Overview
Queer Code’s work focuses on designing computational learning environments with queer and trans experiences at the forefront. The research is theoretically shaped by study in social justice, intersectional queer and trans, and learning sciences theories.
Research Focuses
Critical Theory
Virtual Reality
Computational Modeling and Simulations
Computing Education
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Complexity Theory
Digital Art
Social Justice
Selected Publications
A Critical Review and New Directions for Queering Computing and Computing Education
Paré, D. (2021). A critical review and new directions for queering computing and computing education. In George Noblit (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1524
Reorienting Toward LGBTQ+ Belonging in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics by Feeling and Thinking With a Queer and Nonbinary Person in Virtual Reality
Paré, D. (2024), Reorienting Toward LGBTQ+ Belonging in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics by Feeling and Thinking With a Queer and Nonbinary Person in Virtual Reality. Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21929
Queering Complexity Using Multi-Agent Simulations
Paré, D., Shanahan, M-C. & Sengupta, P. (2020). Queering Complexity Using Multi-Agent Simulations. In M. Gresalfi & L. Horn (Eds.), Interdisciplinarity in the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), (pp. 1397-1404). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Nominated for Best Student Paper at the 2020 International Conference of the Learning Sciences.
Read It On: International Society of Learning Sciences Repository
Mementorium: Designing for playful and interactive learning about gender and sexuality-based marginalization
Paré, D., Windsor, S., & Craig, J. (2021). Mementorium: Designing for playful and interactive learning about gender and sexuality-based marginalization. Paper presented at the ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 Immersive Pavilion, Virtual Event. https://doi.org/10.1145/3450615.3464544
Read It On: Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
Queering virtual reality: A prolegomenon
Paré, D., Sengupta, P., Windsor, S., Craig, J., & Thompson, M. (2019). Queering virtual reality: A prolegomenon. In Sengupta, P., Shanahan, M-C., & Kim, B. (Eds). Critical, transdisciplinary and embodied approaches in STEM education. (pp. 307 – 328). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29489-2_17