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KYLIE A. PEPPLER
Curriculum Vitae, October 2010

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007
B.A., Psychology, French, and Studio Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2002

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences, School of Education, Indiana University, 2008

PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
Postdoctoral Research Associate, “Uncovering Literacies, Disrupting Stereotypes: Media Arts Practices of Youth with (Dis)Abilities.” Mark Warschauer, University of California, Irvine, 2007.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, “Investigating Media Arts as a Platform for Technology Fluency.” Yasmin B. Kafai, UCLA, 2007.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, “Arts in the Middle (AIM): Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination (AEMDD)”. Principal Investigator: James Catterall, UCLA, 2007.
Senior Graduate Research Assistant, “ITR: A Networked, Media-Rich Programming Environment to Enhance Technological Fluency at After-School Centers in Economically-Disadvantaged Communities.” Principal Investigators: Yasmin B. Kafai, UCLA and Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Lab, 2004 – 2007.
Graduate Research Assistant, “Investigating Science-Based Immersive Online Environments”. Principal Investigator: Yasmin B. Kafai, 2005-2007.
Graduate Research Assistant, “Evaluating Learning in the Arts during LA’s BEST After-School Arts Program (ASAP).” Principal Investigator: James Catterall, UCLA, 2005 – 2006.
Graduate Research Assistant, “Computer Mentoring Partnerships: A Research Collaboration between Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.), Inc. and UCLA Undergraduates to Promote Technology Fluency. “Principal Investigator: Yasmin Kafai, UCLA, 2004-2005.
Graduate Research Assistant, “Project HOOP, Honoring Our Origins and People Through Native Theater, Education, and Community Development.” Principal Investigators: James Catterall and Hanay Geiogamah, UCLA, 2003-2005.
Graduate Research Assistant, “Visual Arts Education and The Worldviews of Inner-City Children.” Principal Investigator: James Catterall, UCLA, 2002-2003.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, “Behavioral Neuroscience investigations of Rats Bred for High and Low Alcohol Drinking Preferences.” Principal Investigator: Joseph Steinmetz, Indiana University, 1998-2002.

COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate Topical Seminar: Learning in New Media (ED P647/Formerly P650), Indiana University
Graduate Topical Seminar: Learning in New Media (ED P574), Indiana University
Graduate Apprenticeship (ED P573), Indiana University
Educational Psychology for All Grades (ED P254), Indiana University
Culture, Technology, and Human Development (ED 194B), UCLA
Culture, Communications, and Human Development (ED 194C), UCLA
Quantitative Statistics (PSYCH P211), Indiana University
Neural Bases of Human Behavior (PSYCH E105), Indiana University
Introductory Psychology (PSYCH P101), Indiana University

CURRENT FUNDED RESEARCH
Peppler, K. & Catterall, J. ($1,500,000 with a subcontract of $299,400; September 2010 – September 2014). Arts Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant: Inner-City Arts/LAUSD. Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Peppler, K. ($20,000; June 2010 – June 2011). Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) – NSF Supplement to Computational Textiles – IIS-0855886. Grant from the National Science Foundation.
Danish, J. & Peppler, K. ($59,000; August 2010 – July 2011). Communicating Across the Curriculum: Studying Students’ Use of Drawings, Graphs, and Text in Diverse Disciplines. Grant from the Indiana University Faculty Research Support Program (FRSP).
Peppler, K. ($2,500; September 2010) Visiting Fellowship to bring Jeanne Bamberger to Indiana University, Bloomington campus. Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study.
Peppler, K, Gresalfi, M., Salen, K., & Pinkard, N. ($727,000; January 2010 – December 2012). Grinding New Lenses: A Systems Approach to Curriculum for Schools and After-School Spaces. Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Program.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Buechley, L. & Eisenberg, M. ($50,000; November 2009 – December 2010). Beyond the Screen: Examining the Participatory Challenges of Computational Crafts for DIY Youth Communities. Grant from the University of California's Humanities Research Institute and the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media Learning Program.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., & Buechley, L. ($896,000; August 2009 – July 2012). Creative IT – COLLABORATIVE – MAJOR: Computational Textiles as Materials for Creativity: Participatory Design Communities in Afterschool and Classroom Programs for Economically-Disadvantaged Youth (IIS-0855886). Grant from the National Science Foundation.
Barab, S., Peppler, K. & Klopfer, E. ($899,000; August 2009 – July 2012). Major: Transactive Art: An Inclusive Game-Based Programming Context. Grant from the National Science Foundation.
Hickey, D., Peppler, K., & Danish, J. ($75,000; August 2009 – July 2011). Proposal for Development and Implementation of a New Online Certificate Program in Learning Sciences and New Digital Media and Technology. IDEA Grant.
Peppler, K. ($42,0000; August 2009 – July 2011). Creativity Labs: Exploring Textiles as Materials for Digital Learning and Creativity in Economically Disadvantaged, Afterschool Communities. Maris M. and Mary Higgins Proffitt Fund.
Peppler, K. ($19,000; August 2009 – July 2010). In Harmony: Connecting children in the US and Israel to foster musical learning and cross-cultural understanding. Fund for the Advancement of Peace and Education.
Barab, S., Gresalfi, M.S., Peppler, K.A., & Hickey, D. ($1,839,000; January 2008-December, 2010). Scaling out virtual worlds: Growing a 21st century curriculum. Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Program.

PRIOR FUNDED RESEARCH
Catterall, J. & Peppler, K. ($885,000 with a subcontract to UCLA of $184,000; 2006 – 2008). Arts in the Middle (AIM): Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination (AEMDD). Grant from the U.S. Department of Education to LAUSD District Four.
Peppler, K. ($42,500; July 2007 – December 2007). Uncovering Literacies, Disrupting Stereotypes: Media Arts Practices of Youth with (Dis)Abilities. Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Office of the President, University of California.
Peppler, K. ($20,000; August 2006 – July 2007). Creative Bytes: Literacy and Learning in the Media Arts Practices of Urban Youth. Dissertation Research Award from the Spencer Foundation.
Kirsch, J. (Subcontract to Peppler, K.) ($85,000 with a subcontract of $6,000; 2006 – 2007). Impacts of the Teacher Institute. Grant from the Heller Foundation.
Peppler, K. ($10,000; January 2006 – December 2006). Retrospective and Portfolio Analyses. Grant from the Ryman Arts Foundation.
Catterall J. & Peppler, K. ($57,000; 2005 – 2006). Year Two Evaluation of the LA’s BEST After-School Arts Program (ASAP). Grant from LA’s BEST After-School Arts Program/Office of Mayor.

AWARDS RECEIVED
Indiana Governor’s Award for Tomorrow’s Leaders (2009). Top Award given to outstanding young leaders in the state of Indiana that have shown exemplary leadership under the age of 30.
Nominated for the Excellence in Mentoring Award (2009, 2010). Student nominated award for top faculty mentor in the IU School of Education.
Honorable Mention in Prixars Electronica in Community Art for work on the Scratch Online Community (www.scratch.mit.edu) (2008). One of the highest international awards in the digital arts community.
Group Volunteer of the Year (2008) at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington for outstanding service to the organization.
Selected for the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) Early Career Workshop (2008) for promising young scholars in the field of Learning Sciences.
Top Paper at the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Conference (2008).
UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship (2007-2008).
Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education (2006-2007).
Selected for the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) Doctoral Consortium (2006).
Hoyt Foundation Fellowship (2004 – 2005). Graduate Fellowship awarded to recipients within the University of California schools.

BOOKS, PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Books
Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.) (2009). The Computer Clubhouse: Creativity and Constructionism in Youth Communities. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Buechley, L., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Eisenberg, M. (Eds.). Moving Beyond the Screen: Computational Textiles in DIY, Youth, and Educational Communities.

Peer-reviewed journals
Davis, H., Peppler, K. & Hickey, D. (2011). Assessment Assemblage: Advancing Portfolio Practice Through the Assessment Stage Theory. Studies in Arts Education.
Peppler, K. & Solomou, M. (2011). Building Creativity: Collaborative Learning and Creativity in Social Media Environments. On the Horizon.
Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (in press, 2011). Youth, Technology, and DIY: Developing Participatory Competencies in Creative Media Production. In V. L. Gadsden, S. Wortham, and R. Lukose (Eds.), Youth Cultures, Language and Literacy. Review of Research in Education, Volume 34.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (2010). Gaming Fluencies: Pathways into a Participatory Culture in a Community Design Studio. International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(4), pp. 1-14.
Barab, S., Dodge, T., Ingram-Goble, A., Pettyjohn, P., Peppler, K., Volk, C., Solomou, M. (2010). Pedagogical Dramas and Transformational Play: Narratively-Rich Games for Education. Mind, Culture, and Activity,17(3), pp. 1-30.
Peppler, K., Warschauer, M., & Diazgranados, A. (2010). Game Critics: Exploring the Role of Critique in Game-Design. E-Learning, 7(1), pp. 35-48.
Peppler, K. (2010). Media Arts: Arts Education for a Digital Age. Teachers College Record, 112(8), pp. 2118–2153.
Kafai, Y. B., Desai, S., Peppler, K., Chiu, G. & Moya, J. (2008). Mentoring Partnerships in a Community Technology Center: A Constructionist Approach for Fostering Equitable Service Learning. Mentoring & Tutoring, 16(2), pp. 194-201.
Catterall, J.S. & Peppler, K. (2007). Learning in the Visual Arts and Worldviews and Young Children. Cambridge Journal of Education, 37(4), pp. 543 – 560.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2007). From SuperGoo to Scratch: exploring creative digital media production in informal learning. Learning, Media, and Technology, 32(2), pp. 149–166.

Peer-reviewed journals (under review)
Danish, J., Peppler, K., & Phelps, D. (in press, 2011). BeeSign: Designing to Support Technology Mediated Group Inquiry of Complex Science by Early Elementary Students.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (under review). Media Arts Practices: Framing Literacy and Learning in Youths’ Informal Media Arts Production.
Barab, S., Peppler, K. & Ingram-Goble, A. (under review). Videogames as a Form of Transactive Art with Dramatic Agency.
Peppler, K. & Warschauer, M. (under review). The Role of Technology Mediation in Early Literacy Development: A Case for Learning to Computer Program before Learning to Read and Write.
Peppler, K., Downton, M., Lindsay, E., & Hay, K. (in preparation). The Nirvana Effect: Tapping Rhythmic Videogames to Leverage Learning and Motivation.

Chapters and other contributions
Peppler, K. (2010). The New Fundamentals: Introducing Computation into Arts Education. In E. P. Clapp & M. J. Bellino (Eds.) 20Under40: Reinventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century.
Kafai, Y. B. & Peppler, K. A. (in press). Developing Gaming Fluencies with Scratch: Realizing Game Design as an Artistic Process. In C. Steinkuehler, K. Squire and S. Barab (Eds.), Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Downton, M., Peppler, K, & Portowitz, A. (2010). Building tunes block by block: Constructing musical and cross-cultural understanding through Impromptu. Paper presented at the Constructionism Conference, Paris, France.
Danish, J., Peppler, K., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSign: Designing to Support Mediated Group Inquiry of Complex Science by Early Elementary Students. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.
Peppler, K., Danish, J., Zaitlen, B., Glosson, D., Jacobs, A., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSim: Leveraging Wearable Computers in Participatory Simulations with Young Children. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Burke, Q., Moore, M. & Glosson, D. (2010). Fröbel’s Forgotten Gift: Textile Construction Kits as Pathways into Play, Design and Computation. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.
Peppler, K. & Davis, H. (June, 2010). Arts and Learning: A Review of the Impact of Arts and Aesthetics on Learning and Opportunities for Further Research. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL.
Peppler, K. & Solomou, M. (June, 2010). Building Creativity: Collaborative Learning and Creativity in a Virtual Gaming Environment. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL.
Barab, S., Dodge, T., Ingram-Goble, A., Volk, C., Peppler, K., Pettyjohn, P., Solomou, M. (2009). Pedagogical Dramas and Transformational Play: Narratively-Rich Games for Education. I.A. Iurgel, N. Zagalo, and P. Petta (Eds.), International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) 2009, LNCS 5915, pp. 332–335. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Germany.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (June, 2008). Children as Media Art Designers: Workshops for Creative Codings. Proceedings published in the 2008 Interaction Design for Children (IDC) Conference held at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y.B. (June, 2008). Developing a Design Culture at the Computer Clubhouse: The Role of Local Practices and Mediators. Proceedings published in the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y.B. (June, 2008). Literacy and the Learning Sciences: Creating a Framework for Understanding and Analyzing Youths’ Media Arts Practices. Proceedings published in the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Maloney, J., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y.B., Resnick, M. and Rusk, N. (June, 2008). Digital Media Designs with Scratch: What Urban Youth Can Learn about Programming in a Computer Clubhouse. Proceedings published in the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y. B. (June, 2008). Learning from Krumping: Collective Agency in Dance Performance Cultures. Proceedings published in the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Hayes, E., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Games, I., Torres, R., Pinkard, N., Hooper, P., Klopfer, E., Scheintaub, H., Eugene, W., Daily, S., Ancholou, U., Barron, B., Forssell, K., Kennedy, C., Rogers, M., Takeuchi, L., Walter, S. & Zimmerman, E. (June, 2008). New Perspectives on Learning Through (Game) Design. Proceedings published in the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Maloney, J., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y. B., Resnick, M., Rusk, N. (March, 2008). Programming by Choice: Urban Youth Learning Programming with Scratch. Proceedings published by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, Portland, OR.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (September, 2007). What video game making can teach us about learning and literacy: Alternative pathways into participatory culture. In Akira Baba (Ed.), Situated Play: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) (pp. 369-376). Tokyo, Japan: The University of Tokyo.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., & Chiu, G. (2007). High Tech Programmers in Low Income Communities: Seeding Reform in a Community Technology Center. In C. Steinfield, B. Pentland, M. Ackerman, &. N. Contractor (Eds.), Communities and Technologies 2007 (pp. 545-564). New York: Springer.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y.B. (2007). Collaboration, Computation, and Creativity: Media Arts Practices in Urban Youth Cultures. Proceedings published by the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Catterall, J.S., and Peppler, K. (2007). Learning in the Visual Arts and Worldviews of Young Children. Evaluating the Impact of Arts Education: A European and International Research Symposium, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y. (2006). Creative Codings: Personal, Epistemological, and Cultural Connections to Digital Art Production. Proceedings published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Alavez, M., and Ruvalcaba, O. (2006). Seeds of a Computer Culture: An Archival Analysis of Programming Artifacts from a Community Technology Center. Proceedings Published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.
Barron, B., Kafai, Y., Josephs, D., Pinkard, N., Resnick, M., Martin, C., Schatz, C., Shapiro, B., Millner, A., Peppler, K., Chiu, G., and Desai, S. (2006). Clubs, Homes, and Online Communities as Contexts for Engaging Youth in Technology Fluency Building Activities. Symposium and proceedings published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.

Technical Reports
Peppler, K., Catterall, J. & Feilen, K. (2009). Arts in the Middle: A Collaborative Project of Inner-City Arts and Los Angeles Unified School District 4 (Deliverable to the U.S. Department of Education). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.
Peppler, K. (2009). Evaluation of the Inner-City Arts Creativity in the Classroom Series. (Deliverable to the Heller Foundation). Los Angeles: University of California.
Peppler, K. (2009). Evaluation of the Inner-City Arts Teachers’ Institute. (Deliverable to the Heller Foundation). Los Angeles: University of California.
Peppler, K. (2006). Ryman Arts 2001-2006: An Overview of the Program and an Assessment of Student Portfolio Work (Deliverable to the Ryman Arts Program). Los Angeles: University of California.
Peppler, K. and Catterall, J.S. (2006). Year Two Findings on the Arts Learning of Children enrolled in the LA’s BEST After School Arts Program (Deliverable to the LA’s BEST After-School Arts Program). Los Angeles: University of California.
Catterall, J.S., Peppler, K. and Feilen, K. (2004). Year One Findings on Arts Learning and Children’s Self Concept in the LA’s BEST After School Arts Program (Deliverable to the LA’s BEST After-School Arts Program). Los Angeles: University of California.
Catterall, J.S. and Peppler, K. (2003). The Effects of Visual Arts Education on Children’s Worldview. (Deliverable to the Ford Foundation). Los Angeles: University of California.

Talks and Presentations
Horcher, A. M., Peppler, K., & Glosson, D. (2010). E-Textiles in Everyday Things. Workshop at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Atlanta, GA.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Resnick, M., & Brennan, K. (2010). SCRATCH: Programming for Everyone. Symposium at the Constructionism Conference, Paris, France.
Lewin, C., Erstad, O., Peppler, K., Grennhow, C., Crook, C., Naylor, S., Facer, K., Sorensen, B. H., Manchester, H., & Kahr-Hojland, A. (2010). At the interface – building new relations between formal and informal learning. Symposium at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Helsinki, Finland.
Peppler, K., Babcock, E., Panganiban, R., & Erickson, I. (2010). Creating Connections and Promoting Networks. Panel at the 2010 Webwise Pre-Conference Events, Denver, CO.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Resnick, M., Fields, D., Brennan, K. & Diazgranados, A. (2010). Cultivating Creativity and Criticality in Schools and After-School Programs with Scratch, for the first Digital Media and Learning Conference in La Jolla, California.
Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Diazgranados, A., Buechley, L., Eisenberg, M. (2010). Computational Textiles as New Media Texts: Digital Media Learning in Youth and DIY Communities, for the first Digital Media and Learning Conference in La Jolla, California.
Peppler, K. & Warschauer, M. (2010). Lessons from Brandy: Creative Media Production by a Child with Cognitive (Dis)Abilities. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.
Peppler, K., Lindsay, E., Downton, M. & Hay, K. (2010). The Nirvana Effect: Tapping Rhythmic Videogames to Leverage Learning and Motivation. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.
Davis, H., Peppler, K. & Hickey, D. (2010). Assessment Assemblage: Advancing Portfolio Practice Through the Assessment Stage Theory. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.
Davis, H. & Peppler, K. (2010). Voice Portfolios: Artistry in Assessment. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.
Feilen, K., Peppler, K. & Catterall, J.S. (2009). Models for Evaluating the Impact School-and Community-Based Arts Programs. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association (AEA), November 2009.
Peppler, K. A., Downton, M. P., and Hay, K. (2009). Turn That Noise Up: How Rock Band© Helps Youth Develop Rhythmic Intuitions. Paper presented at the Society for Music Perception, Cognition, and Research Conference, August, 2009.
Peppler, K., Catterall, J., & Feilen, K. (April, 2009). Curtains Up! Revealing the Mechanisms of Transfer Between Drama and Academic English Language Development. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Barab, S., Peppler, K., Ingram-Goble, A., Dodge, T., & Solomou, M. (April, 2009). Identity Experiments: Using Narrative-Rich Games to bring Together Personal, Student, and Disciplinary Lifeworlds. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Rusk, N., Beals, L., Bers, M., Breslow, G., Chapman, R., Martin, C., Barron, B., Wise, S., Millner, A., Rusk, N., Resnick, M., Cooke, S., Sylvan, E., & Cole, M. (April, 2009). The Computer Clubhouse Learning Model: Learning Inquiry, Collaboration, and the Development of 21st Century Skills in Informal Learning Spaces. Symposium at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Peppler, K., Warschauer, M. & Diazgranados, A. (April, 2009). Developing a Culture of Critical Game Design in a Second Grade Classroom. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Peppler, K., Downton, M. & Hay, K. (April, 2009). Building musical intuitions through video games: A performance analysis of Rock Band in after-school communities. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Peppler, K. and Solomou, M. (July, 2008). The Virtual Builder: Scaffolding Creative Production through Game Play. Presentation at the 2008 Games, Learning, and Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.
Peppler, K., Hay, K., and Downton, M (July, 2008). The Nirvana Effect: Tapping the Power of Video Games to Leverage Musical Interest. Presentation at the 2008 Games, Learning, and Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.
Peppler, K., Diazgranados, A., Kafai, Y., and Fields, D. (July, 2008). Creating a Culture of Critical Game Designers in Elementary Classrooms and Clubs. Presentation at the 2008 Games, Learning, and Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.
Peppler, K. (March 2008). Media Arts: Arts Education for the 21st Century. Paper presentation at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (March 2008). Creative Bytes for the Learning Sciences: The Technical, Creative and Critical Practices of Media Arts Production. Paper presentation at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (March 2008). Creating A Culture of Design: A Closer Look at Role of Mediation and Local Practices in a Community Technology Center. Paper presentation at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.
Hayes, E., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Games, I., Torres, R., Pinkard, N., Hooper, P., Klopfer, E., Scheintaub, H., Eugene, W., Daily, S., Ancholou, U., Barron, B., Forssell, K., Kennedy, C., Rogers, M., Takeuchi, L., Walter, S. & Zimmerman, E. (March 2008). New Perspectives on Learning Through Design. Symposium at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.
Steinkuehler, C., Squire, K., Barab, S., Thomas, D., Peppler, K. & Klopfer, E. (March 2008). Games and Participation: Why Games Matter to Educators. Symposium discussant at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.
Yardi, S., Bruckman, A.S., Druin, A., Jeffries, R., Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K. (October 2007). Broadening the Field of Computing through a Design-Based HCI Curriculum. Position paper at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2007, Orlando, FL.
Tishler, B., Kirsch, J. & Peppler, K. (October 2007). Partnerships Serving up Arts as the Main Course! NETWORK's conference Arts Education: Building Bridges through Arts Integration and Partnerships, Oakland, CA.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y.B. (July 2007). What Video Game Making Can Teach Us About Literacy and Learning: Alternative Pathways into the Participatory Culture. Paper presented at the 2007 Games, Learning, & Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., & Chiu, G. (July 2007). High Tech Programmers in Low Income Communities: Seeding Reform in a Community Technology Center. Paper presented at the International Conference on Communities and Technologies held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Peppler, K. (April 2007). Videogames and Interactive Art: New Genres and a New Era in Media Education. Paper presentation at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Peppler, K. & Catterall, J.S. (April 2007). Unraveling the Impacts of the Arts: Measuring Learning in the Arts for Cognitive Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy Analysis. Paper presentation at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Goode, J., Margolis, J., Kafai, Y., Peppler, K. & Chiu, G. (April 2007)‘Beyond Point and Click’: Opportunities and Challenges in Broadening the Participation in Computer Science in Inner-city High Schools and After-school Programs. Symposium at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Ching, C., Kafai, Y., Barron, B., Davis, A., Peppler, K., Martin, C., Lewis, S., Yardi, S., Perkel, D., Leander, K., Wang, C., Hoadley, C., Honwad, S., & Tamminga, K. (April 2007). Technobiographies: Researching Life Stories with Technology. Interactive Symposium at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Kafai, Y., Feldon, D., Giang, M., Quintero, M., Fields, D. & Peppler, K. (April 2007). Where in the World is the Science in Whyville? Informal Science in a Multi-User Virtual Community. Symposium at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Kafai, Y., Desai, S., Peppler, K., Chiu G. & Moya, J. (2007) Mentoring Partnerships in a Community Technology Center: A Constructionist Approach for Fostering Equitable Service Learning. Presentation at the 5th Annual CAFÉ Conference sponsored by the Paulo Freire Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Catterall, J.S. and Peppler, K. (November 2006). Measuring Learning in the Arts: Lessons learned from Survey, Observation, and Videotape Methodologies. Paper presented as part of a symposium, Measuring the Arts: Quantifying, Evaluating, and Understanding, Symposium presentation at the 2006 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Portland, OR.
Peppler, K., Catterall J.S. and Feilen, K. (November 2006). Towards a Unified Framework: A Model for Evaluating Arts Learning in Music, Drama, Visual Arts, and Dance. Paper presentation at the 2006 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Portland, OR.
Peppler K., Kafai Y., Desai, S. and Chiu, G. (September 2006). Programming Partnerships: A Constructionist Approach to Teaching Computer Programming Through Service Learning. Paper presented at the 2006 Conference on Service Learning in Engineering, Washington D.C.
Desai, S., Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., and Chiu, G. (April 2006). What is a Mentizo? A Contructionist Approach to Mentoring. Paper Presentation and abstract published in the 2006 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Peppler, K. and Kafai Y. (February 2006). Programming with a Purpose: Opening the Back Door to Technology Literacy. Presentation at the 2006 "Thinking Gender" Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Invited Talks

Peppler, K. (2010). E-Textiles: Moving Beyond the Screen. Invited Workshop at the Indiana Women in Computing Conference, Spencer, IN.
Peppler, K. (2010). Documenting Learning in the Arts: Opportunities for Research. Invited Presentation at the International School on Mind, Brain and Education (MBE), Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture ,Erice, Siciliy, Italy.
Baldwin, T., Haynes, R., Reigeluth, C., Peppler, K. & Stolterman, E. (2010). Invited Key Panel Discussion at the IST Conference on Design and Technology for Teaching, Learning, and Working, Bloomington, IN.
Peppler, K. (April, 2009). What exactly are kids learning in Scratch? Observations from the Clubhouse. Invited Presentation, Irvine, CA.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (July, 2008). What exactly are kids learning in Scratch? Observations from the Clubhouse. Invited Presentation at the Scratch@MIT Conference, Boston, MA.
Kafai, Y.B., Raessens, J., Copier, M., von Mastrigt, J., Deterding, S., Dubbelman, T., Fields, D., Peppler, K., Renger, W.J., Millenaar, K., Hrehovcsik, M., Ritterfeld, U., Wang, H., & Ratan, R. (June, 2008). Serious Games in the Learning Sciences: Making International Connections. Invited Workshop at the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K. & Chapman, R. (April, 2008). The Computer Clubhouse Book: A Sneak Preview. Invited Presentation at the Annual Computer Clubhouse Conference Celebrating the 15^th Anniversary of the Computer Clubhouse Network, Miami, FL.
Peppler, K. (April, 2008). In Dialogue: Links Between Drama and Academic English Language Development of At-Risk Youth. Keynote at the 2008 International Conference Celebrating the 60^th Anniversary of the State of Israel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Peppler, K. (January, 2008). The Computer Clubhouse Model: Creativity and Constructionism in the After-School Hours. Invited presentation to the Hennepin Library Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Peppler, K. (February, 2005). Growing up Gifted. Keynote at the 2005 Indiana Department of Education/Indiana Association for the Gifted Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS
Scratch: A New Visual Programming Language for All (www.scratch.mit.edu). (2004-2008)
Media Village: Media literacy world within Quest Atlantis. (2008)
Architecture: Architecture unit in Quest Atlantis. (2009)
BeeSim: A participatory simulation for young children to learn about systems. (2010-present)
LilyPond: Making Computational Textiles http://lilypond.media.mit.edu/ (2010-present))
Computational Textiles as Materials for Creativity (Active Blog site: http://computationaltextiles.blogspot.com/). (2009-present)

MEDIA COVERAGE
2010 Teachers College Record Interview highlighting “Arts Education for a Digital Age” article: www.tcrecord.org
2010 Live Interview with Paul Allison on EdTechTalk: http://paulallison.posterous.com/please-join-kylie-peppler-and-several-other-t (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)
2010 Webwise 2010 “Imagining the Digital Future” talk highlighted:
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/100303/default.cfm?id=12058&type=flv&test=0&tab=1&live=0
2010 Pegasus Communications, Systems Thinking in Action Coverage of the MacArthur Grant: http://blog.pegasuscom.com/Leverage-Points-Blog/bid/30132/MacArthur-Foundation-Funds-Systems-Thinking-in-Education-Project (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)
2010 Interview with Pegasus Communications, Systems Thinking in Action: http://blog.pegasuscom.com/Leverage-Points-Blog/bid/30818/Not-Your-Old-School-Systems-Thinking-Using-New-Media-to-Learn-by-Play (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)
2010 Indiana University Coverage of the MacArthur Grant on Systems Thinking:
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13104.html (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)
2010 Indiana Women in Computing (InWIC) Coverage: www.education.indiana.edu/Portals/106/iepdf/January,%202010.pdf
www.cs.indiana.edu/inwic/peppler.pdf (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)
2009 Indiana State Coverage for the Governor’s Award for Tomorrow’s Leaders:
http://www.indianahumanities.org/prog_big_ideas_gov_awards.aspx
2009 Interview with Henry Jenkins featured on his blog http://www.henryjenkins.org
2008 Podcast on RezEd: The Hub For Learning and Virtual Worlds: http://www.rezed.org
2008 Indiana University News Coverage of MacArthur Scale-Up Grant: http://homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/13260.html
2007 Videogame Visionary:
Video coverage of DiGRA conference presentation http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=133 (Last Accessed: May 27, 2008)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2007-present Member of the AERA Learning Sciences Special Interest Group (SIG)
2006-present Member of the American Evaluation Association (AEA)
2006-present Member International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
2004-present Member AERA Division C: Learning and Instruction
2004-present Member of the AERA Arts and Learning Special Interest Group (SIG)
2002-present Member American Education Research Association (AERA)

Service Activities
2010 Co-Chair IUPartnershare event for Indiana State Superintendents
2010 – present Member, Indiana University Graduate Studies Committee (GSC/RAFA)
2010 Provided Computational Textile Workshops for the Indiana University SCIENCE Camp for Underrepresented Youth
2010 Provided Computational Textile Workshops for the Purdue University SPIRIT Summer Camp
2009 – present Ad-Hoc reviewer for the Journal of the Learning Sciences, Oxford University Press, Teachers College Record, Journal of Science Education and Technology, International Journal of Learning and Media, Science Education, and other major journals/presses
2009 – present Co-Chair of the Recruitment Committee
2009 – present Co-Chair of the Certificate Program
2008 – present Chair of the Masters of Learning and Developmental Sciences Committee
2008 – present Partnership with Bloomington Boys and Girls Clubs: Responsible for sending a steady flow of 50 undergraduate and graduate mentors yearly, provide ongoing technology support, assist in creating a new vision for technology at the Club, and provide regular programming in computational textiles, computer programming, game design, and the arts
2008 – present Advisory Board for the IMLS Nation of Leaders Research Grant, Minneapolis Public Libraries
2008 DIGITEL (Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning) Conference Program Committee
2008 Reviewer for the Interaction Design for Children (IDC) Conference in Chicago, IL
2006 – 2008 Member of the International Society for the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Education Committee
2004 – 2007 Volunteer in South Los Angeles Computer Clubhouse funded by Intel
2007 Reviewer for the Journal of Science Education
2005– 2006 Member of the UCLA, Principal Leadership Instruction (PLI) Faculty Search Committee
2005 Opportunities Unlimited Charter High School, Arts and Technology Curriculum Development Consultant: http://www.youincla.org/clubhouse/charterschool
2000 – 2002 President, Indiana University Circle-K
2000 – 2002 Member of the Indiana University Honors College Advisory Board
1999- 2001 President, EIRENE AIDS awareness organization
1998 Member of the Indiana Board of Education’s Character Education Committee with Dr. Suellen Reed