Information Tools

Specializations

  • Participatory Design with Youth
  • Qualitative Analysis
  • Design Research Methods

Research Areas

Biography

Caroline is a design for informal learning researcher with a background in social science and media production, combining these areas to explore multimedia data through qualitative and mixed methods analysis. She is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Information School and Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. She helps manage KidsTeam UW and is involved in Connecting the EdTech Research EcoSystem (CERES). Much of her research focuses on designing informal educational technologies with and for teens and their communities, as well as developing best practices for concluding long-term research-practice partnerships in informal settings. Caroline is passionate about justice in education and design, as well as exploring diverse approaches to learning. When not conducting research or teaching, she enjoys playing tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) such as D&D, gardening, meandering exploratory neighborhood walks, and crafting.

Education

  • Ph D, Information Science, University of Washington Information School, 2023
  • MS, Information Science , University of Washington, 2018
  • BS, Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014
  • BA, Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014

Memberships

  • American Educational Research Association
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • International Society of the Learning Sciences

Publications and Contributions

Presentations

  • Roll to Reflect! How youth can build social and emotional skills with tabletop role-playing games (2023)
    Games and Gaming Roundtable of the American Library Association - Seattle, WA
  • Supporting teens' intentional social media use through an in-the-moment intervention (2023)
    Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress, - Washington, D.C.
  • Eliciting Scientific Funds of Knowledge Through Social Media Sharing in Formal Learning Environments (2019)
    Toronto, Canada
  • Why does a joyful process of co-design matter for children's technology design? (2019)
    American Educational Research Association (AERA) - Toronto, Canada
  • Designing interactive public displays for neighborhood scientizing (2018)
    2018 Annual Meeting for the American Education Research Association - New York, NY
  • Designing to Illuminate Children's Scientific Funds of Knowledge through Social Media Sharing (2018)
    17th Interaction Design and Children Conference - Trondheim, Norway
  • Empowering youth co-designers to promote student adoption of a digital badge system (2018)
    American Educational Research Association (AERA) - New York, NY