Selected publications
​Community-centered research & design
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Pinkard, N., Erete, S., Martin, C.K., Majors, Y., & Walker, N. (2025). Increasing STEM engagement through opportunity landscaping. Acta Psychologica, 253, 104705.
Rusk, N., Jain, R., Martin, C.K., Roque, R., Freitas, J. A., & Molaodi, L. (2024). Honoring practices of community-based educators: lessons learned from the collaborative design of a creative mobile app. Learning, Media and Technology, 1-17.
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Pinkard, N., Martin, C.K., & Jones, U. (2021). Collaborative data engineering: Strategies to support macro-level exploration of youth learning ecosystems. In de Vries, E., Hod, Y., & Ahn, J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences. (pp. 753-756). Bochum, Germany: ISLS.
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Takeuchi, L., Martin, C.K., Barron, B. (2021). Learning together: Adapting methods for family and community research during a pandemic. Joan Ganz Cooney Center report.
Erete, S., Dickinson, J., Martin, C.K, Bethune, A., & Pinkard, N. (2020). Community Conversations: A Model for Community-Driven Design of Learning Ecosystems with Geospatial Technologies. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 1629-1632). Nashville, TN: ISLS.
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Pinkard, N., Martin, C.K., Erete, S. (2019). Equitable Approaches: Computational thinking through design. Interactive Learning Environments. DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2019.163607.
Martin, C.K., Reyes, E., Ramirez, E., & Wardrip, P. (2019). Supporting Educator Reflection and Agency Through the Co-Design of Observation Tools and Practices for Informal Learning Environments. In Kalir, J. H. & Filipiak, D (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2019 Connected Learning Summit. Irvine, CA: CLS.
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Learning in and from out-of-school environments
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Halverson, E., Saplan, K., & Martin, C.K. (2024). Building arts education policy using the tools of out-of-school time youth arts organizations. Arts Education Policy Review, 125(4), 300-312.
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Martin, C.K., Barron B., Pozos, R., & Troy, F. (2023). Caregiver assessments of learning during school closures: Perceived virtues of practice-based and open-ended activities. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 641-648). Montreal: ISLS.
Martin, C.K. & Erete, SE (2021). Impact and Resilience: A Survey of Youth-serving Organizations During the Pandemic. In de Vries, E., Hod, Y., & Ahn, J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences. (pp. 725-728). Bochum, Germany: ISLS. ​*Findings were also shared with city organizations in multiple reports (Martin & Erete) distributed in 2020-21.
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Chang, S., Penney, L., Wardrip, P., Anderson, A., Craddock, I., Martin, C.K., Millerjohn, R., Stone, N. (2020). Opportunities and vignettes for library makerspaces. MakerEd report.
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Martin, C. K., Pinkard, N., Erete, S., & Sandherr, J. (2016). Connections at the Family Level: Supporting Parents and Caring Adults to Engage Youth in Learning about Computers and Technology. In Y. A. Rankin & J.O. Thomas (Eds.) Moving Students of Color from Consumers to Producers of Technology. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 220-245.
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Barron, B., Gomez, K., Pinkard, N., Martin, C.K. (2014). The Digital Youth Network: Cultivating digital media citizenship in urban communities. Boston, MA: MIT Press.
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Workshops & invited sessions
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Martin, C.K., Braun, L., Sanders, C., Kimbrough, K., & Villalobos, K. (2024). Data in Support of Equitable Summers. Workshop at LibX Conference, January 2024, Baltimore, MD.
Martin, C.K. (2019). Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Computational Thinking: An Equity Issue for Libraries. Invited talk at the Symposium on the Future of Libraries. ALA, January 25 - 29, 2019 – Seattle, Washington.
Martin, C.K., Pinkard, N., Lang, C. (2016). Learning Analytics in Informal Spaces. Pre conference workshop at Digital Media and Learning conference, Irvine, CA, June 3, 2016.​
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