Specializations
- Organization and Preservation of Multimedia and Interactive Media
- Music Information Retrieval
- Creativity and Learning
Research Areas
Biography
Michele Newman is a doctoral student at the Information School at the University of Washington, working under the guidance of Dr. Jin Ha Lee and Dr. Jason Yip. As a member of the UW Gamer Group and the Digital Youth Lab, she explores how interactive media can foster creative play and enhance learning experiences, examining the impact of digital tools on creative processes and developing frameworks for organizing/preserving knowledge in creative communities. Her interdisciplinary work spans areas such as library and information Science, human-computer interaction, education, and digital cultural studies.
Education
- MLIS, Library and Information Science, University of Denver, 2022
- MM, Music Theory, Indiana University, 2019
- BM, Music Composition and Theory (Double Major), University of North Texas, 2017
Publications and Contributions
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CurriculaThe Misinformation Play Pack (2025)
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Report
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Conference Paper"I want it to talk like Darth Vader": Helping Children Construct Creative Self-Efficacy with Generative AI (2024)Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-18
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Conference PaperMediating Culture: Cultivating Socio-cultural Understanding of AI in Children through Participatory Design (2024)Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp. 1805-1822
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Conference PaperMediating culture: Cultivating socio-cultural understanding of AI in children through participatory design (2024)Proceedings of ACM Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 1805 - 1822
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Journal Article, Academic JournalParticipatory Media and Game Preservation: A Taxonomy of YouTube Game‐Related Content (2024)Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), pp. 277-289, ISBN/ISSN: 2373-9231
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Conference PaperPurposeful play: Evaluation and co-design of casual music creation applications with children (2024)Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference
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Conference Paper
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Conference Paper“I want it to talk like Darth Vader”: Helping children construct creative self-efficacy with generative AI (2024)Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Conference Extended Abstract"Accidental Archivists": YouTube Gameplay Content and Game Preservation (2023)Proceedings of the 2023 Digital Games Research Association International Conference: The Limits and Margins of Games
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Conference PaperGender Differences in Ethical Stances for Playing AR Games: The Case of Pokémon GO (2023)Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association Conference 2023
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Journal Article, Academic JournalHow do the kids speak? Improving educational use of text mining with child-directed language models (2023)Information and Learning Sciences, 124(1/2), pp. 25-47, ISBN/ISSN: 2398-5348
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Conference PaperHuman-AI Music Creation: Understanding the Perceptions and Experiences of Music Creators for Ethical and Productive Collaboration (2023)Proceedings of the 24th International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Conference
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWhat Makes Children's Responses to Creativity Assessments Difficult to Judge Reliably? (2023)The Journal of Creative Behavior, 57(3), pp. 419-438, ISBN/ISSN: 0022-0175