NICOLE SIMONE KUHN

Ph.D. Candidate

nskuhn06@uw.edu

Specializations

Indigenous Research Methodologies & Ethics
Indigenous Health Communication & Digital Youth
Human-Computer Interaction & Social Media

Research Areas

Awards

Best Paper Nomination - CSEDU 2020 (Computer Supported Education), 2020

Publications and Contributions

Journal Article, Professional Journal

Cultivating a space for intergenerational research mentorship through Knowledge Families (2024)
Wicazo Sa Review, 37(1), pp. 1-28 Authors: Clarita Lefthand-Begay, Nicole Kuhn, Turam Purty, Tessa Rose Campbell, Shawon Sarkar, Jesse Brisbois, Robin Ruhm, Kunsang Choden Lama, Ana Rodriguez, Celina Ghost Dog, Jean M Dennison, Shayla Chatto, Ruonan Guo
Journal Article, Academic Journal

Indigenous Research Ethics and Tribal Research Review Boards in the United States: Analyzing Online Presence and Emerging Themes in Documentation (2024)
Research Ethics, pp. 1–30 Authors: Nicole Kuhn, Ethan Kuhn, Michael Vendiola, Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Conference Proceeding

Supporting Teens’ Intentional Social Media Use Through Interaction Design (2023)
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference Authors: Katie Davis, Petr Slovak, Rotem Landesman, Caroline Pitt, Abdullatif Ghajar, Jessica Lee Schleider, Saba Kawas, Andrea Guadalupe Perez Portillo, Nicole Kuhn
Conference Paper

When screen time isn’t screen time: Tensions and needs between tweens and their parents during nature-based exploration (2021)
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21) Authors: Saba Kawas, Nicole Kuhn, E. E. Bascom, Alexis Hiniker, Katharine Davis
Journal Article, Academic Journal

Decolonizing Risk Communication: Indigenous Responses to COVID-19 using Social Media (2020)
Journal of Indigenous Social Development Authors: Nicole Kuhn, Shawon Sarkar, Lauren Alaine White, Josephine Hoy, Celena McCray, Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Journal Article, Academic Journal

Indigenous research ethics requirements: An examination of six Tribal Institutional Review Board Applications and Processes in the United States (2020)
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 15(4), pp. 279-291 Authors: Nicole Kuhn, Myra Parker, Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Conference Paper

NatureCollections: Can a mobile application trigger children’s interest in nature? (2020)
Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU ’20) Authors: Saba Kawas, Jordan Sherry-Wagner, Nicole Kuhn, Sarah K. Chase, Brittany Bentley, Joshua J. Lawler, Katharine Davis
Conference Paper

Otter this World: Can a Mobile Application Promote Children’s Connectedness to Nature? (2020)
Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2020), pp. 444-457 Authors: Saba Kawas, Nicole Kuhn, Mina Tari, Alexis Hiniker, Katharine Davis

Presentations

Responsible and Responsive Indigenous Design Methodologies and Techniques (2025)
Indigenous Computational Futures Collective 2025 Winter Institute - Tempe, Arizona
Engaging Indigenous Research Methodologies and Ethics to Understand How Indigenous Communities are Leveraging Social Media for Health Communication (2024)
Berkeley Center for New Media's Indigenous Technologies - Berkeley, CA
Hear Our Stories: A Call to Action for Indigenizing Information Science Educational Spaces panel (2024)
The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference - Portland, Oregon
Developing Indigenous Community-Based Participatory Design Methods to Understand Tribal Communities’ Use of Information Technologies for Addressing Critical Health Needs (2020)
American Indian & Indigenous Studies (AIIS) Scholars Program Showcase - Virtual
Engaging Tribal Communities to Decolonize COVID-19 Risk Communications Using Social Media (2020)
2020 National Tribal Health Conference - Virtual
Indigenous research ethics requirements: An examination of six Tribal Institutional Review Board Applications and Processes in the United States (2019)
Provost Richard’s iSchool Visit - Seattle, WA
Tribal Research Review Boards (2019)
McNair Scholars Program, Undergraduate Research Symposium - Seattle, WA