodesk general project supplement 2014.
Autodesk and Autodesk Foundation Olin Capstone support 2015.

$30,000

$100,000

Connecting and Catalyzing Innovation in K-16 Education: Invention/Innovation Convenings Directed Gift (Project Director)

With Co-Directors Ela Ben-Ur, Innovator’s Compass; and Stephen Brand, Babson College. Lemelson Foundation.

2014

$94,250

Computing Innovation Fellows (Postdoctoral Fellow)

With PI Lynn Stein, Olin College. Computing Research Association (CRA). Subcontract CIF-B-63 to CRA as part of NSF Award #1019343.

2010-2012

$267,500

Projects with (Sub)Contracts Supporting my Consulting+External Leadership

Generative AI-infused Interactive Storybook Explorations Directed Gift (Consulting Curriculum Director)

With Mighty Picnic Production Studio. Google.org in partnership with PBS Foundation.

2025-2028

$1,485,480

Learn Together: Connecting Children’s Media and Learning Environments to Build Key Skills For Success (Consulting Curriculum Director)

With Mighty Picnic Production Studio. US Dept of Education Award # S295A200004. Subcontract to PBS Kids and CPB Ready to Learn - to Launch Lyla in the Loop Season 1.

2020 - 2025

$50,000

Seminar and Workshop series on Digital Fabrication Technologies and Additive Manufacturing Techniques (Fulbright Specialist)

Fulbright Commission of Colombia.

2014

$30,000

Ready for Robotics: The Missing ‘T’ and ‘E’ of Early Childhood Education (Technical Consultant / Prototype Lead)

With PI Marina Bers, then Tufts University. National Science Foundation DRL #1118897.

2011-2014

$408,000

total award

Computer Programming Tools in Schools: Is Now the Time? (Senior Personnel MIT Visiting Scientist)

With PI Eric Klopfer, MIT; and Co-PI George Reese, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. US Department of Homeland Security, Award #BAA09-07.

2011 - 2012

$170,000

Scratch and Share: Collaborating with Youth to Develop the Next Generation of Creative Software (Visiting Scientist)

With PI Mitchel Resnick, MIT. MacArthur Foundation.

2010 - 2012

$190,000

Advisory Roles for Funded Research

Collaborative Research: The Smart Playground: Computational Thinking through Robotics in Early Childhood (PI Rogers, C. & Co-PI Cross, J. on DRL#2301249) 2023 - 2027 ($699,960).
Facilitating Computational Tinkering: Design-Based Strategies to Engage Children and Families in Creating with Code, National Science Foundation (PI Rusk, N. on DRL# ) 2020-2023 ($652,667).
RCN: EquityMaking Network: Coordinating Research for Critical Making Cultures and Practices, National Science Foundation (PI Tucker-Raymond, E. with Co-PIs Olivares, M., Castek, J., Tan, E., and Graville, C. on DRL#2005898) 2020 - 2024 ($499,985).
STEM Literacies, Learning, and Identities Through Cascading Models of Near-Peer Mentorship, National Science Foundation (PI Tucker-Raymond, E., with Co-PIs Olivares, M., Frankel, K. on DRL#2000511) 2020-2023 ($757,388).
Using Conversational Agents to Foster Preschool Children's Science Learning and Engagement from Interactive Science Videos, National Science Foundation (PI Warschauer, M. with Co-PIs DeWitt, S., Bustamante, A., Jenkins, A. On DRL#1906321) 2019-2022 ($300,000.00).
Design Squad Maker: Researching How to Support Upper Elementary School Children's Sustained Engagement and Participation in Engineering Design Projects across Out-of-School Settings (Digital, Maker/Museum, Home), National Science Foundation (PI Haggerty, M., with Co-PIs Wolsky, M., Latimore, S., Wells, D., Letourneau, S. on AISL 1811457) 2018 - 2021 ($1,799,130).
Investigating STEM Literacies in Maker Spaces, National Science Foundation (PI Tucker-Raymond, E. with Co-PI Gravel, B. on DRL 1422532) 2014-2017 ($978,000).
Bits-2-Bites: Youth Applying STEM Content and Computational Thinking to Learn about Nutrition and Advocate for Food Justice, National Science Foundation (PI Adamji, J. with Co-PIs Braafladt, K. on DRL 1312282), 2014 - 2017 ($1,199,539).
Strategies: Bridging Math Literacy and Digital Media Creation: Students as Learners, Teachers, and Leaders of STEM Content, National Science Foundation (PI Milner, C. on Award DRL#1031633) 2010 - 2014 ($1,097,974).

Other Grants and In-Kind Contributions

Use of space or furniture for youth-led community engagements

East Meets West Bookstore, The Simon Group, and The Broad Institute.

Software, cloud credits, or hardware

Amazon Web Services, littleBits, and Autodesk.

Youth program funding

Massachusetts Cultural Council and American Honda Foundation.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Conference Presentations
“Sketching in Cartoons.” Sketching in Hardware Conference. Virtual. October 2021. “Bringing Politics and Power into Computing Education.” For the “Flattening Hierarchies and Collaborating with Communities in Computer Science Education” Symposium at the Connected Learning Summit. Virtual. July 2021. “How to Increase Engagement through Playful Teaching.” Computer Using Educators (CUE) Spring Conference. March 2021. “Culturally Sustaining Assessment - ‘Just Like a Test, I Cram to Understand’. Exploring Approaches for Designing Culturally Sustained Ways for Assessing Computational Thinking & Making.” with Wright, C.,. Gravel, B., Champion, D., Tucker-Raymond, E., Allen-Handy, A. Science Education for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice (SEEDS) Annual Conference. Virtual. 2021. “Opening Doors to and through Code.” Sketching in Hardware. Detroit, MI. September 2019. “Unruly Approaches to Empowerment, Play, and Programming.” Eyeo Festival. Minneapolis, MN. June 2019. “Infusing Hip-Hop Elements into the Design of Physical Computing Experiences.” Sketching in Hardware. Detroit, MI. July 2018. “Five Things to Try as you Shape your Story in STEM.” Emoti-Con keynote. New York, NY. June 2018. “How to Make Room for All to Make.” Haystack Mountain School of Craft Summer Conference. Deer Isle, ME. July 2017. “Moving and Making: How JumpSmart Programmable Floor Tiles Promote the Active Side of Interactive Games.” Scratch@MIT. Cambridge, MA. August 2016. “Finding what you Love; Leaving behind Labels.” TEDxBeaconStreet (Youth), Brookline, MA. November 2015. “Fab Youth Reproducing Results, Remixing Examples, and Reaching Out.” How to Make Almost Anything Symposium at FAB 11, Boston, MA. August 2015. “Computer as Chalk,” Constructionism 2012, Athens Greece. August 2012. “Creating Constructions Kits for Kids,” With Tseng, T., Sketching in Hardware 5, Portland, OR. July 2012. “M-powerment: Motivating the Masses to Make with Modkit.” With Baafi, E., Sketching in Hardware 4, Philadelphia, PA. July 2011. "FabFolk," Building Community Session at International Fab Lab Conference, The Netherlands. August 2010. "Reimagining Scratch, Reimagining Learning," keynote address with Resnick, M., Brennan, K., and Monroy-Hernandez, A., Scratch@MIT Conference, Cambridge, MA. August 2010. “Teens, Fab Labs, Scratch and Arduinos.” With Baafi, E., Sketching in Hardware 3, Providence, RI. July 2008. “Learning In and From Fab Labs,” Symposium on Digital Fabrication, Tromso, Norway. August 2005.

Conference Panel Appearances
“Colleges, Companies, and Community Organizations Collaborating to Elevate All” panel with Coleman, J., and DesPortes, K. Connected Learning Summit. Virtual. October 2023. “Tech for Equity: Reducing Societal Issues and Empowering Marginalized Communities” panel with Walker-Hannon, L., Gilliam, R. Black Is Tech. Virtual. August 2023. “Making in Afrocentric Learning Ecologies” panel with Champion, D., Tucker-Raymond, E., Wright, C., Gravel, B., and Allen-Handy, A. American Educational Research Association (AERA). Chicago, IL April 2023. “Design/Ecological Findings--Designing and Learning in Culturally Sustaining Spaces through Hip Hop, STEM, and Computing.” panel with Tucker-Raymond, E., and Champion, D. Science Education for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice (SEEDS) Annual Conference. January 2021. “Making and Hip Hop.” Panel for FabLearn Conference with Champion, D., Dando, M., De La Cruz, S., Edwards, D., and Rowsey, J. Virtual. October 2020. “Making XR a Reality for Teaching Culturally-Relevant STEAM Concepts” Panel moderated by Cheeks, L. with Oyekoya, W., and Aning, K. at ACM SIGGRAPH - virtual. August 2020. “Constructionism in Context.” Panel moderated by Berland, M. and Holbert, N. with Kafai, Y., Fields, D., and Roque, R. at Connected Learning Summit. Cambridge, MA. August 2018. “Equity in Engineering and Maker Literacies.” Discussant: Millner, A. at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. New York, NY. April 2018. “Where are the Black Scientists?” Panel moderated by Dorsey, R., with Moses, B., Harron, P., Shaakir-Ansari, Z. Data 4 Black Lives Conference. Cambridge, MA. October 2017. “Messing with entrenched frameworks.” With Buechley, L., Faludi, R., Maw, C. at Sketching in Hardware. Detroit, MI. July 2017. “STEAMing Ahead: Strategies for bringing STEAM learning to all students.” With Rogers, C., Moriarty, E., Daily, S. 8th Annual Breakthroughs in Education event. Cambridge, MA. December 2015. “Open Innovation: How Companies Innovate with Makers.” With Dougherty, D., Hatch, M., Nolan, K., Harder, F., Millner, A. MakerCon. Queens, NY. September 2015. “Digital Fabrication in Academia.” With Rast, K., El-Zanafly, D., and Montalvo, J. Autodesk University - Education track. Las Vegas, NV. December 2014. “Design Differently.” With Liebson, B., Bhattacharya, S., Hill, D., Lempart, A., Beach, D., Ranger, J., and Nwankwo, E. Autodesk University - Education track. Las Vegas, NV. December 2014. “Making Makers.” With Thomas, A. et al. World Maker Faire. New York, NY. September 2014. “Envisioning the Classroom of the Future in the Cloud.” With Alie, L., Baron, J., Katz, G. Campus Tech Education Technology Conference 2013, Boston, MA. July 2013. “Are Badges the Answer? Perspectives on Motivation for Lifelong Learning.” With Rusk, N., Kaplan, A., and Resnick, M., Digital Media and Learning Conference 2012, San Francisco, CA. March 2012. “Constructionists Under Construction.” Panel at Constructionism 2010, Paris, France. August 2010. “The Computer Clubhouse Learning Model: Learning Inquiry, Collaboration, and the Development of 21st-Century Skills in Informal Learning Spaces.” Symposium with Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Rusk, N., Beals, L., Bers, M., Breslow, G., Chapman, R., Martin, C., Barron, B., Wise, S., Rusk, N., Resnick, M., Cooke, S., Sylvan, E., & Cole, M., at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 2009. “Promoting the Success of Minority Graduate Students.” With Gilbert, J., da Silva, D., Chapman, R., Love, N., & Daily, S., panel moderator at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. February 2008. “Informal Introduction to Computing for Children.” With Schanzer, E., Slater, D., Garber, R., Monroy-Hernandez, A., & Silver, J., Informatics, Mathematics, and ICT conference, Boston, MA. June 2007.

Broadcast Media Appearances
“Increasing Pathways for All People to Develop and Reap the Benefits of Technology.” Video lecture recorded for the Duke University Initiative for Science & Society and the Duke Center for Computational Thinking Digital Intelligence (DQ) series. September 2022. "Playfully Mixing Performing Arts with Computer Code" Interview by Sara Hendren for the Sketch Model Podcast Series. September 2022. “Celebrating Black STEM Education Researchers with Dr Amon Millner” Podcast with Explorations in Diversifying Engineering Faculty Initiative (EDEFI) group. April 2022. Innovation Showcase interview on Newton’s NewTV station. Newton, MA. October 2015.

Invited Non-Conference Talks and Panels (Seminar Series etc)
“Shaping Computational Toolkits Across Ages.” Wellesley Family STEAM Night. May 2024. “Community Investments” with Beard, K., Stringfellow, E., and Thompson, D., at National Academies Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Virtual. September 2022 (panel). “From Frederick Douglass to Facebook.” Self Enhancement Inc Summer School students and staff kickoff address. Portland, OR. June 2022. “Careers in STEM” panel for Prospect Hill Academy students and families. Virtual. March 2022 (panel). “The Future of Creative Teams,” with Gross, M., Borogove, M. HCI Future of Work and Wellbeing Summit. Virtual. June 2021 (panel). “Thinking about Hair and Skin in Cartoons, Commercials, and Computer Vision Systems.” PBS Kids and CPB Ready To Learn Meeting. May 2021. "The Arc of The Innovators' Compass - from Promoting Youth Invention to Designing for Social Justice." with Ben-Ur, E. Tufts University ME Colloquium. Virtual. April 2021. “Designing and Implementing Hands-on STEM Learning Experiences—Implications for Computing and Technology.” Panel moderated by Gilbert, J. with Peppler, K., Brahms, L., & Cheeks, L., at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine workshop on “The Role of Authentic STEM Learning Experiences in Developing Interest and Competencies for Technology and Computing.” Washington, DC. November 2019 (panel). “What it Means to Move the Crowd.” New England Learning Scientists - virtual. December 2020. “Integrating Maker Spaces and Higher Education.” Harvard / LASPAU STEM+Humanities Consortium. Sao Paulo Brazil. May 2019. “Mel King Influences on Learning and Making.” Mel King Festschrift. Cambridge, MA. June 2018. “Cutting, Computing, and Community Development as Complementary Activities.” Design Squad Global Summit for Informal Educators. Boston, MA. February 2018. “How to Make Room for All to Make.” Haystack Mountain School of Craft Summer Conference. Deer Isle, ME. July 2017. “Urban Manufacturing and Academic Institutions.” At the Urban Manufacturing Alliance Somerville Gathering. Somerville, MA. May 2017 (panel). “From Building Blocks to Bits: Stories of Creativity from Kindergarten through College.” Innovation, Creativity and the Entrepreneurial Mindset course, Union College, Schenectady, NY. May 2017. “Learning to Love Testing Your Ideas.” Digital Promise FilmMaker webinar series, January 2017. “Disrupting: Social Justice & Inclusion using the Arts, Design Thinking, and Entrepreneurship.” Babson College Re-imagine Inclusion series, Wellesley, MA. November 2016. Creative Computation panel moderated by King, E., at The Make Education Forum. Queens, NY. September 2016 (panel). “Bits and Blocks out of the Media Lab.” Bits of Wisdom talk series at littleBits, NY, NY. April 2015. “Frameworks for Invention Education.” With Dahl, C. and Imran, M. Lemelson Foundation Invention Education Workshop 2014, Washington, DC. May 2014 (panel). “The Role of Rapid Prototyping in Creating a Culture of Making, Innovating, and Inventing,” Universidad Autonomo de Occidente School of Engineering, Cali, Colombia. May 2014. “Everyday Things + Technology to Foster Innovation for All,” Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Science, Cambridge, MA. September 2013. “Tangible Interfaces and Learning in the Age of Digital Everywhere,” New Jersey Institute of Technology Information Systems Department, Newark, NJ. February 2013. “Emerging Makers, Emerging Markets,” Addressing Skill Gaps through Media Event, Providence, RI. February 2012. "My Path Through a 2-year Postdoc, Part 2.” Alternative Career Path at the Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Junior Faculty and Senior Graduate Students, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. February 2012 (panel). “Designing Learning Experiences.” With Peth, D. and Boni, M., Refresh Boston, Cambridge, MA. September 2011 (panel). “My Path Through a 2-year Postdoc.” Alternative Career Path at the Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Junior Faculty and Senior Graduate Students, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. February 2011 (panel). "All-Around Engineering," Technology and Culture Seminar Series at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA. November 2010. "Young People Developing as 'Hook-ups' Designers: Transforming Trash into Interactive Experiences by Hooking up Physical and Digital Media," Center for Engineering, Education, and Outreach Seminar Series at Tufts University, Medford, MA. February 2010. “Meet a Maker” brown-bag lunch seminar, Department of Art at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. October 2007. “How and Why Kids Around the World Make Hook-ups.” With Silver, J., & Monroy-Hernandez, A., Omar Dengo Foundation, San Jose, Costa Rica (January 2007) “Making a Difference in Many Learning Settings,” 20th Anniversary Alumni Reunion, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA. October 2005.

PROFESSIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

Advisory Boards

Advisory Board member, CPB/PBS Kids Ready To Learn Projects 2020 - present.
Board of Directors, Innovators for Purpose 2020 - present.
Board of Directors, South End Technology Center 2020 - 2024.
Advisory Board member, Boston Mini-Maker Faire/CreatedBy Festival 2017 - 2020.
Advisory Board member, Bay Area Design Museum Try-It Truck, 2016 - 2017.
Advisory Board member, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Council, 2016 - 2017.
Advisory Board, AP Engineering Curriculum for the College Board, 2015 - 2017.

Advisory Workshops

Invited meeting participant, American Council on Education (ACE) Re-Imagining STEM Graduate Education for Equity, Innovation, and Workforce. Washington, DC 2024.
Invited meeting participant, (NSF), A Convening to Build a Framework for Learning Progressions for K-12 Data Science Education. Washington, DC 2023.
Invited meeting participant, (NSF), Informal Education to Higher Education workshop on digital badging. Pittsburgh, PA 2019.
Invited meeting participant, (NSF), Principles for the Equitable Design of Digitally-Distributed, Studio-based STEM Learning Environments.Tucson, AZ 2019.
Invited meeting participant, Literacy, Equity, and Participation in Engineering, (NSF), San Antonio, TX 2017.
Invited meeting participant, Ed Foo (O’Reilly Media), Cupertino, CA 2017.
Invited meeting participant, AERA Making and Learning conference, Washington, DC 2016.
Invited meeting participant, Badge-based STEM Assessment: Current Terrain and the Road Ahead, National Science Foundation (NSF) and the New York Hall of Science, New York, NY 2013.

Reviewing Activities for Agencies and National Organizations

Review panelist, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant panel reviewer, Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), 2022, 2018, 2015, 2011.
Reviewer and member for ACM Words Matter Committee 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020.
Curriculum, Computing, and DEI Reviewer for PBS Kids and CPB. 2022, 2021, 2020.
National Academies Press, Consensus Report 2020.

Conference Chair and Program Committee Positions

Connected Learning Summit (CLS) Program Committee 2024, 2023, Studios / Demos Co-Chair 2021, 2020, 2019.
Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions (TEI) Program Committee, 2016.
Visual Languages and Human Centered Computing (VL/HCC) workshop Program Committee for Blocks and Beyond 2017, 2015.
Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions (TEI) Graduate Student Consortium co-chair 2012.
Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions (TEI) Studio track co-chair 2010.
Scratch at MIT Program Committee 2008.

Journal and Conference Reviewing

Connected Learning Summit 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019.
ACM Computing Surveys 2018.
Computer Science Education 2017.
ACM SigCHI 2017.
IEEE Transactions on Education 2015.
Foundations and Trends in Human Computer Interactions 2015.
Creativity and Cognition 2015.
ACM Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interactions (TEI) 2014, 2012, 2011.
Graphics Interface (GI) 2014.
Open Hardware Summit 2012, 2011.
ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2012, 2008.
Journal of the Learning Sciences 2007.

Manuscript Reviews

(Contributed Foreword to) Hutchence, K. The Teacher’s Guide to Scratch-Beginner: Professional Development for Coding Education. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 2024.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report - Cultivating Interest and Competencies in Computing: Authentic Experiences and Design Factors.The National Academies Press. Washington, DC https://doi.org/10.17226/25912. 2021.
Peppler, K., Salen, K., Gresalfi, M., Santo, R. Short Circuits: Crafting with DIY Electronics. MIT Press. Cambridge, MA. 2014.
Kafai, Y., Burke, Q. Connected Code: The Potential of Children as Programmers, Designers, and Makers in the 21st Century. MIT Press. Cambridge, MA. 2013.
Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators chapter. 2006.

External Engagement

Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings, programming challenges for incarcerated youth, content developer and judge. 2015 - 2017.

Campus Service

Olin Rappointments and Promotion Committee. 2023-2024.
Xavier University Computer Science Program Review Committee. 2022-2023.
Howard University InSTEM Program Mentor. 2021-2024.
Roxbury Community College ICT Program Review Advisory Board. 2021-2024.
Olin Office of External Programs and Partnerships Developing and Deploying a Summer Studio Module. Offered to Wade Institute of Technology with help from Xavier University and Paul Quinn College. Virtual July 2022.
Olin Public Interest Technology Summer Fellowship Selection Committee 2021-2022.
Olin IDEA Faculty Partner and External Programs Faculty Partner 2022 - 2023.
Olin Advising Faculty Partner and External Programs Faculty Partner 2021 - 2022.
Olin Advisor to “The MIX” group, NSBE + SHPE chapters 2019 - 2023.
Olin Presidential Search Committee 2019 - 2020.
Olin Committee on Student Academic Performance 2019 - 2020.
Olin External Engagement Working Group and Collaboratory task force. 2018 - 2019.
Olin Student Experience Working Group. 2017 - 2018.
Olin + Media Lab collaboration champion. 2015 - 2017.
Olin Diversity + Inclusion committee member. 2016 - 2017.
Olin Ad hoc Committee on Admissions Innovation. 2016 - 2017.
Olin undergraduate advisor. 2011 - 2018.
Olin Summer Research Student talk coordinator 2016 - 2017.
Olin Strategic Fabrication Facilities Committee member. 2014 - 2015.
Olin Marketing and Communications Committee member. 2013 - 2014.
Olin Candidates’ Weekend facilitator. 2012 - 2018.
MIT Media Lab Diversity Committee member. 2008-2010.
MIT Media Lab faculty search committee student member. 2009.
MIT CONVERGE grad preview for underrepresented students co-founder. 2004 - 2010.
Resident Advisor, MIT Independent Living Group. 2005-2009.

TEACHING

Courses Designed and Taught

Olin College ENGR 2199: Community-Centered Mobile App Development for Mental Health Equity with Ruvolo, P. F2023.
Olin College ENGR 2160: Designing Resources for Empowerment & Making (DREAM) S2024, S2018, S2017, S2016, S2015.
Olin College ENGR 3220: User Experience Design (UX Design) F2023, F2022, F2019, with Morales, M. F2017, with Chisa, E. F2016.
Olin College ENGR 2599a: Computing and Craft S2012, S2011.
Olin College co-curricular experience: Engaging with and as Educators with Ben-Ur, E. F2014.
Olin College co-curricular experience: Learning to Lead Olin-inspired Experiences in Pre-college Settings with Ben-Ur, E. and Zastavker, Y. S2014.

Course (co-)Taught

Olin College ENGR 2110: Principles of Integrated Engineering (PIE) co-lead with Mbanisi, K., Cuadra, A., Van de Zande, G. F2024, co-lead with Minch, B. Malley, M., and Mbasini, K. F2022, lead instructor with Minch, B., Malley, M., Lee, C., Reifel S. F2021.

Tufts University ME 140: Inventive Design with Rogers, C. S2021.
Olin College ENGR 2110: Principles of Engineering (POE) with Hoover, A., Govindasamy, S. and Reifel, S. F2019, lead instructor with Minch, B., Faas, D., Reifel, S., F2018, with Murphy, C. S2013, F2012.
Olin College ENGR 2510: Software Design with Matsumoto, S., Graeff E., Dean, V. S2024, with Matsumoto, S., Graeff, E., S2023, S2022, Matsumoto, S. S2020, with Hill, B. S2019, with Hill, B and Ruvolo P. S2018, with Steele, O. S2017, F2015, F2014.
Olin College ENGR 3220: Human Factors and Interface Design (HFID) with Stein, L. F2014 & F2011, with Bator, S. F2012.
Olin College ENGR 2250: User-Oriented Collaborative Design (UOCD) with Linder, B. S2014.
Wellesley College EXTD 160: Introduction to Engineering with Turbak, F. and Rogers, C. S2011
Olin College ENGR 1200: Design Nature F2013, and F2010.
Olin College co-curricular experience: Gender and Engineering with Zastavker, Y., Chachra, D. F2011.

Advising and Subject Matter Expert (SME) Service for Capstones and Courses

Olin College ENGR 4190: Senior Capstone Program in Engineering (SCOPE) Subject Matter Expert to Ford 2022, Autodesk 2017, Mitsubishi 2017, and Rockwell Automation 2017, Faculty Adviser to Insulet 2016, Facebook 2015 & 2012, Rockwell Automation 2014, Autodesk 2012, and athenahealth 2011.

Olin College ENGR 4290: Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship (ADE) Community Development cross campus team (usually 6-8 members per semester from Babson College, Olin College, and sometimes Wellesley College), S2024, 2023, 2022, F2021, S2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.

External Curriculum Development

Franklin Cummings Tech: Digital Principles course advisor 2024.
Insper (College in Sao Paulo Brazil): Co-Design of Apps, curriculum advisor 2015 - 2017
Computer Programming Tools in Schools formal K-12 Curricula piloted in 10 Massachusetts schools 2011 - 2014.
The South Shore SDA School / South End Technology Center in Boston: Fab Kidz extension to eighth grade school math curricula 2008.
32nd Street School in Los Angeles: Non-traditional leaders program, 3rd to 5th grade participants 2000.

Graduate Student Advising

Member, PhD Committee of Andrea Cuadra (Cornell Tech) F2019 - S2022.
Member, Masters Thesis Committee of Abdulrahman Idlbi (MIT Media Lab) F2013 - S2014.
Bryanne Leeming (Babson, MBA) F2015 - S2016.
Fawn Qiu (Harvard, MS, Education), Project topic: soft-circuits S2012.
Chris Connors (Lesley University, MS Education), Project topic: Supporting MAKE activities in classrooms F2011.

Undergraduate Independent Study, Research

From Olin College unless otherwise noted.

* An underlined name indicates that I supervised the student on a project.

Jerry Goss, MIRROR project. S2022, F2022.
Marion Madanguit and Jen Lee, co-advised Return Design project on the Mirror. F2022.
Dieter Brehm, Sam Daitzman, Cory Knox, Milo Winston, Alex Hindelang, Clark Pohl, Independent Studies in various aspects of User Experience Design and Game Design. S2022.
Maia Materman, Independent Study in Javascript F2021.
Chase Joyner, WGBH Design Squad Maker app, Summer 2019, Computational Making, Summer 2018.
Frances Devanbu, Emily Kohler, Louise Nielson and Alex Core for EXPLORE (student-led course), S2018.
William Wong and Cynthia Chen, Olin Self Studies for Olin.js (student-led course), S2017.

Jiaying Wei, Making in Community Settings. Summer 2016.
Liani Lye, Lyndsey Andrade. Cell phone charging scooter. Summer 2015.
Mikhaela Dietch, Gabrielle Ewall, Rube Goldberg Machines. Summer 2015.
Kaitlyn O’Rourke (Syracuse University), Rube Goldberg Machines. REU Summer 2015.
Jenn Jeng (Cooper Union), Rube Goldberg Machines. REU Summer 2015.
Susan Grimshaw, CS education. REU Summer 2014.
Allison Campbell (Southern Illinois University) CS education. REU Summer 2014.
Rachel Boy, Pre-college engineering. F2013 - S2014.
Andrea Cuadra, Tangible Embedded Interaction. F2011 - S2013.
Chinua Shaw (MIT), Tangible Embedded Interaction + Scratch. S2010.
Alexandra Olivier (Wellesley College), Scratch Sensor Boards. S2009.
Paul Medlock-Walton (MIT) Scratch Sensor Boards. S2007 - F2007.
Grant Oladipo (MIT). Scratch Sensor Boards. F2007.
Michael Stern (MIT). Digital Fabrication in Fab Labs. Summer 2008.
Joseph Brown (MIT). Digital Fabrication in Fab Labs. Summers 2004, 2007.
Andrew Harlan (MIT), Scratch Patch puzzle piece sensors. S2005.
Adrian Adames (MIT), Physical Computing. Summer 2007.
Elizabeth Ricker (MIT), Physical Computing Summer 2007 - S2008.
Michelle Aquing (MIT), Physical Computing. Summer 2007 - F2007.
Christina Miller (Wellesley College), Virtual Scratch Sensor Board. Summer 2007.
Margaret Clemens (Boston University), Scratch Sensor Board. Summers 2007, 2008.

Guest Lectures

“The origins of the Unruly Splats venture.” Guest lecturer for Babson College New Tech Ventures course, Needham, MA. September 2024.
“Launching Products with Purpose.” Educational Robotics and Tech in Child Development courses at Tufts University, virtual. March 2022.
“What it Means to Move the Crowd.” Learning Engineering course at Boston College, virtual. November 2021.
“Quantifying Faces” for Self-Enhancement Inc Rising Freshman Summer Math Enrichment course, Portland, OR. August 2021.
“The journey from prototype to shipped product: The Unruly Studios case study” Guest lecturer for Babson College Tech Ventures course, Needham, MA. October 2019.
“Unpacking Impact” Guest lecturer for “Unpacking Impact” course, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA. October 2015.
“Scratch Extensions” Guest lecturer for Robbin Chapman’s Education course, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. September 2015.
“Technological Tools for Tangibles and Making,” Guest lecturer for Orit Shaer’s “Tangible User Interfaces” course at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. December 2014.
“Hooking the Physical World up to Scratch,” Guest lecturer for Robbin Chapman’s “Digital Technologies and Learning Communities” course at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. November 2014.
“Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn community, from the eyes of its founders and participants,” Guest panelist with Klimczak, S., Wilson, N., and Francois, C. for Karen Brennan’s “Designing for Learning and Making” course at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. October 2014.
“3 Key Aspects of Supporting Creative Learning,” Guest panel for Mitch Resnick’s “Learning Creative Learning” course at MIT, Cambridge, MA. May 2013.
“Toolkits for Connecting the Physical and Digital Worlds” Guest lecturer for Orit Shaer’s “Tangible User Interfaces” course at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. April 2011.
“Tools to Make With” Guest lecturer for Diane Willow’s “New Media: Making Art Interactive” course at the University of Minnesota Department of Art, Minneapolis, MN. October 2007.
“Computer Clubhouses and Fab Labs and Beyond” Guest lecturer for Yasmin Kafai’s “Culture, Technology, and Equity” course at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. November 2006.
“Adventures with Scratch” Guest lecturer for Kathryn Bielaczyc’s “Technology and Assessment” course at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. March 2005.