Research Projects
2023-2027. Deepening Computational Thinking for English Learners by Integrating Community-Based Environmental Literacy.
(NSF Funded; $2,000,000)
Co-Principal Investigator
PI: Mark Warschauer, Co-PIs: Clare Baek, Symone Gyles, Debra Richardson
2022-Current Elementary Computing for All (NSF Funded) (University of California, Irvine)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Directed by Dr. Mark Warschauer in collaboration with the University of Chicago, Santa Ana Unified School District, Montebello Unified School District, Chicago Public Schools to design and implement elementary school computer science education program to improve computational thinking and literacy
2020. Distance Learning and Educational Equity in the Wake of COVID-19 (University of Southern California)
Research Assistant
Directed by Dr. Hernan Galperin and Dr. Stephen Aguilar in Collaboration with Great
Public Schools Now. Collaborated with the Great Public Schools Now partnership to design and
conduct surveys to LAUSD families.
2018-2019 Advancing Middle School Teachers’ Understanding of Proportional Reasoning for Teaching (IES Funded) (University of Southern California)
Research Assistant
Directed. by Dr. Yasemin Copur-Gencturk. Worked as a collaborative team to design an online professional development modules to test train middle school math teachers to develop proportional reasoning.
(NSF Funded; $2,000,000)
Co-Principal Investigator
PI: Mark Warschauer, Co-PIs: Clare Baek, Symone Gyles, Debra Richardson
2022-Current Elementary Computing for All (NSF Funded) (University of California, Irvine)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Directed by Dr. Mark Warschauer in collaboration with the University of Chicago, Santa Ana Unified School District, Montebello Unified School District, Chicago Public Schools to design and implement elementary school computer science education program to improve computational thinking and literacy
2020. Distance Learning and Educational Equity in the Wake of COVID-19 (University of Southern California)
Research Assistant
Directed by Dr. Hernan Galperin and Dr. Stephen Aguilar in Collaboration with Great
Public Schools Now. Collaborated with the Great Public Schools Now partnership to design and
conduct surveys to LAUSD families.
2018-2019 Advancing Middle School Teachers’ Understanding of Proportional Reasoning for Teaching (IES Funded) (University of Southern California)
Research Assistant
Directed. by Dr. Yasemin Copur-Gencturk. Worked as a collaborative team to design an online professional development modules to test train middle school math teachers to develop proportional reasoning.
Teaching Projects
2016-2018 Computer Science Education for Students with Disabilities (STEM 3 Academy)
Mentor Teacher, Computer Science & Math Department Chair
Directed projects to develop and train teachers in K-2 computer science curriculum, targeting the needs of students with autism and social
and emotional disabilities
Mentor Teacher, Computer Science & Math Department Chair
Directed projects to develop and train teachers in K-2 computer science curriculum, targeting the needs of students with autism and social
and emotional disabilities
