Integrating CS into K-12 Education
- Diana Franklin, Gerardo Aldana, Phill Conrad: Animal Tlatoque: A Synergy between Mesoamerican Cultural History and Endangered Species to attract and retain Latina/os and Females in Computer Science
- Fred Chong, Diana Franklin: Cell Phone Reuse: Engaging Elementary Students through Cooperative, Educational Cell Phone Applications
- Danielle Harlow, Phill Conrad: Narrowing Santa Barbara's Digital Divide through a local One Laptop per Child Program
Undergraduate CS Education
- Diana Franklin, Phill Conrad: Integrating Current Research into Lower-Division Courses through 10-Minute Activities
Educating Future Teachers
- Diana Franklin, Phill Conrad: Updating the definition and certification for high school computer science teachers.
Gender Studies
- Karen Myers: investigates communication and other factors that affect adolescents' valence for math and science classes and their interest in pursing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors at the university, and ultimately STEM-related careers.
Underrepresented Minority Studies
- Diana Franklin, Karen Myers, He Liqiang: Studying the similarities and differences in challenges faced by minority ethnic Mongolian students in CS at Inner Mongolia University and Latina/o students at UC Santa Barbara.