August 06, 2026
Hernandez, J. M., Tessa Palafu, Summer Pascual, Zoe Primack., Gustavo Madrigal, G., Mimi Tomita Okamoto, Hye Jung Kim Tano, Paloma Almanza, Coco Besson, Mizuko Ito, Anna C.Ciao, Ijeoma Opara, & Ke…
Research Papers
June 18, 2026
Yeh, C., McCloskey, E., Artiles, A., Ito, M. 2026. "Humanizing Institutional Landscapes of Ability Differences and Learning." Partnering with Purpose: 6th Annual Meeting of the International Societ…
June 16, 2026
Staples, H., Keune, A., Kim, S., Kumpulainen, K., Thompson, N., DiCioccio, M., Graham, Gabrielle., Barber, J., Segev, Y, Hod, Y., Cain, R., Hsi, S., Cain, M., Peppler, K., Dahn, M., Ito, M., Vogelstei…
June 15, 2026
Corrigan, S., Dahn, M., Ito, M., & Peppler, K., Denissen, Kari., Anderson, Keem. "Multi-Layered Brokering for Family Engagement in Out-of-School STEM: A Case Study of a Statewide Learning Network.…
June 15, 2026
Corrigan, S., Dahn, M., Ito, M., & Peppler, K. "Learner Pathway Analysis: An approach for Evaluating STEM persistence in learning ecosystems." Partnering with Purpose: 20th International Conferenc…
April 14, 2026
Ito, Mizuko, and Carrie James. 2026. “Introduction.” Pp 1-15 manuscript pages, In Youth Wellbeing by Design: Integrating Research, Critical Perspective, and Innovation, edited by C. James and M. Ito. …
August 15, 2025
Ito, Mizuko, Tiera Tanksley and Amanda Wortman. 2025. “Building a Homeplace in STEM: How Women of Colour Educators Cultivate Spaces of Hope, Healing, and Transformative Resistance for Students of Colo…
May 07, 2024
Dahn, Maggie, Kylie Peppler, and Mizuko Ito. 2023. "Making Connections to and from Out-of-School Experiences." Review of Research in Education 27:443-473.…
June 25, 2023
Sedas, Raul Mishael, and Mimi Ito. 2023. "Connected Learning Spaces Supporting Engineering Interest Development: A Case Study of Ego-Centric Network Analysis of Relationships." Paper presented at the …
June 21, 2023
Ito, Mizuko, Remy Cross, Karthik Dinakar, and Candice Odgers. 2023. “Introduction: Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children.” Pp. 3-14 in Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children, edited…
June 14, 2023
Kumar, Vishesh, Deborah A. Fields, Paulo Blikstein, Kylie Peppler, Maggie Dahn, Mizuko Ito, Melissa Braaten, Ronni Hayden, Ricarose Roque, Michael Alan Chang, Thomas M. Philip, Marcelo Worsley, and Ni…
January 17, 2023
Dahn, Maggie, Kylie Peppler, and Mizuko Ito. 2023. ""We Hear Everyday, 'This Isn't Me.': Translating Interests Toward STEM Through Entrepreneurial Making." Frontiers 7(2):1-6. https://doi.org/10.3389/…
August 01, 2022
Le Lay, Maiko, Mizuko Ito, and Amanda Wortman. 2022. "Social, Emotional, and Cultural Supports for STEM Equity." Pp. 60-67 in Proceedings of the 2022 Connected Learning Summit, edited by D. Filipiak a…
April 14, 2022
Peppler, Kylie, Maggie Dahn, and Mizuko Ito. 2022. "Connected Arts Learning: Cultivating Equity Through Connected and Creative Educational Experiences." Review of Research in Education 46(1):264-287. …
October 12, 2020
Odgers, Candice L., Stephen M. Schueller, and Mizuko Ito. 2020. "Screen Time, Social Media Use, and Adolescent Development." Annual Review of Developmental Psychology 2(1):485-502. https://doi.org/10.…
September 14, 2020
Esteban-Guitart, Moisés, Daniela K. DiGiacomo, William R. Penuel, and Mizuko Ito. 2019. “Some Challenges, Principles and Applications of the Connected Learning Approach.” Pp. 157-176 in Contextos Educ…
October 03, 2019
Mahmoudi, Setareh, Kurt Squire, and Mizuko Ito. 2018. “An Asset-Based Approach to CS Equity: Ethnographic Research on Google IgniteCS.” Pp. 102-109 in Proceedings of the 2019 Connected Learning Summit…
September 24, 2019
Ito, Mizuko, and Heather Horst. 2019. “Preface.” Pp. xiii-xxxvi in Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media: Tenth Anniversary Edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT…
May 09, 2019
Wortman, Amanda, and Mizuko Ito. 2019. “Connected Learning.” Pp. 1-18 in The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Entry on connected learning in The International Ency…
April 04, 2019
Ito, Mizuko, Crystle Martin, Rachel Cody Pfister, Matthew H. Rafalow, Katie Salen, and Amanda Wortman. 2018. “Online Affinity Networks as Contexts for Connected Learning.” Pp. 291-311 in The Cambridge…
August 01, 2018
Gaydos, Matthew, Alexander Cho, Mark Deppe, Mizuko Ito, Gerard Solomon, Kurt Squire, Constance Steinkuehler, and Tom Turner. 2018. “Authentic Esports, Enriched Curriculum.” Pp. 362 in Proceedings of t…
January 01, 2017
Ito, Mizuko. 2017. “Ethics of Fansubbing in Anime’s Hybrid Public Culture.” Pp. 333-353 in Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World, edited by J. Gray, C. Sandvoss, and L. Harrington. Ne…
February 03, 2015
Mizuko Ito, Elisabeth Soep, Neta Kligler-Vilenchikc, Sangita Shresthovac, Liana Gamber-Thompsond, and Arely Zimmerman. 2015. "Learning Connected Civics." Curriculum Inquiry 45(1):10-29. https://doi.or…
October 01, 2013
Ito, Mizuko. 2013. “Foreword.” In Connected Play: Tweens in a Virtual World (The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning),, by Y. B. Kafai and D. A. Fields. …
February 28, 2012
Ito, Mizuko. 2012. “'As Long as It’s Not Linkin Park Z’: Popularity, Distinction, and Status in the AMV Subculture.” Pp. 275-298 in Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World, edited by M. Ito…