Publications
* = equal contribution, ^ = mentee.
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
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
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
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
ICER 2025//Doctoral Consortium
Designing to Support Accurate Self-Assessments of Programming Ability
Melissa Chen
ISLS 2025//Poster
The Interrelated Nature of Belonging and Self-Assessments in Computing Students' Decisions to Persist
Kristin Fasiang, Melissa Chen, Eleanor O'Rourke