June Ahn
@ahnjune.bsky.social
Learning Sciences, HCI, design, technology, research practice partnerships, improvement science, practical measures, analytics, data use. Director of https://www.daplab.education.uci.edu
So proud of my daplab team. Looking forward to seeing folks at AERA 2026.
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The daplab got 5 of 7 proposals accepted to AERA 2026! Please come see us present about how educators enact sensemaking with generative AI produced data; how to codesign playful learning that… | Desig...
The daplab got 5 of 7 proposals accepted to AERA 2026! Please come see us present about how educators enact sensemaking with generative AI produced data; how to codesign playful learning that incorpor...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
So proud of my daplab team. Looking forward to seeing folks at AERA 2026.
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Trump wants UCLA to pay $1.2 billion to settle allegations it violated civil rights law. I took a look at the more than 7,300-word proposed UCLA settlement. Here's the detailed breakdown of Trump's plan to remake one of the nation's top public campuses: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image
The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump wants UCLA to pay $1.2 billion to settle allegations it violated civil rights law. I took a look at the more than 7,300-word proposed UCLA settlement. Here's the detailed breakdown of Trump's plan to remake one of the nation's top public campuses: www.latimes.com/california/s...
The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend @uofcalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...
Stand Up for UC
The federal government’s demand of $1 billion from UCLA puts the entire University of California system at risk. Stand with us to protect UC.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
September 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. Join me and #StandUpForUC to defend @uofcalifornia and support its life-saving work. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved...
Big congrats to Dr. John Lopez on a successful dissertation defense; a great exploration of students’ epistemological beliefs in data science. He’ll be moving to a postdoc position at UC Berkeley in data science education! The best part of my job is seeing student growth and success ❤️
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Big congrats to Dr. John Lopez on a successful dissertation defense; a great exploration of students’ epistemological beliefs in data science. He’ll be moving to a postdoc position at UC Berkeley in data science education! The best part of my job is seeing student growth and success ❤️
Excited to share our new paper that will come out in CSCW 2025. "How did We Miss It?" Examining the Infrastructural Work of Practitioners Supporting Housing Insecure and Foster Youth Students. (ahnjune.com/.../upl.../2...)
Some highlights that I'm particularly proud of:
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Some highlights that I'm particularly proud of:
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August 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Excited to share our new paper that will come out in CSCW 2025. "How did We Miss It?" Examining the Infrastructural Work of Practitioners Supporting Housing Insecure and Foster Youth Students. (ahnjune.com/.../upl.../2...)
Some highlights that I'm particularly proud of:
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Some highlights that I'm particularly proud of:
1/7
Here's an annual celebration of the graduating students and alumni from my research lab. I'm always amazed at their growth and endeavors. One of the best parts of my job.
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Celebrating Our 2025 Daplab Cohort
This year's graduating cohort of students in the Daplab was epic. We'd like to celebrate the great news for our alumni and graduating students!Dr. Dejay Hodge (UCI '24) started a tenure-track, Assista...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Here's an annual celebration of the graduating students and alumni from my research lab. I'm always amazed at their growth and endeavors. One of the best parts of my job.
www.daplab.education.uci.edu/post/celebra...
www.daplab.education.uci.edu/post/celebra...
Excited to share this writeup of my work with the Anaheim where we've been designing AI systems to accelerate their systems change efforts to prioritize and value students' holistic array of skills. TY to Carnegie Corporation for awarding our partnership.
www.carnegie.org/our-work/art...
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Anaheim Collaborative: New Ways to Measure Students’ Progress | Future of Learning & Work | Carnegie Corporation of New York
Anaheim public schools embrace projects that reflect creativity, critical thinking, and a sense of purpose
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June 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Excited to share this writeup of my work with the Anaheim where we've been designing AI systems to accelerate their systems change efforts to prioritize and value students' holistic array of skills. TY to Carnegie Corporation for awarding our partnership.
www.carnegie.org/our-work/art...
www.carnegie.org/our-work/art...
“It would be a symbolic surrender of the university’s autonomy and commitment to free inquiry that... would send a chilling message: that public universities in Virginia serve political agendas, not the commonwealth.”
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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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June 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“It would be a symbolic surrender of the university’s autonomy and commitment to free inquiry that... would send a chilling message: that public universities in Virginia serve political agendas, not the commonwealth.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Everyone should really take an hour and watch Ocean with David Attenborough. Heartbreaking and vital. The pace at which we are killing the ocean is mind boggling. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ocean_with...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Everyone should really take an hour and watch Ocean with David Attenborough. Heartbreaking and vital. The pace at which we are killing the ocean is mind boggling. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ocean_with...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So cool to see this. I also “made my own major” as an Independent Concentration, while an undergrad at Brown. Seeing new students develop their passions and agency warms my heart. www.brown.edu/news/2025-05...
At Brown, independent concentrators pursue academic paths as unique as their ambitions
In this Q&A, four Brown students reflect on the experience of designing their own concentrations that defy conventional categories, from empathy in practice to computational neuroscience.
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June 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So cool to see this. I also “made my own major” as an Independent Concentration, while an undergrad at Brown. Seeing new students develop their passions and agency warms my heart. www.brown.edu/news/2025-05...
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We’re now seeing paramilitary ICE raids in LA — with full on military garb, military tanks, flash bang grenades & the arrest of a major labor leader.
This is a core manifestation of fascism — using federal forces to put down dissent.
If we don’t stop this now, this is the future everywhere.
This is a core manifestation of fascism — using federal forces to put down dissent.
If we don’t stop this now, this is the future everywhere.
Heavily-armed DHS paramilitary forces in military vehicles fired dozens of stun grenades at a crowd of onlookers today in Los Angeles.
June 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We’re now seeing paramilitary ICE raids in LA — with full on military garb, military tanks, flash bang grenades & the arrest of a major labor leader.
This is a core manifestation of fascism — using federal forces to put down dissent.
If we don’t stop this now, this is the future everywhere.
This is a core manifestation of fascism — using federal forces to put down dissent.
If we don’t stop this now, this is the future everywhere.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
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Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
So proud of this year’s cohort of students in my research lab (the Design and Partnership Lab). We have nearly 15 undergrads, masters and PhD students graduating this year. We gave out daplab stoles early, so they can take their graduation pictures and wear them for commencement.
May 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
So proud of this year’s cohort of students in my research lab (the Design and Partnership Lab). We have nearly 15 undergrads, masters and PhD students graduating this year. We gave out daplab stoles early, so they can take their graduation pictures and wear them for commencement.
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Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...
Really honored to have been invited to this New America convening. A great group of minds: www.newamerica.org/education-po...
What Makes Education a Public Good?
Students, researchers, educators, designers, technologists, and advocates gather to design a future for education that leverages open educational resources and AI technology.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Really honored to have been invited to this New America convening. A great group of minds: www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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If you need help explaining to people what the Department of Education does and why it matters, this, from Ben Miller (hosted by @mattyglesias.bsky.social) is as good as it gets open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
What the Department of Education actually does
America’s least understood and most efficient agency, explained
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March 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you need help explaining to people what the Department of Education does and why it matters, this, from Ben Miller (hosted by @mattyglesias.bsky.social) is as good as it gets open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
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Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
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Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
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» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
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March 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
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America’s great research universities were not invented in Silicon Valley garages or cooked up by venture capitalists. For centuries, they’ve been built by scholars, bolstered by benefactors, and scaled up by the state.
The government is now trying to destroy them. The damage will be profound.
The government is now trying to destroy them. The damage will be profound.
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
America’s great research universities were not invented in Silicon Valley garages or cooked up by venture capitalists. For centuries, they’ve been built by scholars, bolstered by benefactors, and scaled up by the state.
The government is now trying to destroy them. The damage will be profound.
The government is now trying to destroy them. The damage will be profound.
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Important and depressing thread on proposed changes to our free lunch program for kids. To be clear, this proposal will increase student hunger and harm our most vulnerable communities.
House Republicans are reportedly considering changes to which schools are eligible to provide free meals to all students through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
Urban's Emily Gutierrez runs the numbers on how many students and schools would lose CEP: www.urban.org/research/pub...
Urban's Emily Gutierrez runs the numbers on how many students and schools would lose CEP: www.urban.org/research/pub...
How Many Students Would Lose Access to Free Meals under House Republicans’ Proposed Changes to the Community Eligibility Provision?
Congressional Republicans are reportedly considering spending cuts to balance the cost of extending the tax cuts they enacted in 2017.
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March 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Important and depressing thread on proposed changes to our free lunch program for kids. To be clear, this proposal will increase student hunger and harm our most vulnerable communities.
Really proud of my lab and students and our partnership with Anaheim Union High School District.
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UCI Design and Partnership Lab Visits Magnolia
YouTube video by AUHSD Communications
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March 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Really proud of my lab and students and our partnership with Anaheim Union High School District.
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