Caroline “Caro” Williams-Pierce Assistant Professor (she/her/hers) College of Information Studies University of Maryland, College Park Patuxent #2109G College Park, MD 20742 [email protected]

FORMAL AND DEGREES

Aug. 2016 Ph.D. in Mathematics Education Department of Curriculum & Instruction University of – Madison Advisor: Dr. Amy B. Ellis Committee: Dr. Mitchell Nathan, Dr. David Landy, Dr. Erica Halverson, & Dr. Eric Knuth Dissertation: Multiplying Fractions and LittleBigPlanet 2: Playing to Learn

May 2010 M.A., Mathematics and Education (joint degree) University of Wisconsin – Madison Departments of Curriculum & Instruction and Mathematics Advisor: Dr. Amy B. Ellis Committee: Dr. Eric Knuth & Dr. David Griffeath Thesis: Algebra and No Child Left Behind: Standardized tests and algebraic complexity

May 2004 Bachelors in Mathematics University of Maine at Fort Kent Advisors: Dr. Marion “Penny” Albert & Dr. John Elliot

POSITIONS HELD

Aug. 2019 – Assistant Professor Present College of Information Sciences University of Maryland, College Park

Aug. 2015 – Assistant Professor Aug. 2019 School of Education, Department of Educational Theory & Practice University at Albany, SUNY Continued affiliation for the academic year 2019-2020.

May 2011 – Research Team Member, Mitchell Nathan & Martha Alibali, co-P.I.s May 2017 Tangibility for Teaching, Learning, and Communicating Mathematics (TANG) University of Wisconsin – Madison

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Sept. 2014 – Project Assistant, Percival Matthews, P.I. Aug. 2015 Mathematics Education Learning & Development (MELD) Lab University of Wisconsin – Madison

Sept. 2014 – Project Assistant, Amy B. Ellis, P.I., Elise Lockwood, Erik Tillema, & Kevin Aug. 2015 Moore, Co-P.I.s Generalization Across Multiple Mathematical Areas (GAMMA) University of Wisconsin – Madison

June 2013 – Project Assistant, Constance Steinkuehler & Kurt Squire, Co-Directors Aug. 2014 Games+Learning+Society Center Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Sept. 2012 – Teaching Assistant, Ryan Martinez & Kurt Squire, instructors May 2013 Curriculum & Instruction 277: Videogames and Learning University of Wisconsin – Madison

Oct. 2010 – Research Team Member, Constance Steinkuehler, P.I. Nov. 2013 PopCosmo Research Lab University of Wisconsin – Madison

Sept. 2010 – Project Assistant and Team Member, Amy Ellis, P.I. Feb. 2013 Supporting Students’ Proof Practices through Quantitative Reasoning in Algebra (SPARQ) University of Wisconsin – Madison

Aug. 2009 – Project Assistant, Eric Knuth, P.I., Amy Ellis & Charles Kalish, co-P.I.s Sept. 2012 Understanding and Cultivating the Connections between Students’ Natural Ways of Reasoning and Mathematical Ways of Reasoning (IDIOM) University of Wisconsin – Madison

Aug. 2008 – Faculty Fellow, Melissa Gresalfi, co-P.I. (Sasha Barab, P.I.) June 2009 The Quest Atlantis Project (QA) Indiana University – Bloomington

Sept. 2007 – Project Assistant, Amy Ellis, co-P.I. (Joanne Lobato, P.I.) June 2008 Coordinating Social and Individual Aspects of Generalizing Activity: A Multi- tiered “Focusing Phenomena” Study University of Wisconsin – Madison

Aug. 2007 – Project Assistant, Rovy Branon, Executive Director May 2008 University of Wisconsin System, Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co- Laboratory

Aug. 2006 – Project Assistant, Eric Knuth, P.I., Amy Ellis & Charles Kalish, co-P.I.s

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June 2007 Understanding and Cultivating the Connections between Students’ Natural Ways of Reasoning and Mathematical Ways of Reasoning (IDIOM pilot) University of Wisconsin – Madison

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND CONSULTING

Sept. 2016 – Game Designer & Builder Present Rolly’s Adventure Revising game for touchpads about multiplying proper and improper fractions represented as quantities, based upon dissertation design and research. Graphics by Filament Games, LLC.

April 2015 – Mathematics Education Consultant, Filament Games LLC Aug. 2015 Consulting about math content, representations, and interactions for Take Off!, a mobile puzzle game for young children about addition, subtraction, and place value for the educational game company EkStep. Product shipped.

Sept. 2013 – Game Designer & Builder, Dissertation Game March 2015 Rolly’s Adventure, built and published via LittleBigPlanet 2 Designed and built a game about multiplying proper and improper fractions represented as quantities, with a trajectory designed to ground formal notation in perceptual experiences. Product shipped.

Jan. 2011 – Game Designer, Scott Wilson, Director Sept. 2012 University of Oklahoma K20 Center – Gear Up grant Working as game designer and mathematics educator on the game Me & E, a multiplayer game about the Oklahoma oil industry centered around mathematical concepts from Algebra I and II. Collaborated closely with industry experts in order to maintain authenticity, designed mathematical tasks and assessments aligned with CCSS-M, and worked with fellow designers and on-site programmers. Product shipped.

Aug. 2008 – Game Designer, Sasha Barab, Director, & Melissa Gresalfi, Associate June 2009 Director The Quest Atlantis Project, Indiana University, Bloomington Designed, built, and published various quests centered around learning mathematical concepts including fractions and statistics, as well as River Rumpus, a quest parallel to Cedar Creek, part of Vanderbilt’s Jasper Woodbury video curriculum. Product shipped.

Aug. 2007 – Online Interactive Lesson Design, Rovy Branon, Executive Director May 2008 University of Wisconsin System, Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory (Co-Lab) Co-designed an online algebra preparation class with Moses Wolfenstein. Topics and tentative details were provided virtually by our client, Florida

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Virtual School, the largest K12 online school in the country, which we consequently modified and elaborated appropriately for interactive and online content. We worked hand in hand with the programming team, also on-site at the Co-Lab. Product shipped.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

In submission Co-Principal Investigator with Yla Tausczik Exploring How to Design Data Hackathons to Support Data Science Thinking National Science Foundation, Advancing Informal STEM Learning

In submission Principal Investigation Mathematical Play and Embodied Cognition: Across Ages, Context, and Content National Science Foundation, Advancing Informal STEM Learning

2019 – Present Senior Personnel with Dr. Hortensia Soto (PI) Embodied Mathematical Imagination and Cognition: Professional Development for Undergraduate Mathematics Instructors ($49,326) National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education 6/1/2019-5/30/2021, #1835409

2018 – 2019 Senior Personnel with Dr. Mitchell Nathan (PI) Synthesis and Design Workshop: The Future of Embodied Design for Mathematical Imagination and Cognition ($99,995) National Science Foundation, CyberLearning 9/1/2018 – 8/31/2019, #1825662

2018 –2019 Principal Investigator with Dr. Julie Learned and Dr. Brett Levy (Co-PIs) Toward Inclusive Schools: Expanding Teacher Demographics to Reflect Students ($5,000) School of Education Dean’s Award University at Albany, SUNY This led to the Dean establishing the SoE Diversity Task Force and the Rising Scholars program.

2016 – 2019 Principal Investigator A Provocative Object: Designing an Interactive and Playful Mathematical Experience ($10,000) Faculty Research Award Program – category A University at Albany, SUNY

March 2017 Individual Development Award for professional development ($1,000) New York State/United University Professions Joint Labor-Management

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University at Albany, SUNY

Spring 2014 Department of Curriculum & Instruction Conference Travel Grant University of Wisconsin – Madison

Fall 2013 – James B. and Susan Solie Patterson Graduate Student Award ($7,500) Spring 2014 University of Wisconsin – Madison

Fall 2013 Vilas Conference Presentation Travel Grant University of Wisconsin – Madison

Spring 2013 Department of Curriculum & Instruction Conference Travel Grant University of Wisconsin – Madison

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Research and Publications in Progress

Zandieh, M., Plaxco, D., Williams-Pierce, C., & Amresh, A. (in preparation). Using three fields of education research to frame the development of digital games. To be submitted to For the Learning of Mathematics.

Abrahamson, D., Nathan, M.J., Williams-Pierce, C., Walkington, C., Ottmar, E., Soto, H., & Alibali, M.W. (in preparation). The future of embodied design for mathematics teaching and learning. To be submitted to Frontiers in Education (special issue on Future of STEM Education: Multiple Perspectives from Researchers).

Walkoe, J., Williams-Pierce, C., & Flood, V. (in preparation). Seeing learning: Teacher noticing and embodied cognition.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Williams-Pierce, C., & Thevenow-Harrison, J.T. (in revision). Mathematical play: Failure and learning.

Williams-Pierce, C. & Dogan, M.F. (in revision). When generalizing is just playing the game.

Dogan, M.F. & Williams-Pierce, C. (under review – round 2). The role of generic examples in teachers’ proving activities.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2019). Designing for mathematical play: Failure and feedback. Information and Learning Sciences, 120(9/10), 589-610. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-03-2019-0027

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Dogan, M.F. & Williams-Pierce, C. (2019). Supporting teacher proving practices with three phases of proof. Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 11(3), 48-59. https://ojs.cumbria.ac.uk/index.php/TEAN/article/view/565

Pier, E., Walkington, C., Clinton, V., Boncoddo, R., Williams-Pierce, C.C., Alibali, M., & Nathan, M. (2019). Embodied truths: How dynamic gestures and transformational speech contribute to mathematical proof practices. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, 44-57.

Walkington, C., Cooper, J., Leonard, O., Williams-Pierce, C., & Kalish, C. (2018). Middle school students' and mathematicians' judgments of mathematical typicality. Journal of Numerical Cognition (special issue on Psychology and mathematics education: Bridging approaches to research for understanding the learning and teaching of number), 4(1), 243-270.

Williams-Pierce, C., Pier, E., Walkington, C., Clinton, V., Boncoddo, R. Nathan, M., & Alibali, M. (2017). What we say and how we do: Action, gesture, and language in proving. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 48(3), 248-260.

Williams-Pierce, C. & Swartz, T. (2016). Learning by design: Teacher Pioneers. On the Horizon (special issue on New forms in education), 24(3), 268-279.

Ellis, A.B., Ozgur, Z., Kulow, T., Williams, C., & Amidon, J. (2015). Quantifying exponential growth: Three conceptual shifts in coordinating multiplicative and additive growth. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 39, 135-155. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0732312315000450

Nathan, M., Walkington, C., Boncoddo, R., Pier, E., Williams, C., & Alibali, M. (2014). Actions speak louder with words: The roles of action and pedagogical language for grounding mathematical reasoning. Learning and Instruction, 33, 182-193. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959475214000450

Nathan, M.J., Srisurichan, R., Walkington, C., Wolfgram, M., Williams, C., & Alibali, M. (2013). Building cohesion across representations: A mechanism for STEM integration. Journal of Engineering Education (Special issue on Representations in engineering education), 102(1), 77-116.

Williams, C.C. (2011). LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4: Being Old Sack Snake. Well Played, 1(1). http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/content/volume-1-number-1

Williams, K., & Williams, C. (2011). Five key ingredients for improving motivation. Research in Higher Education Journal, 11. http://aabri.com/manuscripts/11834.pdf

Steinkuehler, C., & Williams, C. (2009). Math as narrative in WoW forum discussions. International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(3).

Halverson, R., Wolfenstein, M., Williams, C., & Rockman, C. (2009). Remembering math: The design of digital learning objects to spark professional learning. E-Learning, 6(1), 97-118.

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Hyde, J. S., Lindberg, S. M., Linn, M. C., Ellis, A., & Williams, C. (2008). Gender similarities characterize math performance. Science, 321, 494-5.

Edited Books and Special Issues * indicates student co-author at the University at Albany, SUNY

*Tian, Y., *Rivera, S., *Wood, J., *Persson, P., *Richardson, Z., *Steele, K., *Furcinito, E., *Doe, L.W., *Reddick, P., *Hafner, C., *Delk, A., *Marquardt, H., *Slocum, E., *Jones, F., *Babcock, S., *Addico, N., *O’Donnell, K., *Shokeen, E., & Williams-Pierce, C. (Eds.) (2018). Learning by playing: Game-based lessons for the classroom. Available online via Amazon Inspire (https://tinyurl.com/ycvhx7yn).

*Tian, Y., Vickers, J., *Bornstein, K., *Weiss, R., *Smith, S., & Williams-Pierce, C. (Eds.) (2018). Changing the game: Implementing gaming into the classroom. Available online via Amazon Inspire (https://tinyurl.com/y9teqplv).

Williams, C. (Ed.). (2016). Teacher pioneers: Visions from the edge of the map. Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press.

Duncan, S., Williams, C. (Co-Guest Eds.) & Davidson, D. (Ed.) (2015). Well Played: A journal on video games, values and meaning (4)1 (special issue from the 7th annual Digital Games Research Association conference and the 10th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference). Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/volume-4-number-1

Ochsner, A., Dietmeier, J., Williams, C., & Steinkuehler, C. (Eds.) (2014). Proceedings of the 10th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference: Vol. 4. Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/gls-10-conference-proceedings

Williams, C., Ochsner, A., Dietmeier, J., & Steinkuehler, C. (Eds.) (2013). Proceedings of the 9th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference: Vol. 3. Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/gls-90-conference-proceedings

Book and Monograph Chapters

Williams-Pierce, C. (invited). Well Played, Well Human. Submitted to Well Played’s 20th Anniversary book.

Williams-Pierce, C. (invited). Embodied mathematics and technology [title tentative].

Rothschild, M., & Williams, C.C. (2015). Apples and coconuts: Young children ‘Kinect-ing’ with mathematics and Sesame Street. In T. Lowrie & R. Jorgensen (Eds.), Digital games and mathematics learning: Potential, promises, and pitfalls (pp. 123-139). New York, NY: Springer.

Ellis, A.B., Ozgur, Z., Kulow, T., Williams, C., & Amidon, J. (2012). Quantifying exponential growth: The case of the Jactus. In R. Mayes & L. Hatfield (Eds.), Quantitative reasoning and

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mathematical modeling: A driver for STEM integrated education and teaching in context (pp. 93-112). Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming.

Martin, C., Williams, C., Ochsner, A., Harris, S. King, E., Anton, G., Elmergreen, J. & Steinkuehler, C. (2012). Playing together separately: Mapping out and social synchronicity. In G. Merchant, J. Gillen, J. Marsh & J. Davies (Eds.), Virtual : Interactive spaces for children and young people (pp. 226-243). London: Routledge.

Knuth, E., Kalish, C., Ellis, A., Williams, C., & Felton, M. (2011). Adolescent reasoning in mathematical and non-mathematical domains: Exploring the paradox. In V. Reyna, S. Chapman, M. Dougherty, & J. Confrey (Eds.), The adolescent brain: Learning, reasoning, and decision making (pp. 183-210). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Martin, C., Chu, S., Johnson, D., Ochsner, A., Williams, C., & Steinkuehler, C. (2011). Ding! World of Warcraft: Well played, well researched. In D. Davidson (Ed.), Well Played 3.0: More perspectives on video games, value and meaning (pp. 252-270). Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press. http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/content/world-warcraft-crystle-martin-sarah-chu-dee-johnson- amanda-ochsner-caro-williams-constance-s

Minor Publications

Nathan, M.J., Williams-Pierce, C., Walkington, C., Abrahamson, D., Ottmar, E., Soto, H., & Alibali, M.W. (2019). DCL Synthesis and Design Workshop: The Future of Embodied Design for Mathematical Imagination and Cognition. White paper available at https://circlcenter.org/events/synthesis-design-workshops, and in submission to the Rapid Community Report series (https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/1229). Last five authors alphabetical by first name.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2019). Mathematical Play: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Through Beautiful Digital Interactions. Invited column in Young Adult Library Services, 17(4), pp. 24-26.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2016). On reading and digital media: Rejoinder to “Digital technology and student cognitive development: The neuroscience of the university classroom.” Invited commentary published in the Journal of Management Education, 40(4), pp. 398-404. DOI: 10.1177/1052562916633867. goo.gl/5vpzWD

Holden, R., & Williams, C. (2014). How can teachers use video games to teach their students mathematics? Research Briefs and Clips, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. http://www.nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=43160 Authorship alphabetical by last name.

Williams, C. (2012). Super Meat Boy: Introduction to the Special Bonus Pack. Well Played, 2(1), p. 27. http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/files/WellPlayed-v2n1-12.pdf

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings ° indicates a student co-author at the University of Maryland, College Park * indicates a student co-author at the University at Albany, SUNY

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^ indicates a K12 teacher co-author

Simpson, A., Williams-Pierce, C., & Kastberg, S. (in submission). When figured worlds fracture: A collaborative environment splintered by a non-collaborative tool. Proposal submitted to the International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Nashville, TN.

°Kang, S., °Shokeen, E., °Byrne, V.L., °Norooz, L., Bonsignore, E., Williams-Pierce, C., & Froehlich, J. (accepted). ARMath: Augmenting everyday life with math learning. Proposal submitted to the Annual ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Honolulu, HI.

Williams-Pierce, C., Plaxco, D., Reimer, P.N., Simpson, A., Orrill, C.H., Burke, J.P., Sinclair, N., Guyevskey, V., Ellis, A.B., & Dogan, M.F. (2019). Mathematical play: Across ages, context, and content. In Otten, S., Candela, A. G., de Araujo, Z., Haines, C., & Munter, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1979-1990). St Louis, MO: University of . 4th – 8th authors alphabetical by first name.

Williams-Pierce, C., & Walkoe, J. (2019). Seeing mathematical learning: Teacher noticing and gesture. In Otten, S., Candela, A. G., de Araujo, Z., Haines, C., & Munter, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 605-606). St Louis, MO: .

Williams-Pierce, C., Plaxco, D., Reimer, P.N., Ellis, A.B., & Dogan, M.F. (2018). Mathematical play: Across age, context, and content. In T. E. Hodges, G. J. Roy, & A. M. Tyminski, (Eds.), Proceedings of the 40th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1507-1514). Greenville, SC: University of South Carolina & Clemson University.

Zandieh, M., Williams-Pierce, C., Plaxco, D., & Amresh, A. (2018). Using three fields of education research to frame the development of digital games. In Bergqvist, E., Österholm, M., Granberg, C., & Sumpter, L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, pp. 459-466). Umeå, Sweden: PME.

Zandieh, M., Plaxco, D., Williams-Pierce, C., & Amresh, A. (2018). Drawing on three fields of education research to frame the development of digital games for inquiry-oriented algebra. In (Eds.) A. Weinberg, C. Rasmussen, J. Rabin, M. Wawro, and S. Brown, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 1270- 1279). San Diego, CA.

Nathan, M.J., Williams-Pierce, C., Abrahamson, D., Ottmar, E., Landy, D., Smith, C., Walkington, C., DeLiema, D., Soto-Johnson, H., Alibali, M.W., & Boncoddo, R. (2017). Embodied Mathematical Imagination and Cognition (EMIC) Working Group. In E. Galindo & J. Newton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th annual conference of the North American chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1497-1506). Indianapolis, IN: Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

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Williams-Pierce, C. (2017). Fractions, mental operations, and a unique digital context. In E. Galindo & J. Newton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th annual conference of the North American chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1349-1352). Indianapolis, IN: Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

Williams-Pierce, C., Walkington, C., Landy, D., Lindgren, R., Levy, S., Nathan, M.J., & Abrahamson, D. (2017). Enabling and understanding embodied STEM learning. In B.K. Smith, M. Borge, E. Mercier, & K.Y. Lim (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, Vol. 2 (pp. 909-912). Philadelphia, PA: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Nathan, M.J., Ottmar, E.R., Abrahamson, D., Williams-Pierce, C., Walkington, C., & Nemirovsky, R. (2016). Embodied Mathematical Imagination and Cognition (EMIC) Working Group. In M.B. Wood, E.E. Turner, M. Civil, M., & J.A. Eli (Eds.), Proceedings of the Psychology of Mathematics Education – North American chapter conference (pp. 1545-1548). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2016). Rolly’s Adventure: Designing a fractions game. In M.B. Wood, E.E. Turner, M. Civil, M., & J.A. Eli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th annual conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics (pp. 1690- 1697). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2016). Provoking mathematical play through hidden deep structures. In C.K. Looi, J.L. Polman, U. Cress, and P. Reimann (Eds.), Transforming Learning, Empowering Learners: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Vol. 2 (pp. 1241-1242). Singapore: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Williams-Pierce, C., Kavaloski, A., Ng, D., Fields, D., Glazer, K., Cook, L., Duncan, S., Dikkers, S., ^Isaacs, S., Hergenrader, T., & Holden, R. (2015). Teacher Pioneers: Adventures with Media, Pedagogy, and Play in K-16 Learning. In K. Caldwell, S. Seyler, A. Ochsner, & C. Steinkuehler (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference: Vol. 5 (pp. 289-291). Madison, WI: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/gls-11- conference-proceedings

Pier, E., Walkington, C., Williams, C., Boncoddo, R., Alibali, M.W., Nathan, M.J., & Waala, J. (2014, June). Hear what they say and watch what they do: Predicting valid mathematical proofs using speech and gesture. In W. Penuel, S.A. Jurow, & K. O’Connor (Eds.), Learning and Becoming in Practice: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Vol. 2 (pp. 649-656). Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences. Winner of ICLS Best Student Paper Award.

Walkington, C., Boncoddo, R., Williams, C., Nathan, M.J., Alibali, M.W., Simon, E., & Pier, E. (2014, June). Being mathematical relations: Dynamic gestures support mathematical reasoning. In W. Penuel, S. A. Jurow, & K. O’Connor (Eds.), Learning and Becoming in Practice: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Vol. 1 (pp. 479-486). Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

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Rothschild, M., Williams, C.C., & Thevenow-Harrison, J.T. (2013, November). Performance assessments. In M.V. Martinez & A.C. Superfine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (p. 1207). Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago.

Boncoddo, R., Williams, C.C., Waala, J., Walkington, C., Pier, E., Dogan, M.F., Nathan, M., & Alibali, M. (2013, November). Gesture as a window to justification and proof. In M.V. Martinez & A.C. Superfine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 229-236). Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago.

Williams, C.C., Pier, E., Walkington, C., Alibali, M.W., Nathan, M., Dogan, M.F., & Boncoddo, R. (2013, November). Broadening what we perceive: A method for analyzing gesture and language. In M.V. Martinez & A.C. Superfine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1260-1263). Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago.

Ellis, A.B., Ozgur, Z., Kulow, T., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C.C., & Amidon, J. (2013, November). Correspondence and covariation: Quantities changing together. In M.V. Martinez & A.C. Superfine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 119-126). Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago.

Lockwood, E., Ellis, A., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C.C., & Knuth, E. (2013, November). Strategically chosen examples leading to proof insight: A case study of a mathematician’s proving process. In M.V. Martinez & A.C. Superfine (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 245-252). Chicago, IL: University of Illinois at Chicago.

Ellis, A., Lockwood, E., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C., & Knuth, E. (2013, July). Choosing and using examples: How example activity can support proof insight. In A.M. Lindmeier & A. Heinze (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 2 (pp. 265-272). Kiel, Germany.

Ozgur, Z., Ellis, A.B., Kulow, T., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C.C., & Amidon, J. (2013, July). How experiences with linear growth influence students' understanding of exponential growth. In A. M. Lindmeier & A. Heinze (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 5 (p. 139). Kiel, Germany.

Ellis, A.B., Ozgur, Z., Kulow, T., Williams, C.C., & Amidon, J. (2013, July). An exponential growth learning trajectory. In A.M. Lindmeier & A. Heinze (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 2 (pp. 273-280). Kiel, Germany.

Rothschild, M., Williams, C.C., & Thevenow-Harrison, J.T. (2013, June). Counting apples and coconuts: Young children ‘Kinect-ing’ Sesame Street and mathematics. In C. Williams, A.

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Ochsner, J. Dietmeier, & C. Steinkuehler (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference: Vol. 3 (pp. 274-280). Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/gls-90-conference-proceedings

Ellis, A., Lockwood, E., Williams, C., Dogan, M., & Knuth, E. (2012, November). Middle school students’ example use in conjecture exploration and justification. In L.R. Van Zoest, J.-J. Lo, & J.L. Kratky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 135-142). Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University.

Lockwood, E., Ellis, A., Dogan, M., Williams, C., & Knuth, E. (2012, November). A framework for mathematicians’ example-related activity when exploring and proving mathematical conjectures. In L.R. Van Zoest, J.-J. Lo, & J.L. Kratky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 151-158). Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University.

Williams, C., Walkington, C., Boncoddo, R., Srisurichan, R., Pier, E., Nathan, M., & Alibali, M. (2012, November). Invisible proof: The role of gestures and action in proof. In L.R. Van Zoest, J.-J. Lo, & J.L. Kratky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 182-189). Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University.

Martin, C., & Williams, C. (2012, June). Game presence and literacy: The visualization of an identity unfocused. In C. Martin, A. Ochsner, & K. Squire (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference: Vol. 2 (pp. 205-208). Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/gls-80-conference-proceedings

Williams, C., Akinsiku, O., Walkington, C., Cooper, J., Ellis, A., Kalish, C., Knuth, E. (2011, October). Understanding students’ similarity and typicality judgments in and out of mathematics. In L.R. Wiest & T. Lamberg (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1180-1189). Reno NV: University of Nevada, Reno.

Cooper, J., Walkington, C., Williams, C., Akinsiku, O., Kalish, C., Ellis, A., Knuth, E. (2011, July). Adolescent reasoning in mathematics: Exploring middle school students’ strategic approaches in empirical justifications. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2188-2193). Austin TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Steinkuehler, C., King, E., Martin, C., Oh, Y., Chu, S., Williams, C., Ochsner, A., Harris, S., Owen, V. E., Anton, G., & Elmergreen, J. (2011, June). Mixed methods to study games and learning. In C. Steinkuehler, C. Martin, & A. Ochsner (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference: Vol. 1 (pp. 223-229). Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/gls-70-conference-proceedings

Steinkuehler, C., King, E., Alagoz, E., Anton, G., Chu, S., Elmergreen, J., Fahser-Herro, D., Harris, S., Martin, C., Ochsner, A., Oh, Y., Owen, V. L., Simkins, D., Williams, C., & Zhang, B. (2011,

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June). Let me know when she stops talking: Using games for learning without colonizing play. In C. Steinkuehler, C. Martin, & A. Ochsner (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference: Vol. 1 (pp. 211-220). Pittsburgh PA: ETC Press. http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/gls-70-conference-proceedings

Williams, C. (2010, October). Algebra and No Child Left Behind: Standardized tests and algebraic complexity. In P. Brosnan, D.B. Erchick, & L. Flevares (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 186-193). Columbus, OH.

Gresalfi, M. & Williams, C. (2009, September). Constructing opportunities to learn: An analysis of teacher moves that position students to engage procedurally and conceptually with content. In S.L. Swars, D.W. Stinson, & S. Lemons-Smit (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education [CD-ROM]. Atlanta, GA.

Williams, C.C. (2008, June). Conflicting Discourses, conflicting values. In P.A. Kirschner, F. Prins, V. Jonker, & G. Kanselaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference for the Learning Sciences: Vol. 3 (pp. 153-154). Utrecht, the Netherlands: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Hand, V.M., DeAnda, P., & Williams, C. (2007, October). “What counts as mathematical activity and who decides?”: The Discourse of mathematics in mathematics education. In T. Lamberg & L.R. Wiest (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education [CD-ROM]. Lake Tahoe, CA.

Other Publications and Press

Five Questions with Faculty: Caro Williams-Pierce (April 26, 2017). Part of the University at Albany, SUNY, faculty interview series. http://www.albany.edu/news/78568.php

The Filament Games Podcast (2-13): Math & Learning Games (August 30, 2016). Guest speaker. https://www.filamentgames.com/blog/fgp2-13-math-learning-games

Connected Learning Alliance webinar titled “Honoring the player: Respectful and inspirational game design” (September 25, 2014). Guest speaker with Erin Hoffman, Matt Rafalow, Rex Beaber, & Dan Norton. http://connectedlearning.tv/honoring-player-respectful-and-inspirational-game-design

Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery: App Awe (July 25, 2014). Williams, C. LittleBigPlanet. http://wid.wisc.edu/wid-culture/app-awe-littlebigplanet

EdGamer Videocast (#139, GLS 10 Recap), via edreach. Guest speaker with Remi Holden & Rex Beaber; hosted by Zack Gilbert & Gerry James (July 12, 2014). http://edreach.us/2014/07/12/edgamer-139-gls10-recap

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Working Examples Project: Hall of Fail. King, B., Steinkuehler, C., Herro, D., Martin, C., Ochsner, A., & Williams, C. (December 20, 2013). Let me know when she stops talking. http://www.workingexamples.org/blog/show/66

Isthmus: The Daily Page. Quoted in Playtime unplugged: Madison designers help reinvent the board game (December 19, 2013). http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=41652

HONORS, AWARDS, & SELECTIVE WORKSHOPS

June 2019 Cyberlearning Workshop Leaders Summit Principles for the Design of Digital STEM Learning Environments Presented draft white paper about the results from the Future of Embodied Design for Mathematical Imagination and Cognition workshop grant https://circlcenter.org/events/synthesis-design-workshops/ SRI International, Arlington, VA

June 2019 LessonSketch Research+Development Fellows Project Summer Writing Retreat Baltimore, MD

2018 – Grant Proposal Writing Seminar Course 2019 One year seminar on grant writing hosted by the Division for Research University at Albany, SUNY

Aug. 2017 Games and Learning Early Career Workshop Drs. Crystle Martin & Owen Gottlieb, Co-Chairs Games for Change Conference

April 2017 Division C New Faculty Mentor Program Drs. Jason Chen & Sonja Lanehart, Co-Chairs American Education Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition

March 2017 CISE Broadening Participation and Education in Computing Meeting Denver, CO

June 2016 ICLS Early Career Workshop Drs. Julia Eberle, Manu Kapur, Nikol Rummel, & Paul Kirschner, Organizers Dr. Manu Kapur, Mentor International Conference of the Learning Sciences

July 2015 GLS Doctoral Consortium Drs. Deborah Fields & David Simkins, Co-Chairs Games+Learning+Society Conference

July 2014 Young Researchers Day

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Dr. Nathalie Sinclair, Organizer Psychology of Mathematics Education International and North American Chapter Joint Conference

Spring 2014 Graduate Peer Mentor Award The Graduate School’s Multicultural Graduate Network Christian Schmieder, Sean Seyler, Amanda Ochsner, Jeremy Dietmeier, & Gabriella Anton University of Wisconsin – Madison

Fall 2013 – James B. and Susan Solie Patterson Graduate Student Award Spring 2014 University of Wisconsin – Madison

2013 – Working Example Mentors 2015 Anna Robertson, Jolene Zywica, and Eric Keylor www.workingexamples.org

2013 – 2015 The Annual Midwest Meeting on Mathematical Thinking (M3T) Drs. Sashank Varma, Percival G. Matthews, and Edward Hubbard The University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin – Madison

May 2013 Division C Graduate Student Seminar Drs. Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia & Erica Halverson, Co-Chairs Dr. Keith Devlin, Mentor American Education Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Spring 2012 Finalist, Spencer Dissertation Fellowship

July 2011 Worked/Working Examples Design Jam Drs. Drew Davidson, , and the MacArthur Foundation Chicago, IL

2008 - 2009 Team Member for Social Justice Mathematics Curriculum Development Led by Dr. Rico Gutstein University of Illinois – Chicago

May 2004 Mathematics/Science Award University of Maine at Fort Kent

LIST OF PRESENTATIONS ° indicates a student co-author at the University of Maryland, College Park * indicates a student co-author at the University at Albany, SUNY ^ indicates a K12 teacher co-author

Peer-Reviewed Research Conference Presentations

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°Katirci, N., Chen, L., °Shokeen, E., *Tian, Y., *Yasenchak, T., & Williams-Pierce, C. (accepted). Bridging between mathematical play and formal mathematics. To be presented at the 14th International Congress of Mathematics Education. Shanghai, China.

Chen, L., Williams-Pierce, C., Jing, M., & Verschaffel, L. (in submission). An investigation on rural mathematics teachers’ professional development in rural China. Submitted to the 14th International Congress on Mathematics Education. Shanghai, China.

Walkoe, J., Williams-Pierce, C., °Shokeen, E., °Walton, M., & Flood, V. (accepted). Teacher noticing professional development: Re-embodying the dis-embodied. Roundtable presentation to be presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, CA.

°Katirci, N., °Shokeen, E., & Williams-Pierce, C. (accepted). Exploring touch and communicative gestures’ role in mathematical thinking. Roundtable presentation to be presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, CA.

Williams-Pierce, C., °Katirci, N., Chen, L., °Shokeen, E., *Yasenchak, T., & *Tian, Y. (2019, September). Bridging from mathematical play to formal mathematics. Presented at the 4th International Symposium of Turkish Computer and Mathematics Education. İzmir, Çeşme, Turkey.

Williams-Pierce, C., & *Tian, Y. (2019, April). Perceiving fractions through failure: Punishment, feedback, and reflection. In D. Lui, D. DeLiema, J. Ryoo, & Y. Kafai (Chairs), Failure in the learning process: How learners experience and overcome obstacles through resources and supports. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Toronto, Canada.

Zandieh, M., Williams-Pierce, C., Plaxco, D., & Amresh, A. (2018, July). Using three fields of education research to frame the development of digital games. Research Report presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Umeå, Sweden.

Zandieh, M., Plaxco, D., Williams-Pierce, C., & Amresh, A. (2018, February). Drawing on three fields of education research to frame the development of digital games for inquiry-oriented algebra. Presentation at the 2018 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. San Diego, CA.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2017, October). Fractions, mental operations, and a unique digital context. Brief Research Report presented at the Psychology of Mathematics Education – North American Chapter conference. Indianapolis, IN.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2017, April). Designing provocative objects for mathematical play. Paper presented at the 2017 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Antonio, TX.

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*Tian, Y. & Williams-Pierce, C. (2017, April). Bills, coins, and candy canes: Student produced representations of quantities. Poster presented at the 2017 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Antonio, TX.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2016, November). Rolly’s Adventure: Designing a fractions game. Brief research report presented at the Psychology of Mathematics Education – North American Chapter conference. Tucson, AZ.

Williams-Pierce, C. (2016, June). Provoking mathematical play through hidden deep structures. Poster presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Singapore: National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technical University.

Williams-Pierce, C., Kavaloski, A., Ng, D., Fields, D., Glazer, K., Cook, L., Duncan, S., Dikkers, S., ^Isaacs, S., Hergenrader, T., & Holden, R. (2015, June). Teacher Pioneers: Adventures with media, pedagogy, and play in K-16 learning. Panel conducted at the 11th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Williams-Pierce, C.C. (2015, April). LittleBigPlanet 2: Designing for multiplicative reasoning with fractions. In P. Matthews & C. Williams-Pierce (Chairs), Fractions learning: One subject, multiple perspectives. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Chicago, IL.

Williams, C.C. (2014, August). The LittleBigPlanet series and our past, present, and future. Paper presented at the Well Played Summit at the 7th annual Digital Games Research Association. Wasatch Mountains, UT.

Williams, C.C. (2014, August). A word game becomes a game game: Filling in the blanks. Experiential learning event conducted at the 7th annual Digital Games Research Association. Wasatch Mountains, UT.

Donovan, A., Boncoddo, R., Williams, C.C., Walkington, C., Pier, E., Waala, J., Nathan, M., & Alibali, M. (2014, July). Action, gesture, and abstraction in mathematical learning. In thematic panel From Action to Abstraction: Exploring the Relation between Gesture and Action in Learning and Communicating. Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the Society for Gesture Studies: Gesture in Interaction. San Diego, CA.

Pier, E., Walkington, C., Williams, C., Boncoddo, R., Alibali, M.W., Nathan, M.J., & Waala, J. (2014, June). Hear what they say and watch what they do: Predicting valid mathematical proofs using speech and gesture. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Boulder, CO.

Walkington, C., Boncoddo, R., Williams, C., Nathan, M.J., Alibali, M.W., Simon, E., & Pier, E. (2014, June). Being mathematical relations: Dynamic gestures support mathematical reasoning. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Boulder, CO.

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Rothschild, M., Williams, C.C., & Thevenow-Harrison, J.T. (2013, November). Performance assessments. Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Chicago, IL.

Boncoddo, R., Williams, C.C., Waala, J., Walkington, C., Pier, E., Dogan, M.F., Nathan, M., & Alibali, M. (2013, November). Gesture as a window to justification and proof. Research report presented at the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Chicago, IL.

Williams, C.C., Pier, E., Walkington, C., Alibali, M.W., Nathan, M., Dogan, M.F., & Boncoddo, R. (2013, November). Broadening what we perceive: A method for analyzing gesture and language. Brief research report presented at the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Chicago, IL.

Ellis, A.B., Ozgur, Z., Kulow, T., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C.C., & Amidon, J. (2013, November). Correspondence and covariation: Quantities changing together. Research report presented at the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Chicago, IL.

Lockwood, E., Ellis, A., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C.C., & Knuth, E. (2013, November). Strategically chosen examples leading to proof insight: A case study of a mathematician’s proving process. Research report presented at the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Chicago, IL.

Ellis, A., Lockwood, E., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C., & Knuth, E. (2013, July). Choosing and using examples: How example activity can support proof insight. Paper presented at the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kiel, Germany.

Ozgur, Z., Ellis, A.B., Kulow, T., Dogan, M.F., Williams, C.C., & Amidon, J. (2013, July). How experiences with linear growth influence students' understanding of exponential growth. Poster presented at the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kiel, Germany.

Ellis, A.B., Ozgur, Z., Kulow, T., Williams, C.C., & Amidon, J. (2013, July). An exponential growth learning trajectory. Paper presented at the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kiel, Germany.

Rothschild, M., Williams, C.C., & Thevenow-Harrison, J.T. (2013, June). Counting apples and coconuts: Young children ‘Kinect-ing’ Sesame Street and mathematics. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Cooper, J.L., Williams, C.C., Young, A., & Kalish, C. (2013, May). Middle school students and strategic inductive generalization based on example typicality. In E. Knuth (Chair), Choosing and Using Examples: A Promising Road to Proof? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, CA.

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Ellis, A., Lockwood, E., Williams, C.C., Dogan, M., Young, A., & Knuth, E. (2013, May). How students use examples when developing proofs. In E. Knuth (Chair), Choosing and Using Examples: A Promising Road to Proof? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, CA.

Lockwood, E., Ellis, A., Dogan, M., Williams, C.C., & Knuth, E. (2013, May). Mathematicians’ example-related activity when exploring and proving mathematical conjectures. In E. Knuth (Chair), Choosing and Using Examples: A Promising Road to Proof? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, CA.

Ellis, A., Kulow, T., Ozgur, Z., Williams, C.C., Amidon, J., & Dogan, M.F. (2013, April). Understanding exponential growth: Three conceptual shifts in creating multiplicative rates of change. Roundtable conducted at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, CA.

Ellis, A., Lockwood, E., Williams, C., Dogan, M., & Knuth, E. (2012, November). Middle school students’ example use in conjecture exploration and justification. Research report presented at the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kalamazoo, MI.

Lockwood, E., Ellis, A., Dogan, M., Williams, C., & Knuth, E. (2012, November). A framework for mathematicians’ example-related activity when exploring and proving mathematical conjectures. Brief research report presented at the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kalamazoo, MI.

Williams, C., Walkington, C., Boncoddo, R., Srisurichan, R., Pier, E., Nathan, M., & Alibali, M. (2012, November). Invisible proof: The role of gestures and action in proof. Research report presented at the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kalamazoo, MI.

Walkington, C., Nathan, M., Alibali, M., Pier, E.L., Boncoddo, R., & Williams, C.C. (2013, April). Projection as a mechanism for grounding mathematical justification in embodied action. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Francisco, CA.

Ellis, A., Lockwood, E., Zaslavsky, O., Buchbinder, O., Sabouri, P., Williams, C., Dogan, M.F., & Knuth, E. (2013, April). How does example use influence conjecturing and proving? Symposium conducted at the Research Pressession of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Exposition. Denver, CO.

Dogan, M.F., Williams, C.C., Walkington, C., & Nathan, M. (2013, April). Body-based examples when exploring conjectures: Embodied resources and mathematical proof. Poster presentation conducted at the Research Pressession of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Exposition. Denver, CO.

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Martin, C., & Williams, C. (2012, June). Game presence and literacy: The visualization of an identity unfocused. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Nathan, M., Srisurichan, R., Walkington, C., Williams, C., & Alibali, M. (2012, April). How STEM integration is produced and maintained in the high school engineering classroom. Paper presented at the 2012 P-12 Engineering and Design Education Research Summit. Washington, DC.

Ellis, A., Kulow, T., Ozgur, Z., Williams, C., & Amidon, J. (2012, April). Proof in mathematics teaching: Quantitatively-based arguments. In M. Cirillo (Chair), The Notion of Proof in Mathematics Teaching: Is It Changing? Paper presented at the Research Pressession of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Exposition. Philadelphia, PA.

Steinkuehler, C., & Williams, C. (2012, April). Reading, Videogames & Interest. In C. Steinkuehler (Chair), Massively multiplayer online games, teenage guys, and learning: Experiments in an after school game-based casual learning lab. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Vancouver, BC.

Walkington, C., Srisurichan, R., Nathan, M., Williams, C., & Alibali, M. (2012, April). Grounding geometry justifications in concrete embodied experience: The link between action and cognition. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Vancouver, BC.

Williams, C., Akinsiku, O., Walkington, C., Cooper, J., Ellis, A., Kalish, C., Knuth, E. (2011, October). Understanding students’ similarity and typicality judgments in and out of mathematics. Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Reno, NV.

Cooper, J., Walkington, C., Williams, C., Akinsiku, O., Kalish, C., Ellis, A., Knuth, E. (2011, July). Adolescent reasoning in mathematics: Exploring middle school students’ strategic approaches in empirical justifications. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin TX.

Steinkuehler, C., King, E., Martin, C., Oh, Y., Chu, S., Williams, C., Ochsner, A., Harris, S., Owen, V. E., Anton, G., & Elmergreen, J. (2011, June). Mixed methods to study games and learning. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Steinkuehler, C., King, E., Alagoz, E., Anton, G., Chu, S., Elmergreen, J., Fahser-Herro, D., Harris, S., Martin, C., Ochsner, A., Oh, Y., Owen, V. L., Simkins, D., Williams, C., & Zhang, B. (2011, June). Let me know when she stops talking: Using games for learning without colonizing play. Hall of Failure paper presented at the 7th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

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Williams, C., & Martin, C. (2011, June). Game presence and literacy: A methodology. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Williams, C. (2011, June). LittleBigPlanet 2: Adorably powerful authorship. Experiential learning event at the 7th Annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Williams, C. (2011, April). "Shadow has crap scaling – FACT": The intertwining of mathematics and narrative on a game forum. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. New Orleans, LA.

Knuth, E., Ellis, A., Kalish, C., Williams, C.C., Akinsiku, O., Cooper, J., & Walkington, C. (2011, April). The role of similarity and typicality in students' inferential reasoning. Poster presented at the Research Presession of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Exposition. Indianapolis, IN.

Martin, C., Williams, C., Steinkuehler, C., Ochsner, A., King, E., & Anton, G. (2011, February). Playing together separately: Mapping out literacy and social synchronicity. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Assembly of Research. Madison, WI.

Williams, C. (2010, October). Algebra and No Child Left Behind: Standardized tests and algebraic complexity. Brief research report presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Columbus, OH.

Williams, C. (2010, June). Mathematics and LittleBigPlanet: The X and Y of platforming. Experiential learning event at the 6th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Gresalfi, M. & Williams, C. (2009, September). Constructing opportunities to learn: An analysis of teacher moves that position students to engage procedurally and conceptually with content. Research report presented at the 31st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Atlanta, GA.

Williams, C. & Steinkuehler, C. (2009, June). Mathematics in a World of Warcraft forum: Identity and argumentation. Paper presented at the 5th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI.

Barab, S., Gresalfi, M., Ingram-Goble, A., Pettyjohn, P., Volk, C., Williams, C., Solomou, M., & Gentry, E. (2009, June). Transformational play: Why educators should care about games. Paper presented at the 5th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Ellis, A., Kalish, C., Knuth, E. & Williams, C. (2009, April). Understanding the connections between students' ways of reasoning and mathematical ways of reasoning. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Diego, CA.

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Halverson, R.R., Wolfenstein, M.B., Williams, C., & Rockman, C. (2009, April). Remembering math: The design of digital learning objects to spark professional learning. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. San Diego, CA.

Ellis, A.B., Hyde, J., Lindberg, S., Linn, M., & Williams, C. (2009, April). Girls perform equally as well as boys on state assessments. Paper presented at the Research Presession of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Exposition. Washington, D.C.

Williams, C. (2008, March). Middle-school mathematics teachers: What is valued within the classroom? Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition. New York City, NY.

Hand, V.M., DeAnda, P., & Williams, C. (2007, October). “What counts as mathematical activity and who decides?”: The Discourse of mathematics in mathematics education. Paper presented at the 29th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Lake Tahoe, CA.

Keynotes, Plenaries, & Invited Conference Presentations

To be Human-Computer Interaction Symposium conducted Invited plenary: Designing Feedback & Failure in Videogames (AKA: Why May 28 You Should Sometimes Set Players On Fire) University of Maryland, College Park

June 2019 Young Adult Library Services Association Invited panelist on the President’s Program: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Assessment and Outcomes American Libraries Association’s Annual Conference & Exhibition Washington, DC

April 2015 Playful Learning Summit Invited keynote: Living in the future: Learning, playing, creating, sharing. University of Wisconsin – Whitewater

April 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association Invited poster: Connected cognitive ethnography of online games with Steinkuehler, C., King, E., Alagoz, E., Anton, G., Chu, S., Elmergreen, J., Fahser, D., Harris, S., Martin, C., Ochsner, A., Oh, Y., Owen, L., Simkins, D., & Zhang, B. New Orleans, LA

Professional Development and Practitioner-Oriented Conferences * indicates student co-author at the University at Albany, SUNY ^ indicates a K12 teacher co-author

Nov. 2017 New York Library Association Annual Conference & Trade Show

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Project LAMP: Libraries as Arenas for Mathematical Play Lightning Round Presentation with *Sturdy Knight Saratoga Springs, NY

Aug. 2017 Games in Education Symposium Play and Discuss the Dragonbox Math Games! Workshop with *Sturdy Knight and *Nihal Katirci Albany, NY

Aug. 2016 Games in Education Symposium Moderator for Teacher Pioneers: Learning by Playing and Designing panel with ^Steve Isaacs, Laini Kavaloski, ^John Fallon, and ^Paul Darvasi Troy, NY

Jan. 2011 iMathination Teacher Professional Development Conference (invited) Using Digital Gaming to Supplement Mathematical Thinking and Learning Presentation with Seann Dikkers Chicago Teachers' Center at Northeastern Illinois University's College of Education

Jan. 2010 iMATHination Teacher Professional Development Conference (invited) Mainstream Computer Gaming and Math Skills Presentation with Seann Dikkers Chicago Teachers' Center at Northeastern Illinois University's College of Education

Conference Session Discussant

April, 2015 The Design of Teacher Tools, Evaluative Tools and Learning Environments that Promote Motivation and Design Thinking American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition Chicago, IL

June, 2013 Math Games Games+Learning+Society Conference Madison, WI

June, 2012 Embodied Cognition with Candace Walkington Games+Learning+Society Conference Madison, WI

June, 2012 Math Education Games+Learning+Society Conference Madison, WI

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June, 2011 Math and Probabilistic Reasoning Games+Learning+Society Conference Madison, WI

Conference Session, Working Group, and Pre-Session Chairing, Presiding, Organizing, and Mentoring

To occur Invited Chair for the Learning session May 2020 Human-Computer Interaction Symposium University of Maryland, College Park

Nov. 2019 Mathematical Play: Across Ages, Context, and Content Working group conducted with David Plaxco, Paul Reimer, Amanda Simpson, Chandra Orrill, James Burke, Nathalie Sinclair, Victoria Guyevskey, Amy B. Ellis, and M. Fatih Dogan Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education St. Louis, MO

Nov. 2018 Invited Mentor for Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Technology Graduate Student Mentor Lunches Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Greenville, SC

Nov. 2018 Mathematical Play: Across Ages, Context, and Content Working group conducted with David Plaxco, Paul Reimer, Amy B. Ellis, and M. Fatih Dogan Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Greenville, SC

Apr. 2018 Invited Chair for Pre-K and Elementary Students’ Mathematical Reasoning Processes American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition New York, NY

Oct. 2017 Embodied Mathematical Imagination and Cognition (EMIC) Working group conducted with Mitchell J. Nathan, Dor Abrahamson, Erin Ottmar, David Landy, Carmen Smith, Candace Walkington, David DeLiema, Hortensia Soto-Johnson, Martha W. Alibali, and Rebecca Boncoddo Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

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Indianapolis, IN

Aug. 2017 Invited Moderator for Innovations in Educational Designs – Content Instructional Strategies School of Education Day University at Albany, SUNY

June 2017 Enabling and understanding embodied STEM learning Pre-conference workshop conducted with David Landy & Mitchell J. Nathan International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Philadelphia, PA

April 2017 Invited Session Organizer for Diverse Research, Participation and Voices in Digital Media and Learning Poster session for the Special Interest Group of Media, Culture, & Learning American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition San Antonio, TX

April 2017 Invited Chair for Using Digital Media to Inform Learning, Pedagogy and Assessment American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition San Antonio, TX

Nov. 2016 Embodied Mathematical Imagination and Cognition (EMIC) Working group conducted with Mitchell J. Nathan, Dor Abrahamson, Candace Walkington, & Martha Alibali Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Tucson, AZ

July 2015 Chair for symposium Teacher Pioneers: Adventures with Media, Pedagogy, and Play in K-16 Learning Games+Learning+Society Conference Madison, WI

April 2015 Invited Chair for Inquiries in Mathematics Education American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition Chicago, IL

April 2015 Co-Chair for symposium Fractions learning: One subject, multiple perspectives with Percival Matthews American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and

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Exhibition Chicago, IL

April 2013 Invited Chair for Computation and Physical Objects/Interfaces American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition San Francisco, CA

Nov. 2012 Invited Sessions Presider for two sessions: Technology-Enhanced Learning of Fractions and Rational Expressions, Parts I and II Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Kalamazoo, MI

Other Presentations, Workshops, & Seminars * indicates student co-author at the University at Albany, SUNY

To occur Educational Psychology Colloquium Mar. 10, Guest Speaker: Designing for Mathematical Play: Failure & Feedback 2020 University of Maryland, College Park

Oct. 2019 Human-Computer Interaction Lab talk series Guest Speaker: Designing for Mathematical Play: Failure & Feedback University of Maryland, College Park https://youtu.be/OfMKHP_YZGo

May 2019 Synthesis and Design Workshop: The Future of Embodied Design for Mathematical Imagination and Cognition Presentation: Designing for – and Seeing – Mathematical Play University of Wisconsin – Madison

Mar. 2018 Albany Consortium for Research in Instructional Design and Theory (ACRIDAT) Guest Speaker: When Playing is Learning: A Conversation about Games University at Albany, SUNY

Jan. 2018 Commitment to Education Day Invited Video: I Study Videogames for a Living For UAlbany Athletics and 1200 K12 students

Nov. 2017 College of Education Invited Speaker: Learning Through Mathematical Play For Dr. Florence Sullivan University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Sept. 2017 Master Teachers

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Invited Workshop: Playing with Math & Games University at Albany, SUNY

Aug. 2017 School of Education Day Paper Presentation: Designing provocative objects for mathematical play University at Albany, SUNY

Aug. 2017 School of Education Day Poster Presentation with *Yan Tian: Bills, coins, and candy canes: Student produced representations of quantities University at Albany, SUNY

Apr. 2017 Facilitated a hands-on workshop with MaxQDA Limited to eight participants University at Albany, SUNY

Mar. 2017 Co-facilitated a discussion with *Fode Diop about videogames, learning, and representation Multicultural Resource Center University at Albany, SUNY

Oct. 2016 Albany Consortium for Research in Instructional Design and Theory (ACRIDAT) Guest Speaker: Rolly’s Adventure: Designing a Fractions Game University at Albany, SUNY

Sep. 2016 School of Education Day Poster Presentation: Provoking Mathematical Play through Hidden Deep Structures University at Albany, SUNY

July 2016 TEDU 651: Mathematics Education Foundations and Current Issues Invited Video: https://youtu.be/jDS0i_BlO68 For Dr. Stephen Tucker Virginia Commonwealth University

May 2015 Computer Game Design and Development classes Invited Speaker: Designing Games in LittleBigPlanet 2 For Steve Isaacs, Grade 8 teacher William Annin Middle School, Basking Ridge, NJ

Nov. 2014 Math 499: Undergraduate Student Seminar Invited Speaker: Digital Media: New Ways of Seeing (and Doing) Mathematics For Dr. Selenne Banuelos California State University, Channel Islands

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Nov. 2014 Math 599: Graduate Student Seminar Invited Speaker: Designing for a Playful Experience: Mathematics and Digital Media For Dr. Ivona Grzegorczyk California State University, Channel Islands

Nov. 2014 Expanding Your Horizons Conference Conducted Game Design and Pitch workshops for middle school girls with Amanda Ochsner, Amanda Barany, & Shannon Harris University of Wisconsin – Madison

Oct. 2014 Curriculum & Instruction 712: Introduction to Curriculum & Instruction Guest Panelist on a C&I Graduate Student Experiences Panel For Drs. Bernadette Baker & Julia Koza University of Wisconsin – Madison

July 2014 Midwest Meeting of Mathematical Thinking (M3T) LittleBigPlanet 2: Designing for Multiplicative Reasoning with Fractions University of Wisconsin – Madison

June 2014 Educational Foundations 210: Introduction to Education and Teaching Guest Lecturer: Educational Philosophy For Dr. Elizabeth King University of Wisconsin – Whitewater

May 2014 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Discovery Challenge Counting apples and coconuts: Young children ‘Kinect-ing’ Sesame Street and Mathematics with Meagan Rothschild and Jordan Thevenow-Harrison University of Wisconsin – Madison

Oct. 2013 Curriculum & Instruction 277: Videogames and Learning Guest Lecturer: Games and Mathematics For Dr. Constance Steinkuehler University of Wisconsin – Madison

Jan. 2013 EverCon Gaming Convention Videogames and Learning with Amanda Ochsner, Gabriella Anton, Amanda Barany, and Keari Bell-Gawne Weston, Wisconsin

Oct. 2012 Psychology 411: Psychology of Technology Guest Lecturer: Educational Videogames For Dr. C. Shawn Green University of Wisconsin – Madison

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Oct. 2012 Curriculum & Instruction 227: Videogames and Learning Guest Lecturer: "Shadow has crap scaling – FACT": The Intertwining of Mathematics and Narrative on a Game Forum. For Ryan Martinez, Lecturer University of Wisconsin – Madison

May 2012 Doctoral Research Program Educational Research Conference Game presence and literacy: A methods workshop with Crystle Martin University of Wisconsin - Madison

May 2012 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Discovery Challenge Focus and presence: Shifting between informational, digital, and physical with Crystle Martin University of Wisconsin - Madison

Jan. 2012 EverCon Gaming Convention Games and Education: Why Games Are Good For You (or: the most delicious broccoli you’ve ever had to eat) with Crystle Martin and Gabriella Anton Weston, Wisconsin

Dec. 2011 Psychology 411: Psychology of Technology Guest Lecturer: Videogames in the Classroom For Dr. C. Shawn Green University of Wisconsin – Madison

Dec. 2011 Wisconsin Center for Educational Research Poster Fair Adolescent reasoning in mathematics: Exploring middle school students’ strategic approaches in empirical justifications with Cooper, J., Walkington, C., Akinsiku, O., Kalish, C., Ellis, A., & Knuth, E. University of Wisconsin – Madison

Feb. 2011 WiscNet Future Technologies Conference Cool Tools for Academics with John Martin, Allan Barclay, and Rebecca Holz Madison, Wisconsin

Feb. 2011 Graduate Training Brownbag Series Academic Tech Tools: A Collaborative Conversation with John Martin, Allan Barclay, and Jordan Thevenow-Harrison University of Wisconsin – Madison

May 2008 University of Wisconsin Cognitive Science Conference

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Exploring the connections between students' natural ways of reasoning and mathematical ways of reasoning with Amy Ellis, Chuck Kalish, and Eric Knuth University of Wisconsin – Madison

Feb. 2007 Middle School ‘Mathfest’ Mini Lessons Brain Teasers Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison WI

TEACHING indicates a course I developed or co-developed from scratch.

University of Maryland, College Park, courses

INST 728F Games & Learning Spring 2020

University at Albany, SUNY courses (graduate level)

ETAP 534 Introduction to Games for Learning (online) Spring 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

ETAP 624 Teaching & Learning in Immersive Environments (online) Fall 2016

ETAP 652M Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School (online) Fall 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

ETAP 687 Embodied Cognition Spring 2019

ETAP 735 Learning Sciences & Design Co-created with Dr. Reza Feyzi-Behnagh Co-taught with Dr. Feyzi-Behnagh, Fall 2017

ETAP 850 Theories of Mathematical Learning Fall 2018

ETAP 882 Dissertation and Professional Preparation ProSem Co-created with Dr. Reza Feyzi-Behnagh Co-taught with Dr. Feyzi-Behnagh, Fall 2016 & 2017 Primary Faculty, Spring 2017 & 2018

University of Wisconsin – Madison teaching and facilitating (graduate and undergraduate)

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C&I 942 Seminar on Research in Mathematics Education Facilitator with M. Fatih Dogan, Torrey Kulow, Ryan Ziols, Sarah Lord, & Amy Ellis (Fall 2014, Spring 2015)

C&I 277 Videogames and Learning Teaching Assistant (for Ryan Martinez); Lead Teaching Assistant (for Kurt Squire) (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)

University of Maine at Fort Kent courses and tutoring (undergraduate)

HUM 102 First Year Experience Instructor (Fall 2005)

EDU 483 & Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I & II 484 Teacher’s Aide for Dr. John Elliot (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004)

Peer Tutor Mathematics and English (Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004)

Secondary Tutoring and Instruction

Quadratics Middle School Teaching Experiment: Quadratic Functions Teaching Lead instructor for Amy Ellis Experiment (Fall 2011)

High School Private Tutor Statistics (Spring 2008)

Talented & Middle School Talented & Gifted Program Gifted Group tutor for multiple advanced subjects Madison Metropolitan School District (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008)

ADVISING & MENTORING

Doctoral Student Advisees (status)

Shelli Casler-Failing (Ph.D. from UAlbany, August 2017; Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University)

Nihal Katirci (UAlbany & UMD; Fall 2017 – Present) Autumn Joy Florêncio-Wain (UAlbany; Fall 2017 – Present; doctoral candidate)

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Ekta Shokeen (UAlbany & UMD; Fall 2018 – Present) Dima Kassab (UAlbany; Fall 2018 – Present; doctoral candidate in Informatics)

Dissertation Committee Member (status)

Patterson Rogers (Ph.D. from UAlbany, May 2017)

Yan Tian (UAlbany; proposal stage) Marcus Wolfe (Morgan University; proposal stage)

Doctoral Gateway Review Committees at UAlbany (role; status)

Xiyao Huang (member; completed Fall 2018) Semih Burseli (chair; completed Spring 2019) Nihal Katirci (advisor; completed Spring 2019) Tara Yasenchak (chair; completed Spring 2019)

Doctoral Pilot Study Committees at UAlbany (role; status)

Heather Kurto (chair; completed Spring 2017) Yan Tian (chair; completed Fall 2017) Autumn Joy Florêncio-Wain (member; completed Fall 2017) John Costello (member; completed Spring 2018)

Graduate Research Assistants (status)

Yan Tian (UAlbany; Fall 2015 to Spring 2018) Ekta Shokeen (UAlbany & UMD; Fall 2018 to Present) Nihal Katirci (UMD; Fall 2019 to Present)

Masters Thesis Supervisor (status)

Nihal Katirci (M.S. from UAlbany, May 2017)

Masters Program Advising at UAlbany

Masters of Science in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology Masters of Science in Secondary Education – Mathematics Masters of Science in Educational Theory & Practice Masters of Science in General Education Certificate in Online Learning and Teaching Certificate in Computing Education

Hosted International Visiting Scholars

Dr. Limin Chen (2018-2019; UAlbany)

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

UMD iSchool Service

2020 – Gaming, Entertainment, and Media Analytics Committee (GEM) Present Member

2019 – Diversity and Inclusion Committee Present Member

2019 – Information & Socio-technical Design Program Committee (InfoDesign) Present Member

SUNY and UAlbany Service

2018 – 2019 School of Education Diversity Task Force Co-Founder and Member

2018 – 2019 Teacher Education Redesign Committee Mathematics Teacher Education Subject Leader Department of Educational Theory and Practice

2018 – 2019 Ad hoc committee member: Qualitative Methods Course Review School of Education

2018 – 2019 Ad hoc committee member: Faculty Review for Tenure & Re-appointment Department of Educational Theory and Practice

Spring 2018 Interviewer and Committee Member New York State Master Teacher Program

Spring 2018 Application Review Committee Member New York State Master Teacher Program

2015 – 2018 Mathematics Teacher Education Subject Leader Department of Educational Theory and Practice Contributing to teacher education discussions and revisions; conducting interviews of MSSE applicants.

Fall 2017 Committee Member Council of Research FRAP-A Award Review sub-committee

2015 – 2019 Program Committee member Department of Educational Theory and Practice

2015 – 2016 Ad hoc committee member: Certificate in Computing Education

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Developed a computer science teaching certificate program, formerly termed Certificate in Information Technology Education.

UW-Madison University Service

2014 – 2015 Graduate Student Representative Faculty Search Committee for a Mathematics Education Position

2012 – 2013 Lead Teaching Assistant for Teaching for Tomorrow workshop series Led Tools for Teaching Math and Science Workshop with Rex Beaber, and developed short videos on mathematics education videogames Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Grant Advisory Boards

2017 – 2019 IOLA-G: Game-Based, Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra Michelle Zandieh (PI), Ashish Amresh (co-PI), and David Plaxco (co-PI) Awarded by the National Science Foundation

2016 – 2020 How Dynamic Gesture and Directed Actions Contribute to Mathematical Proof Practices Mitchell Nathan (PI), Candace Walkington (co-PI), and Peter Steiner (co-PI) Awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences

Editorships and Editorial Advisory Boards

2017 – Present Adıyaman University – Journal of Educational Sciences Associate Editor http://dergipark.gov.tr/adyuebd

2013 – Present Well Played Journal Editorial Advisory Board Editor: Drew Davidson http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/wellplayed

Conference Chair / Organizer

2016 – Membership Committee Member present International Society of the Learning Sciences

2019 – Co-Leader with Hortensia Soto (PI), and Dor Abrahamson, Martha W. Alibali, Present David Landy, Mitchell J. Nathan, Erin Ottmar, & Candace Walkington (Co- Leaders) Embodied Mathematical Imagination and Cognition: Professional Development for Undergraduate Mathematics Instructors https://www.embodiedmathematics.com/

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2018 – 2019 Co-Leader with Mitchell J. Nathan (PI), and Dor Abrahamson, Martha W. Alibali, David Landy, Erin Ottmar, Hortensia Soto, & Candace Walkington (Co-Leaders) Synthesis and Design Workshop: The Future of Embodied Design for Mathematical Imagination and Cognition https://www.embodiedmathematics.com/

May 2017 – Treasurer (elected position) May 2019 Special Interest Group #65 – Media, Culture, & Learning American Educational Research Association

2016 – 2018 Steering Committee Member Games in Education Symposium, Troy, NY Hosted the symposium on the UAlbany campus in 2017.

2012 – 2014 Conference Co-Chair with Constance Steinkuehler Games+Learning+Society Conference, Madison, WI

2007 – 2012 Committee Member, Volunteer Coordinator, and Day Captain Games+Learning+Society Conference, Madison, WI

Journal Manuscript Ad Hoc Reviewer

2019 – Present International Journal of Designs for Learning

2017 – Present Contemporary Educational Psychology

2016 – Present Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

2015 – Present Journal of Mathematical Behavior

2014 Games & Culture: Games+Learning+Society 9.0 Special Issue

2012 – Present Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School

Proposal Reviewer for Professional Conferences and Edited Books

2019 Parent-Child Research Reimagined (edited book) 2017 - Present ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014 Well Played Summit at the Digital Games Research Association Conference 2011 – Present International Conference for Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2008 – 2016 Games+Learning+Society Conference 2008 – Present International Conference for the Learning Sciences 2008 – Present American Educational Research Association 2007 – Present Psychology of Mathematics Education – North American Chapter

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Professional Affiliations

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME; International and North American Chapter) International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA)

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