Publications

* = equal contribution, ^ = mentee.

2026
ICER 2026

Talk, Tech, and Togetherness: Ethnographic Insights into Siding in Introductory Undergraduate Computer Science

Kristin Fasiang, Melissa Chen, Darren Gergle, Eleanor O'Rourke
🔗 Preprint
CHI 2026·Workshop on Understanding and Engaging Critical Resistance to AI in Education

Hello World: Grounding the Design of Generative AI in Learning Communities and Contexts with Sociocultural Theories

Kristin Fasiang*, Melissa Chen*, Eleanor O'Rourke
🔗 Preprint🛠️ Workshop
SIGCSE TS 2026·Experience Report

Choosing Their Own Way: Guided Self-Placement for Students in an Introductory Programming Sequence

Brett Wortzman, Melissa Chen, Miya Natsuhara, Eleanor O'Rourke
📄 PDF
2025
Koli Calling 2025

Navigating Appropriate Help-seeking with LLMs: Associations with Motivation and Beliefs in a CS course

Stephanie Yang, Melissa Chen, Bertrand Schneider
📄 PDF
ISLS 2025

Exploring Students' Perceptions of Contextualized Computing in an Introductory Computing Science Course for Non-majors

Yinmiao Li, Melissa Chen, Ayse Hunt, Michael Horn, Eleanor O'Rourke
📄 PDF
2024
ICER 2024

Understanding the Reasoning Behind Students' Self-Assessments of Ability in Introductory Computer Science Courses

Melissa Chen, Yinmiao Li, Eleanor O'Rourke
🏆 Best Paper Award (top 1 paper / 36)
📄 PDF
ICER 2024

Exploring the Interplay of Metacognition, Affect, and Behaviors in an Introductory Computer Science Course for Non-Majors

Yinmiao Li, Melissa Chen, Ayse Hunt, Haoqi Zhang, Eleanor O'Rourke
📄 PDF

Posters and workshop papers

2026
ICER 2026·Lightning Talks & Posters

"It's Okay Sometimes": Insights into Students' Nuanced Evaluations of their Programming Abilities While Using LLMs

Melissa Chen, Stephanie Rissmiller^, Kristin Fasiang, Eleanor O'Rourke
🔗 Preprint
ICER 2026·Lightning Talks & Posters

Situating Computing Students’ Self-Assessments of Ability in a Collaborative Programming Context

Kristin Fasiang, Melissa Chen, Eleanor O'Rourke
CHI 2026·Extended Abstracts

Designing a Self-Regulated Learning System for Introductory Computer Science Courses

Yinmiao Li, Melissa Chen, Ayse Hunt, Michael Horn, Eleanor O'Rourke
📄 PDF
2025
ICER 2025·Doctoral Consortium

Designing to Support Accurate Self-Assessments of Programming Ability

Melissa Chen
📄 PDF
ISLS 2025·Poster

The Interrelated Nature of Belonging and Self-Assessments in Computing Students' Decisions to Persist

Kristin Fasiang, Melissa Chen, Eleanor O'Rourke
📄 PDF
2023
ICER 2023·Lightning Talks & Posters

Designing a Real-Time Intervention to Address Negative Self-Assessments While Programming

Melissa Chen, Eleanor O'Rourke
📄 PDF📌 Poster