CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Educational Psychology & Educational Technology @ Michigan State University, 2025 (expected)
• B.A. in Education, Communities, and Organizations @ University of Washington, Seattle, 2020
• B.S. in Computer Science @ University of Washington, Seattle, 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Diving into the Role: A Multi-Case Study on Supporting Novice CS Teachers’ Pedagogy and Content Knowledge through Co-Teaching

Yadav, A., Lachney, M., Hill, R., Lapetina, A., Hu, A. D., Jee, H., Allen Kuyenga, M. C. (2024) Diving into the Role: A Multi-Case Study on Supporting Novice CS Teachers' Pedagogy and Content Knowledge through Co-Teaching. Journal of Research on Technology in Education

“These two worlds are antithetical”: epistemic tensions in integrating computational thinking in K12 humanities and arts

Santo, R., Hu, A. D., Phelps, D., Caskurlu, S., Yadav, A. (2024) “These Two Worlds Are Antithetical": Epistemic Tensions in Integrating Computational Thinking in K12 Humanities and Arts. Computer Science Education, 1-37.

“These Two Worlds Are Antithetical”: Epistemic Tensions in Integrating Computational Thinking in K12 Humanities and Arts

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Santo, R., Hu, A. D., Phelps, D., Caskurlu, S., Yadav, A. (2023) "These Two Worlds Are Antithetical": Epistemic Tensions in Integrating Computational Thinking in K12 Humanities and Arts. ICLS 2023, Montreal, QC, Canada

How K-12 CS Teachers Conceptualize CS Ethics: Future Opportunities and Barriers to Ethics Integration in K-12 CS

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Hu, A. D., Yadav, A. (2023) How K-12 CS Teachers Conceptualize CS Ethics: Future Opportunities and Barriers to Ethics Integration in K-12 CS. SIGCSE Technical Symposium, Toronto, ON, Canada

Toward justice in computer science through community, criticality, and citizenship

pdf

Yadav, A., Heath, M. K., & Hu, A. D. (2022). Toward justice in computer science through community, criticality, and citizenship. Communications of the ACM, 65, 42 - 44.

Towards validity for a formative assessment for language-specific program tracing skills

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Nelson, G. L., Hu, A. D., Xie, B., & Ko, A. J. (2019). Towards validity for a formative assessment for language-specific program tracing skills. Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research.

PyBioNetFit and the Biological Property Specification Language

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Mitra, E. D., Suderman, R., Colvin, J., Ionkov, A., Hu, A. D., Sauro, H. M., Posner, R. G., & Hlavacek, W. S. (2019). PyBioNetFit and the Biological Property Specification Language. iScience, 19, 1012 - 1036.

Posters & Conference Presentations (Peer-Reviewed)

(under review) Pre-service Teacher Perspectives on Generative AI

AERA 2025

(under review) Why Does Education Need AI?

AERA 2025

Generative AI for Teacher Education: Faculty Perspectives About Preparing Preservice Teachers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Yadav, A., Hu, A. D., Schwartz, N. (2024). Generative AI for Teacher Education: Faculty Perspectives About Preparing Preservice Teachers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Annual Meeting of the AERA, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Integrating Critical Analysis of Society and Technology into K-12 Computing Through Teacher Co-Design

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Hu, A. D., Yadav, A. (2024). Integrating Critical Analysis of Society and Technology into K-12 Computing Through Teacher Co-Design. Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2.

Do CS Teacher Preparation Programs Use Equity Pedagogies?: Survey Says “A Little”

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Hu, A. D., Heath, M. K., Yadav, A. (2023). Do CS Teacher Preparation Programs Use Equity Pedagogies?: Survey Says "A Little". Annual Meeting of the AERA, Chicago, IL, USA

Computational Thinking Integration Design Principles in Humanities

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Caskurlu, S., Hu, A. D., Yadav, A., & Santo, R. (2022). Computational Thinking Integration Design Principles in Humanities. Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2.

Teaching

TE 150: Reflections on Learning

• fall20
• spring21
• fall22
• spring23
• fall24

Instructor of record, Michigan State University

CSE 374: Intermediate Programming Concepts and Tools

• 20sp
• 20su

Instructor of record (former TA), University of Washington

Upward Bound: Your Interests in the 21st Century

• 19su

Co-instructor, University of Washington

CSE 333: Systems Programming

• 19sp
• 20wi

TA, University of Washington

CSE 351: The Hardware/Software Interface

• 18au
• 19au

TA, University of Washington

Research Assistantships

Generative AI for Education

Research Assistantship, MSU

Supervised by Michael Lachney & Aman Yadav

Computing-Integrated Teacher Education (CITE) initiative @ CUNY

Research Assistantship, MSU & CUNY

Supervised by Aman Yadav & Sara Vogel

Detroit CS for All

Research Assistantship, MSU

Supervised by Michael Lachney & Aman Yadav

Integrated Computational Thinking (iCT) in Humanities

Research Assistantship, MSU

Supervised by Aman Yadav & Rafi Santo

Code & Cognition Lab

Undergraduate Researcher, University of Washington

Supervised by Amy J. Ko

Talks and Panels

Critical Perspectives on AI in Education: Neither Utopia nor Dystopia

slides

November 01, 2024

Talk at College of Education, Michigan State University

Social constructivism: reading and editing Wikipedia in an educational psychology course

slides

October 05, 2024

Talk at Wikiconference North America 2024, Indianapolis, IN

Generative AI in Education: Equipping Teachers to Navigate, Utilize, & Critically Interrogate Impact

slides

April 16, 2024

Talk at College of Education, Michigan State University

Research Panel (EDEP 608)

April 15, 2024

Panel at EDEP 608, UH Manoa

Generative AI, Racial Bias, and Racial Justice

February 12, 2024

Panel at College of Education, Michigan State University

iDRAW Day: Machine Learning

November 14, 2023

Talk at iDRAW Day, University of Detroit Mercy

Less Code, More Community: Justice-Centered Computing Education in K-12

video

slides

November 09, 2023

Talk at MSU Ignite 2023, Michigan State University

Educational Technology for Indigenous Languages: A Case Study of Lushootseed

slides

November 06, 2023

Talk at EPET Brown Bag, Michigan State University

PhD Practicum Panel (CEP 955)

September 28, 2023

Panel at CEP 955, Michigan State University

ChatGPT Panel: What it is, how it impacts universities, and how we might make “good” use of it

March 27, 2023

Panel at College of Education, Michigan State University

How K-12 CS Teachers Conceptualize CS Ethics: Future Opportunities and Barriers to Ethics Integration in K-12 CS

slides

September 26, 2022

Talk at EPET Brown Bag, Michigan State University

Awards and Honors

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, SIGCSE Technical Symposium (2024)
• Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University College of Education (2022, 2023)
• Dean’s Scholar Award, Michigan State University College of Education (2020-2026)
• Official thanks from the Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, for my work on CovidWA.com (2021)
• Husky 100, University of Washington (2020)

Service

• PhD practicum committee (student member)
  • Mike Frazier (2023-24)
  • Jenn Sutcliffe (2024-)
  • Aisel (Ice) Akhmedova (2024-)
• JET Lab meeting leader (2023-)
  • Changed the structure of our lab meetings to center students presenting their work and getting feedback, as well as building community by inviting guests with similar interests.
• MSU Ignite speaker selection committee (2024)
  • Reviewed candidate talks for a general audience research presentation series, and coached the accepted presenters.
• Student representative for EPET (2022-2023)
  • Attended faculty meetings, raised student concerns to faculty, helped onboard first year PhD students.