Recent Publications
Browse recent publications that have been authored or co-authored by DFI-affiliated researchers.
2026:
- The Architecture of Academic Overproduction: Toward Post-AI Scholarship
Lang, C., Moffett, C., & Vasudevan, L. (2026). The architecture of academic overproduction: Toward post-AI scholarship. In L. Hagedorn, U. Schmid, S. Winter, & S. Woltran (Eds.), Digital Humanism. DIGHUM 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 16319. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11108-1_36
2025:
- Who’s Responsible and How? AI in Higher Education
Chang, Y. K., Gorski, K., & Mesiya, Z. Z. (2025). Who’s responsible and how? AI in higher education. The Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 14(2).
https://doi.org/10.59668/2222.21507 - Making Processes Visible in Distributed Maker Communities
Danzig, B., Correa, I., & Holbert, N. (2025). Making processes visible in distributed maker communities. In A. Rajala, A. Cortez, R. Hofmann, A. Jornet, H. Lotz-Sisitka, & L. Markauskaite (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2025, 3203-3205.
https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2025.891328 - Supporting Constructionist Maker Environments with Multimodal AI
Danzig, B., Semprun, E., Holbert, N., Voorhis, J. K., & Correa, I. (2025). Supporting constructionist maker environments with multimodal AI. Constructionism Conference Proceedings, 8, 535-537.
https://doi.org/10.21240/constr/2025/110.X - Expressive Citizenship: Youth, Social Media, and Democracy
Kligler-Vilenchik, N., & Literat, I. (2025). Expressive citizenship: Youth, social media, and democracy. Journal of Children and Media, 19(1), 46–52.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2024.2438680 - Finding a Place for Play in School: Risk, Ambiguity, and Resistance
Moffett, C., & Tam, E. (2025). Finding a place for play in school: Risk, ambiguity, and resistance. In C. E. Furman & T. de Rezende Rocha (Eds.), Teachers and Philosophy: Essays on the Contact Zone. State University of New York Press.
2024:
- Editorial Multimodality and Society
Adami, E., Archer, A., Björkvall, A., Gualberto, C., Jewitt, C., Vasudevan, L., & Lim, F. V. (2024). Editorial multimodality and society. Multimodality & Society, 4(1), 3-10.
https://doi.org/10.1177/26349795231223189 - Good Practices in the Co-Production of Knowledge: Working Well Together in Environmental Change Research
Petriello, M. A., Aini, J., Amepou, Y., Anthony, K., Avrami, E. C., Badaki, O., et al. (2024, October 21). Good practices in the co-production of knowledge: Working well together in environmental change research. Columbia Academic Commons. Center for Science and Society & Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.
https://doi.org/10.7916/1h4j-2204 - TikTok as a Lens into Teacher Attrition: Perspectives from #teacherquittok
Barber, C., & Literat, I. (2024). TikTok as a lens into teacher attrition: Perspectives from #teacherquittok. English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 23(3), 301–316.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ETPC-05-2023-0049 - A Framework for Inclusive Game-Based Learning Design, Illustrated Through the Development of a Media Literacy Game
Chang, Y. K., Literat, I., Song, X., Li, X., Meng, X., & Lei, Y. (2024). A framework for inclusive game-based learning design, illustrated through the development of a media literacy game. In R. Lindgren, T. I. Asino, E. A. Kyza, C. K. Looi, D. T. Keifert, & E. Suárez (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2024, 2105-2106.
https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2024.708210 - Connected Spaces: Facilitating Students’ Visibility and Distributed Learning
Correa, I., & Holbert, N. (2024, November 8). Connected spaces: Facilitating students’ visibility and distributed learning. SSRN.
https://ssrn.com/abstract=5013803 - How Do We Grow a Biodesigner?
Vijayakumar, V., Cogdell, C., Correa, I., Dade-Robertson, M., Danies, G., Edens, S., Forlano, L., George, J., Grushkin, D., Holbert, N., … Walker, J. (2024). How do we grow a Biodesigner? Research Directions: Biotechnology Design, 2, e2.
https://doi.org/10.1017/btd.2024.1 - Commerce Meets Activism: #StopMenstrualShaming and the Dynamics of Feminist Advocacy on Xiaohongshu
Gu, Y., Yang, Y., Saiyinjiya, A., Wu, W., Chen, Q., Chen, S., & Literat, I. (2024). Commerce meets activism: #StopMenstrualShaming and the dynamics of feminist advocacy on Xiaohongshu. International Journal of Communication, 18(22). - Not Your Parents’ Politics: Understanding Young People’s Political Expression on Social Media
Kligler-Vilenchik, N., & Literat, I. (2024). Not Your Parents’ Politics: Understanding Young People's Political Expression on Social Media. Oxford University Press. - A Plurality of Measures: From Scale to Modality: Mapping Changes in Assessment and Its Implications for Learning Analytics
Lang, C., Vasudevan, L., & Jaffer, R. (2024). A plurality of measures: From scale to modality: Mapping changes in assessment and its implications for learning analytics. In: M. Sahin, & D. Ifenthaler (Eds.), Advances in Analytics for Learning and Teaching. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56365-2_7 - Short Videos, Big Impact: How Chinese Youth Perceive and Engage with News on Short Video Platforms
Lei, Y., Meng, X., Huang, X., Li, J., Jiang, Y., Yu, Y., & Literat, I. (2024). Short videos, big impact: How Chinese youth perceive and engage with news on short video platforms. Global Media and China.
https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364241298055 - “Saving a Picture Forever”: Documenting and Curating “Truthful” Images at School
Llerena, C. L. & Yoon, H. S. (2024). “Saving a picture forever”: Documenting and curating “truthful” images at school. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 56(1).
https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12534 - Failure Stories and Surprising Findings: Learning from When VR Did Not Work
Li, X., & Lee, J. J. (2024). Failure stories and surprising findings: Learning from when VR did not work. In M. L. Bourguet, , J. M. Krüger, , D. Pedrosa, A. Dengel, A. Peña-Rios, & J. Richter (Eds.), Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1904, Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_2 - The Mess in the Middle: Portraying the Unrecorded Purposeful Labors of Care that Emerge Throughout Multimodal Ethnographic Methods and Researcher Peer Support
Newhouse, K. S., Stahl, C. Y. C, Gottesman-Solomon, S. ,Oliver, K. M., & Von Joo, L. (2024). “The mess in the middle: Portraying the unrecorded purposeful labors of care that emerge throughout multimodal ethnographic methods and researcher peer support.” Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 55(1), 98–109.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12480 - Twisted Knowledge Construction on X/Twitter: An Analysis of Constructivist Sensemaking on Social Media Leading to Political Radicalization
Russo, R., Blikstein, P., & Literat, I. (2024). Twisted knowledge construction on X/Twitter: An analysis of constructivist sensemaking on social media leading to political radicalization. Information and Learning Sciences, 125(9) 693–719.
2023:
- Mapping the Information Landscapes of Sudanese Youth: Implications for Media Literacy Education
Abdelbagi, A., & Literat, I. (2023). Mapping the information landscapes of Sudanese youth: Implications for media literacy education. International Journal of Communication, 17, 4755-4777. - Seeds of the Diaspora: Using Creative and Collaborative Writing to Explore Critical Food Literacies with Black Youth
Badaki, O. (2023). Seeds of the Diaspora: Using creative and collaborative writing to explore critical food literacies with Black youth. In E. E. Schell, D. Winslow, & P. Shrestha (Eds.), Food Justice Activism and Pedagogies: Literacies and Rhetorics for Transforming Food Systems in Local and Transnational Contexts (pp. 85-108). Lexington Books. - Using Hierarchical Linear Growth Modeling to Identify Longitudinally Outperforming School Districts in the United States, 2009-2013
Bowers, A. J., & Monroe, E. C. (2023). Using hierarchical linear growth modeling to identify longitudinally outperforming school districts in the United States, 2009-2013. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 22(2), 438-462.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2021.1977330 - Critical Media Literacy in the Times of Subjective Online Media Consumption
Chang, Y. K., Lei, S. S., & Zhou, X. G. (2023). Critical media literacy in the times of subjective online media consumption. heiEducation Journal, 10, 51-72 - Productive Designs for Successful Failure - Constructionist Perspectives on Supporting Personally Meaningful and Culturally Empowered Learning and Teaching
Holbert, N., Correa, I., & Danzig, B., Zikovitz, D., Blikstein, P., et al. (2023). Productive designs for successful failure: Constructionist perspectives on aupporting personally meaningful and culturally empowered learning and yeaching. Proceedings of Constructionism/ FABLEARN 2023, Carnegie Mellon University. - Interactive Tools for Distributed Community Building and Collaboration in Maker Education
Holbert, N., Correa, I., & Danzig, B. (2023). Interactive tools for distributed community building and collaboration in maker education. In C. Damșa, M. Borge, E. Koh, & M. Worsley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2023, 347-355. - TikTok as a Key Platform for Youth Political Expression: Reflecting on the Opportunities and Stakes Involved
Literat, I., & Kligler-Vilenchik, N. (2023). TikTok as a key platform for youth political expression: Reflecting on the opportunities and stakes involved. Social Media + Society: Special issue on TikTok and activism. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231157595 - AverageYetConfident Men: Chinese Stand-up Comedy and Feminist Discourse on Douyin
Meng, X., & Literat, I. (2023). #AverageYetConfidentMen: Chinese stand-up comedy and feminist discourse on Douyin. Feminist Media Studies, 24(8), 1914–1930. - Work-in-Progress—VR Implementation in Classrooms: A TPACK Perspective
Saito, K., & Lee, J. J. (2023). Work-in-Progress–VR Implementation in classrooms: A TPACK perspective. Immersive Learning Research - Academic, 1(2), 17-23.
https://doi.org/10.56198/ZH3JOHA64
2022:
- Youth Exposure to Endemic Community Gun Violence: A Systematic Review
Bancalari, P., Sommer, M., & Rajan, S. (2022). Youth exposure to endemic community gun violence: A systematic review. Adolescent Research Review, 7(3), 1-35.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-022-00178-5 - Towards Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Heatmaps as Visual Data Analysis of Entire Student Cohort Longitudinal Trajectories and Outcomes from Grade 9 to College
Bowers, A. J., Zhao, Y., & Ho, E. (2022). Towards hierarchical cluster analysis heatmaps as visual data analysis of entire student cohort longitudinal trajectories and outcomes from grade 9 through college. The High School Journal, 106(1), 5-36. - Mapping 16 Equity Indicators to the New York City Schools Public Datasets: Access, Opportunity, and Outcomes
Bowers, A. J., Choi, Y., Shi, H., Sun, F., Sun, H., Williams, J., & Weeks, S. (2022). Mapping 16 Equity Indicators to the New York City Schools Public Datasets: Access, Opportunity, and Outcomes. Columbia Academic Commons.
https://doi.org/10.7916/a143-aq05 - Identifying a Typology of New York City Schools Through Teacher Perceptions of Organizational Capacity: A Latent Class Analysis
Duff, M., & Bowers, A. J. (2022). Identifying a typology of New York City schools through teacher perceptions of organizational capacity: A latent class analysis. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 21(4), 791-815.
- Racial Disparities in Child Exposure to Neighborhood Firearm Violence Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Martin, R., Rajan, S., Shareef, F., Xie, K., Allen, K., Zimmerman, M., & Jay, J. (2022). Racial disparities in child exposure to neighborhood firearm violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 63(2), 204-212.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2022.02.007
- Review of the book Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering, by W. J. Wildman & K. J. Stockly
Oliver, K. M. (2022). Book Review: Wesley J. Wildman and Kate J. Stockly, Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering. Anglican Theological Review, 105(1), 118-119.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00033286221146763
- Intentional Gun Violence in K-12 schools: Moving Towards a Preventive (Versus Reactive) Framework
Rajan, S., Reeping, P. M., Ladhani, Z., Vasudevan, L. M., & Branas, C. C. (2022). Intentional gun violence in K-12 schools: Moving towards a preventive (versus reactive) framework. Preventive Medicine, , 165(Part A),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107280
- State Firearm Laws, Gun Ownership, and K-12 School Shootings:
Reeping, P. M., Klarevas, L. J., Rajan, S., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Heinze, J., Zeoli, A. M., Goyal, M. K., Zimmerman, M., & Branas, C. C. (2022). State gun laws, gun ownership, and K-12 school shootings: Implications for school safety. Journal of School Violence, 21(2), 132-146.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2021.2018332