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Assistant Professor Ricarose RoqueÌýdesigns and studies equitable learning environments that enable young people to becomeÌýcomputational creators—able to use computing to create things they care about, developÌýidentities as creatorsÌýand imagine the ways they can shape the world. She draws on community-engaged, design-basedÌýand ethnographicÌýapproaches to study the role that social context plays in supportingÌýchildren’s participation in computing, especially children from non-dominant groups who haveÌýbeen marginalized from opportunities because of race, ethnicity, immigration statusÌýand/orÌýsocioeconomic status.
Roque has courtesy appointments in the Computer Science and Learning Sciences and Human Development at the School of Education at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. She directs theÌýÌýresearch group and leads theÌýÌýproject. She isÌýthe 2023 recipient of the Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to HumanisticÌýResearch and Scholarship in Learning Technologies. She was previously a member of theÌýLifelongÌýKindergartenÌýresearch group at theÌýMIT Media Lab, a member of the MITÌýScratchÌýTeam, andÌýfaculty associate at theÌýBerkman Klein Center for Internet and SocietyÌýat Harvard University. Roque received an SB and an MEng in computer science and engineering as well as a SM and PhD in media arts and sciences from MIT.