Conferences
2026 | American Educational Research Association
Sticky Chat patterns in Child-AI Interactions
2026 | International Conference of Learning Sciences
Board Game for Teaching Probability
2026 | Shield Global Online Safety Conference
Creative Augmentation and Children’s Foundational Skills
2026 | The Learning Frontier: Where AI meets Innovative Teaching, Palo Alto
Creative Augmentation
2025 | AI in Education Summit, Khan Lab School
Stranger Danger is Getting Stranger: How To Safeguard Children Against Potentially Harmful AI Character Interactions
2025 | Connected Learning Summit (CLS), UC Berkeley
Narrative Design Thinking: Connecting Short Stories with Design Challenges in Children’s Makerspaces
2025 | Play Make Learn (PML), Madison, WI
Sustainable Play in Children’s Makerspaces
2025 | Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Philadelphia
Assessing the Impact of Foundation Models Behind AI Characters in Early Childhood Education
2025 | Shield Global Online Safety Conference
How Far Is Too Far? The Scale Of Child-AI Interactions
2025 | Kidtech Conference (Keynote)
Designing Developmentally Appropriate AI Characters For Kids
2024 | Association for Educational Communications and Technology
TIGA: AI chatbot for online asynchronous courses
2024 | Games and Education Industry Collider, Seattle Indies
Designing developmentally appropriate game characters
2023 | Children’s Media Conference
Kid-friendly virtual influencer designed for education
2023 | The Association for the Study of Play (TASP)
Sustainable toy design
2021 | Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Co-presented "INCLUSIVE ADDIE: An Action-Oriented Framework for Inclusive Pedagogy" with Dr. Chris Gamrat and Dr. Saliha Bekiroglu
2021 | Panel | The Association for the Study of Play (TASP)
Co-presented on the role of toy play in promoting children's development during a time of crisis with Dr. James E Johnson.
2020 | Paper | FabLearn
Transmedia Making Experience Design (TMXD) - framework to connect media with making in learning environments
2020 | Association for Educational Communications and Technology
PBS Kids Transmedia Suite for multi-platform engagement to support children’s learning
2020 | Poster | Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Formal and informal learning environments for transmedia making
2020 | Panel | Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Learning Sciences research methods
2019 | Paper | The Association for the Study of Play (TASP)
Media-supported educational play for early learners
2019 | Panel | The Association for the Study of Play (TASP)
Co-presented on transcultural studies of play with Dr. James E Johnson
2019 | Poster | The Association for the Study of Play (TASP)
Cookie Eater - a fractions learning puzzle
2018 | Panel | Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Interdisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the field
2017 | Paper | 19th Annual International Conference on Education
Designing and evaluating character-driven applications for elementary education. Conference organized by Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER)
