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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
2025