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Research Interests
Sociocultural and sociopolitical theories of learning; engineering and computer science education; participatory design research; qualitative methods in education research.
Education/Academic qualification
Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology, PhD, University of California at Berkeley
… → 2016
Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
… → 2016
Electrical Engineering, MS, University of California at Los Angeles
… → 2007
Electrical Engineering, BS, University of California at Los Angeles
… → 2006
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Co‐designing STEM Education with Communities: Centering History, Heterogeneity, Power, and Place
Vakil, S., Pinkard, N. & ross, K. M.
9/15/23 → 8/31/28
Project: Research project
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Jamming power: Youth agency and community-driven science in a critical technology learning program
Vakil, S., Reith, A. & Melo, N. A., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 60, 8, p. 1723-1754 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Youth as philosophers of technology
Vakil, S. & McKinney de Royston, M., 2022, In: Mind, Culture, and Activity. 29, 4, p. 336-355 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations -
Data literacies and social justice: Exploring critical data literacies through sociocultural perspectives
Irgens, G. A., Knight, S., Wise, A. F., Philip, T. M., Olivares, M. C., van Wart, S., Vakil, S., Marshall, J., Parikh, T., Lopez, M. L., Wilkerson, M. H., Gutiérrez, K., Jiang, S. & Kahn, J. B., 2020, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. Gresalfi, M. & Horn, I. S. (eds.). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), p. 406-413 8 p. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Reconceptualizing learning: A critical task for knowledge-building and teaching
McKinney de Royston, M., Pea, R., Nasir, N. S., Lee, C., Cole, M., Packer, M., Kuhl, P., Meltzoff, A., Offidani-Bertrand, C., Harris, K., Velez, G., Beale-Spencer, M., Rogers, L. O., Josiah Rosario, R., Cielto, J., Rosado-May, F., Urrieta, L., Dayton, A., Rogoff, B., McDermott, R., & 45 others, 2020, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings. Gresalfi, M. & Horn, I. S. (eds.). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), p. 484-490 7 p. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Researching race in computer science education: Demystifying key vocabulary and methods colleen m. lewis (moderator)
Lewis, C. M., Goode, J., Scott, A., Shah, N. & Vakil, S., Feb 26 2020, SIGCSE 2020 - Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. p. 171-172 2 p. (SIGCSE 2020 - Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access7 Scopus citations