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Jakita O. Thomas

Auburn University · US
Area of research
Computer Science Applications · Developmental and Educational Psychology
Research interest
Research interests include Teaching and Learning Programming, Educational Games and Gamification, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, and Gender and Technology in Education.
h-index
14
citations
1,092
works
69
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Faith to Move Mountains: Black Women in Computing Education
2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
My Only Weapon Is My Pen: Black Women Speaking Truth to Power
interactions 2025cited by 0position: firstdoi
NOTES FROM THE MARGIN: Fight the Power: Black Tech Feminist Resistance in the Wake
ACM Inroads 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Understanding Participatory Design for Low-Literate Users: Lessons learned from Asipade et al. (2021)
2025cited by 0position: middledoi
The Choice is Yours: Intersectional Studies versus Studies of Intersectional Populations in Computing Education Research
2024cited by 18position: middledoi
Defining Damage-Centered Research in HCI: A Black Feminist Perspective
interactions 2024cited by 4position: lastdoi
Introduction to the Special Issue on Situating the Intersectional Experiences of Black Girls and Women in Computing & Technology
ACM Transactions on Computing Education 2024cited by 2position: firstdoi
A Toolbox of Feminist Wonder: Theories and methods that can make a difference
2023cited by 13position: middledoi
What if?.. Fabulating African HCI Futures within the Veil of HCI
2023cited by 8position: middledoi
A Call to Action: Exploring Intersectional Analyses of Black Fathers and Daughters in STEM Learning
Equity & Excellence in Education 2023cited by 6position: lastdoi
Intersectional Computing---Where it All Began: A Sankofa Story (Part 1)
interactions 2023cited by 2position: firstdoi
A Method to the Madness: Applying an Intersectional Analysis of Structural Oppression and Power in HCI and Design
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 2022cited by 79position: lastdoi
Building space for feminist solidarity
interactions 2022cited by 3position: middledoi
I Can't Breathe
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2021cited by 113position: lastdoi
Black Women Speak: Examining Power, Privilege, and Identity in CS Education
ACM Transactions on Computing Education 2021cited by 96position: middledoi
Real Talk: Saturated Sites of Violence in CS Education
2021cited by 54position: middledoi
Real talk
ACM Inroads 2021cited by 21position: middledoi
Discovering intersectionality
interactions 2021cited by 7position: firstdoi
Discovering intersectionality part I
interactions 2021cited by 5position: middledoi
Reflecting on being black in computing
interactions 2021cited by 5position: middledoi
Implementing Community-Based Participatory Design and Mixed Methods to capture and Analyze Mental Models of no/low Literate Users
2021cited by 1position: middledoi
Learner-Centered Pedagogies for Equity and Inclusion in K-12 Introductory Programming
2021cited by 0position: middledoi
The Intersectional Experiences of Black Women in Computing
2020cited by 131position: lastdoi
Intersectionality in HCI
interactions 2020cited by 53position: middledoi
The Role of Familial Influences in African American Women's Persistence in Computing
2020cited by 16position: lastdoi
Straighten up and fly right
interactions 2019cited by 133position: lastdoi
Food for Thought
2019cited by 22position: middledoi
Speaking Truth to Power: Exploring the Intersectional Experiences of Black Women in Computing
2018cited by 110position: firstdoi
The Computational Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Capability Flow
2018cited by 11position: firstdoi
Exploring the Difficulties African-American Middle School Girls Face Enacting Computational Algorithmic Thinking over three Years while Designing Games for Social Change
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2017cited by 37position: firstdoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: EAGER: Intersectional Computing
NSF2240327$204,3242023–2025PIRePORTER
RII-Track 4 - Experiencing The Matrix of Power Dynamics For Undergraduate And Graduate Black Women In Computing to Understand their Intersectional Experiences
NSF2033452$160,2352021–2024PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Exploring the Intersectional Relationship Between Mathematics and Computing Identities for Black Girls and Women
NSF1812924$89,0632018–2020PIRePORTER
I-Corps: Scaffolding the acquisition and development of computational algorithmic thinking capabilities in formal and informal learning environments
NSF1832334$50,0002018–2019PIRePORTER
CAREER: Supporting Computational Algorithmic Thinking (SCAT) - Exploring the Development of Computational Algorithmic Thinking Capabilities in African-American Middle School Girls
NSF1737442$188,1792016–2019PIRePORTER
CAREER: Supporting Computational Algorithmic Thinking (SCAT) - Exploring the Development of Computational Algorithmic Thinking Capabilities in African-American Middle School Girls
NSF1150098$434,5672012–2017PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Yolanda A. Rankin · Florida State University24 papers (2016–2025)Sheena Erete · University of Maryland, College Park12 papers (2021–2025) · 3 papers (2018–2024)Quincy Brown · University of Maryland, College Park3 papers (2021–2021)Neha Kumar · Georgia Institute of Technology2 papers (2021–2021)Alexandra To · Northeastern University2 papers (2021–2021) · 2 papers (2023–2023) · 2 papers (2016–2017) · 1 papers (2023–2023) · 1 papers (2023–2023) · 1 papers (2020–2020)Li Sun · Hubei University of Education1 papers (2017–2017) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Hafeni Mthoko · University of Cape Town1 papers (2023–2023)Yasmeen Abdrabou · University of Glasgow1 papers (2023–2023)Jill Denner · University of California, Santa Cruz1 papers (2021–2021)Tawanna R. Dillahunt · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor1 papers (2021–2021)Shuchi Grover · California University of Pennsylvania1 papers (2021–2021)Marion Boulicault · Massachusetts Institute of Technology1 papers (2023–2023)Maya Israel · University of Florida1 papers (2021–2021)