Maggie Melo 🇵🇭 is researching community-centered making
banner
maggie-melo.bsky.social
Maggie Melo 🇵🇭 is researching community-centered making
@maggie-melo.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof | Director of the Equity in the Making Lab (eitm.unc.edu) 🛠️✨ | Reimagining community-centered makerspaces and STEM environments | Co-author: Remaking the Library Makerspace (2020) | Amateur pumpkin grower 🎃
I'm recruiting a graduate student for Fall 2026 to join a new research program that I am leading as PI.

This 3-year project, funded through the NSF’s ER2 program, explores how first-generation STEM students use generative AI tools for academic help-seeking.

Interested? Let's chat!
July 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The image below are photos that one group captured.

The title of their story "Am I Maker?"

Summary: "In a world of unknowns it can be hard to feel like you belong. What do you do when everyone knows more than you?"
November 19, 2024 at 2:53 AM