Research Papers
White, I., Thomas, M., Catete, V. (2025) A New Method of Collaboration in Block-Based Programming Environments. In Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (FIE 2025). November 2-5, 2025. Nashville, TN, USA.
Thomas, M., Elmore, E., Chavez, B., Ruth, R., Avery, C., Cukier, M., & Catete, V. (2024) Breaking Barriers: Implementing a Cybersecurity Education for Underserved Secondary School Students. In Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (ITiCSE 2024). July 9-10, 2024. Milan, Italy. doi: 10.1145/3649217.3653581
Sthapit, S., Thomas, M., Brock, J., & Barnes, T. (2024). Cracking the Cultural Code: Understanding the Cultural Barriers for Asian International CS Students in the US. In Proceedings of 2024 Conference for Research on Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT 2024). May 16-17, 2024. Atlanta, GA, USA. doi:10.1145/3653666.3656078
Thomas, M., (2022). Developing Training Materials to Supplement the Indiana Cybersecurity Scorecard. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Madamanchi, A., Thomas, M., Magana, A., Heiland, R., & Macklin, P. (2019). Supporting computational apprenticeship through educational and software infrastructure. a case study in a mathematical oncology research lab. doi:10.1080/10511970.2021.1881849
Research Posters
Chavez, B., Thomas, M., Elmore, E. & Catete, V. (2024). Cybersecurity Pedagogy: Exploration of Effective Teaching Methods for Engaging Middle School Learners. In Proceedings of the 1st ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference (SIGCSE Virtual 2024), December 5-8 2024, Virtual. doi: 10.1145/3649409.3691085
Sthapit, S., Thomas, M., Brock, J., & Barnes, T. (2024). Cracking the Cultural Code: Understanding the Cultural Barriers for Asian International CS Students in the US. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2 (SIGCSE 2024), March 20–23, 2024, Portland, OR, USA. doi:10.1145/3626253.3635567