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Publications and Proceedings

Jacob, S., & Burke, Q. (2026). Coding Foundations, AI Futures: How Districts Built K-12 AI Capacity Through Collaborative Peer Networks. In Proceedings of the 2026 International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 

​Coenraad, M., Jacob, S., Ahn, W., & Schwarz, C. (2026). What is CT Integration and Why does it Matter?: Educator and Researcher Perspectives. In Proceedings of the 2026 International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ISLS).  

Dunbar, K., Burke, Q., Coenraad, M., Mills, K., Rangel, S., & Jacob, S. (2026). Getting support and gaining clarity: Computational thinking pathways communities of practice. In Proceedings of the 2026 International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

Jacob, S., Miceli, H., & Schneider, H. (2026, May). Landscape of emerging technologies in higher education: A review. Digital Promise & The American Association of Colleges & Universities. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/293

Jacob, S., Montoya, J., Prado, Y., Coenraad, M., Burke, Q., & Warschauer, M. (2025). Designing for All: Computational thinking meets Universal Design for Learning for multilingual students. Proceedings of the 2025 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT). Newark, NJ.

Jacob, S., & Burke, Q. (2025). Leveraging Generative AI for Translanguaging Support in Computational Thinking Education: A Work in Progress. Leveraging Generative AI for Translanguaging Support in Computational Thinking Education: A Work in Progress (Conference Paper). Proceedings of the Considering Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in AI Applications Workshop (CALD-AI workshop). Irvine, CA.

Fuhrmann, T., Rabinowitz, G., Peel, A., Jacob, S., Burke, Q., Krakowski, A., Greenwald, E., Gupta, P., Chaffee, R., Anderson, E., Perret, B., Malyn-Smith, J., Peterson, K., Chen, J., Wilensky, U., Wendel, D., Han, A., Wagh, A., Blikstein, P., Wilkerson, M., Moore, K., Zhang, H., Weckel, M., Shah, S. A., Park, J. H., Ali, S., Perez, A., Grover, S., & Lee, I. (2025). Computational thinking without writing code: What’s next for computational modeling? In Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ISLS), Helsinki, FI.

Jacob, S., Montoya, J., Prado, Y., Coenraad, M., Burke, Q., & Warschauer, M. (2025). Designing for All: Computational thinking meets Universal Design for Learning for multilingual students. Proceedings of the 2025 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT). Newark, NJ.

Jacob, S., & Burke, Q. (2025). Leveraging Generative AI for Translanguaging Support in Computational Thinking Education: A Work in Progress. Leveraging Generative AI for Translanguaging Support in Computational Thinking Education: A Work in Progress (Conference Paper). Considering Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in AI Applications Workshop (CALD-AI workshop). Irvine, CA.

Fuhrmann, T., Rabinowitz, G., Peel, A., Jacob, S., Burke, Q., Krakowski, A., Greenwald, E., Gupta, P., Chaffee, R., Anderson, E., Perret, B., Malyn-Smith, J., Peterson, K., Chen, J., Wilensky, U., Wendel, D., Han, A., Wagh, A., Blikstein, P., Wilkerson, M., Moore, K., Zhang, H., Weckel, M., Shah, S. A., Park, J. H., Ali, S., Perez, A., Grover, S., & Lee, I. (2025). Computational thinking without writing code: What’s next for computational modeling? In Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ISLS), Helsinki, FI.

Lui, J., Goodwin, E., Saito-Stehberger, D., Jacob, S., Warschauer, M., Franklin, D. (2025). Teacher Decisions and Perspectives in Scratch TIPP&SEE Implementation. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’23). 

Coenraad, M., Ahn, W., Dunbar, K., Yadav, A., Rangel, A., Jacob, S. (2025) Design Principles for CT Integrated Lesson Design and Implementation. Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’23).

Jacob, S. R., Tate, T., & Warschauer, M. (2024). Emergent AI-assisted discourse: a case study of a second language writer authoring with ChatGPT. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning.

Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (2024). Elementary Computing for All: A Computational Thinking Curriculum for Multilingual Students. The CATESOL Journal, 35(1).

Kamhi-Stein, L., & Jacob, S. (2024). Introduction to the Special Theme issue “Innovative, Interactive, and Intelligent Uses of Technology in Multilingual Classrooms”. The CATESOL Journal, 35(1).
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Warschauer, M., Jacob, S. R., & Baek, C. (2024). Journal of research on technology in education special issue on computer science for all. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 56(6), 633-637.

Baek, C., Saito-Stehberger, D., Nam, A., Lopez, G., Jacob, S.R., & Warschauer, M. (2024). Empowering Latinx Elementary School Students with Disabilities: Computer Programming through Culturally Sustaining Curriculum. Computer Science Education.

Jacob, S., Gillen, B., Ojeda-Ramirez, S., Baek, C., & Warschauer, M. (2024). Intersectional factors that influence K-2 students' computer science learning. Proceedings of the Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT). ACM. PDF

Warschauer, M., Tseng, W., Yim, S., Webster, T., Jacob, S., & Du, Q. (2023). The Affordances and Contradictions of AI-Generated Text for Second Language Writers. Journal of Second Language Writing. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4404380​​

Jacob, S. R., Baek, C., & Warschauer, M. (2023). Computational literacy, language, and culture. Proceedings of the IEEE Annual International Conference on Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT). IEEE. PDF

Baek, C., Saito-Stehberger, D., Jacob, S., Nam, A., & Warschauer, M. (2023). Computer Science Framework to Teach Community-Based Environmental Literacy and Data Literacy to Diverse Students. arXiv preprint. arXiv:2309.14098.

Baek, C., Saito-Stehberger, D., Nam, A., Lopez, G., Jr, Jacob, S., & uci, m. w. (2023, October 18). Empowering Latinx Elementary School Students with Disabilities: Computer Programming through Culturally Sustaining Curriculum. OSF Pre-print. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/k8rty
​Jacob, S. R. & Warschauer, M. (2023). Asset-based approaches to multilingual students’ computer science identity development. Journal of Computer Science Integration.

Bers, M., Parastu, D., Rosenberg-Kima, R., D., Jacob, S. R., Warschauer, M., & Gimenez, C. (2023). Coding as another language: A comparative study of learning computer science and computational thinking. Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 

​Jacob, S.R. & Warschauer, M. (2023). [Review of Book Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Broader Values through Programming, by M. Bers]. Prometheus.

Scott, D., Zou, A., Jacob, S. R., Richardson, D., & Warschauer, M. (2023). Comparing boys’ and girls’ attitudes toward computer science. Journal of Computer Science Integration, 6(1), 1-17.DOI: https://doi.org/10.26716/jcsi.2023.2.22.37 
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Ojeda Ramirez, S., Tsan, J., Eatinger, D., Jacob, S., Saito-Stehberger, D., & Franklin, D. (2023). Describing elementary students’ spheres of influence in Scratch ‘About me’ projects. In 2023 Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.
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Jacob, S. R., Montoya, J., & Warschauer, M. (2022). Exploring the intersectional development of computer science identities in young Latinas. Teachers College Record, 124(5) 166 –185. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681221103932

Jacob, S., Montoya, J., Nguyen, H., Richardson, D., & Warschauer, M. (2022). Examining the what, why, and how of multilingual student identity development in computer science. ACM Transactions on Computing Education. https://doi.org/10.1145/3500918
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Jacob, S. R., Parker, M. C., & Warschauer, M. (2022). Integration of computational thinking into English language arts. In Computational Thinking in PreK-5: Empirical Evidence for Integration and Future Directions (pp. 55-63). https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3507951.3519288​
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Prado, Y., Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (2021). Teaching computational thinking to exceptional learners: lessons from two inclusive classrooms. Computer Science Education, 32(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2021.1914459 Prado_Jacob_Warschauer_2021.pdf

Kamhi-Stein, L. D., Jacob, S. R., Herrera, A., & Seaborne, R. (2021) Linking a community-based ESL program with the MA in TESOL Practicum course: The tale of a program. The CATESOL Journal, 32(1), 160-171.
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Zhou, N., Cao, Y., Jacob, S., & Richardson, D. (2020). Teacher perceptions of equity in high school computer science classrooms. ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), 20(3), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3410633 [PDF] acm.org Pre-print.pdf

Jacob, S., Nguyen, H., Garcia, L., Richardson, D., & Warschauer, M. (2020, March). Teaching Computational Thinking to Multilingual Students through Inquiry-based Learning. In 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) (Vol. 1, pp. 1-8). IEEE. jacob_et_al_2020_respect.pdf

Nguyen, H., Garcia, L., Jacob, S., Richardson, D., & Warschauer, M. (2020, March). Teachers' Use of Video Reflections to Reinforce Computer Science Language and Concepts. In 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) (Vol. 1, pp. 1-8). IEEE. nguyen_et_al_2020_respect.pdf

Nguyen, H., Garcia, L., Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (2020). Reflection as formative assessment of computational thinking in elementary grades. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ICLS'20). nguyen_et_al_icls_2020.pdf

Jacob, S., & Warschauer, M. (2018). Computational thinking and literacy. Journal of Computer Science Integration, 1(1), 1-19. 
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Jacob, S., Nguyen, H., Tofel-Grehl, C., Richardson, D., & Warschauer, M. (2018). Teaching computational thinking to English learners. NYS TESOL Journal, 5(2), pp. 1-12. Retrieved from http://journal.nystesol.org/july2018/4Jacob%28CGFP%29.pdf

Chapters in Books

Baek, C., Jacob, S. Saito-Stehberger, D., Garcia, L., Ojeda Ramirez, S., Warschauer, M. (in press). Computer science curriculum for culturally and linguistically diverse students. In Huffman, D. W., Feldman, K. R., Herrick, I. R. STEM to STREAMS: Towards a more Equitable Vision of STEM Education.
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Eatinger, D., Saito-Stehberger, D., Krause, S., Tsan, J., Jacob, S. R., Warschauer, M., & Franklin, D. (2023) Leveraging virtual professional development to promote computer science education for multilingual students. In  L. England, L. D. Kamhi-Stein, & G. Kormpas (Eds.) English Language Teacher Education in Changing Times. Routledge.
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Jacob, S. R., Montoya, J., & Warschauer, M. (2022). Examining identity performance of multilingual students in computer science education: An ethnographic case study. In G. Kessler (Eds.), Identity, multilingualism, and CALL. CALICO Book Series: Advances in CALL Research and Practice.
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Jacob, S., Garcia, L., & Warschauer, M. (2020). Engaging multilingual identities in computer science education. Freiermuth, M. R. Editor & Zarrinabadi, N. Editor (Eds.), 
Technology and the Psychology of Second Language Learners and Users. Palgrave-Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34212-8_12 chapter_12_-_jacob_garcia_and_warschauer_2020.pdf

Warschauer, M., Jacob, S., & Maamuujav, U. (2020). Online Englishes. In A. Kirkpatrick (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of world Englishes (pp. 479-493). Routledge. ​ch._28_online_englishes.pdf

Reports

Anton, G., Mills, K., Jacob, S., Chou, N., McNeil, K., & Wegemer, C. (2026, June). Powerful Learning: Building Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions by Fostering Agency, Purpose and Connection. Digital Promise.
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Jacob, S. R., Bailey, A., Bers, M. U., Burke, Q., Denner, J., Franklin, D…. Warschauer, M. (2021). Computer science for multilingual students: Report of the AERA Educational Research Conference. American Educational Research Association.  Retrieved from http://www.elementarycomputingforall.org/uploads/1/2/8/5/128546415/csm.pdf

Jacob, S., Miceli, H., Schneider, H., & Peters Hinton, V. (2026, May). Institutional conditions for integrating emerging technologies in higher education. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/294

McNeil, K., Jacob, S., Burke, Q., Pautz Stephenson, S. (2026). Operation Outbreak: Exploring the Affordances and Challenges of Experiential Simulations in Education for Sustainability. Digital Promise.

Under Review

Burke, Q., Grover, S., Jacob, S., & Drozda, Z. (under review). From Pathways to Progressions: Empowering Districts to Equip K-12 Computational Thinkers with Data Science Foundations. Proceedings of the ACM Data Science K-12: Research to Practice Conference.

Garcia, L., Kao, Y., Stehberger, D., Baek, C., Jacob, S., Franklin, D., & Warschauer, M. (under review). Examining Differential Effects of ELA-Integrated CT Curriculum on Elementary Students' Coding Confidence. AERA Open.

Coenraad, M., Mills, K., Rangel, K., Dunbar, K., Jacob, S., Burke, Q. (under review). Programming an Inclusive Computational Thinking Pathway: Methods of Integrating Computational Thinking and Computer Science K-12. Journal of Computer Science Integration.

​Books

Jacob, S. R., & Warschauer, M. (proposal submitted). Teaching computational thinking to multilingual students. Teachers College Press. 

​Service
Sharin Rawhiya Jacob, Editorial Board, Journal of Computer Science Integration.

Sharin Jacob, Track Chair, 2025 RESPECT Conference, Newark, NJ.

Sharin R. Jacob, Co-Editor, The CATESOL Journal: Special Issue on Innovative, Interactive, and Intelligent Uses of Technology in Multilingual Classrooms. 2024. 

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Jacob, Co-Editor, Journal of Research on Technology in Education: Special Issue on Computer Science for All. 2024.

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