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June Ahn

@ahnjune.bsky.social

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Learning Sciences, HCI, design, technology, research practice partnerships, improvement science, practical measures, analytics, data use. Director of https://www.daplab.education.uci.edu

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 24d

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.

www.latimes.com

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · 24d

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

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 26

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 ❤️

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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 22

... intellectual guidance to the team.

-- I love it when funders, community, practice, mentorship and scholarship all come together. It takes a while to get to the published paper, but the journey reaps so many benefits.

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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 22

-- Huge shout out to our lead author Rachael Zehrung for bringing this manuscript together, our larger grad student team for their work in the RPP and data analysis, and my fellow colleagues Yunan Chen and Richard Arum who provided invaluable expertise, collaboration and...
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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 22

... social, technical, and institutional constraints. Based on our findings, we shed light on stigma management at an organizational level and the role of human infrastructure in responding to time-sensitive needs in highly institutionalized contexts."

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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 22

-- Then I had the pleasure of mentoring some great PhD students at UCI, to analyze our data and frame the issue of coordination to: "identify the key activities and infrastructural work performed by practitioners to support housing insecure and foster youth in light of...

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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 22

This slow, collaborative practice work was made possible by funding from the Spencer Foundation.

-- While we were doing the practice work, we were able to also structure studies to understand the issues at play for our partners.

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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 22

-- This is an example of a research-practice partnership with a whole network of support providers in a county, where we worked collectively for multiple years, to understand how to coordinate better services for housing insecure & foster youth.

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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 22

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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June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Aug 8

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...

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...

www.daplab.education.uci.edu

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thanks for including mine! This is such a great list of books.

It's wild to be on a social platform where you can't tag Cory Doctorow. I had to do a search to be sure but it's true. He wrote about why he isn't joining BlueSky here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · Dec 30

Huge night here at NYU. An undergrad trying to fix their grade accidentally discovered how to email 11,000 instructors on a secret group email list, unifying the faculty like no one before. I have hundreds of email replies in my inbox. And apparently Onions, the puppy, has just been granted tenure.

Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · Dec 30

Someone just sent a photo of their dog, Onions, to an 11,000 person faculty listserv, adorable

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Jun 27

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...

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

www.carnegie.org

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Jun 27

“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...

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

www.nytimes.com

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doctor of softboyology @vea.bsky.social · Jun 17

If you are a learning scientist who happened to miss the Closing Session of #isls25, you might want to know that the submission deadline for #isls26 is expected to be October 5–significantly earlier than in years past.

📢 pass it on!

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Jun 16

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...

Ocean with David Attenborough | Rotten Tomatoes

Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Ocean with David Attenborough on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!

www.rottentomatoes.com

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Jun 13

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.

Reposted by Janet Murray, June Ahn

Aftermath @aftermath.site · Jun 12

Disney's big AI lawsuit includes some very damning images:

aftermath.site/disney-univers...

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Jun 7

Heavily-armed DHS paramilitary forces in military vehicles fired dozens of stun grenades at a crowd of onlookers today in Los Angeles.

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Jun 5

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

Opinion | Anthropic C.E.O.: Don’t Let A.I. Companies off the Hook

www.nytimes.com

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Jun 4

youtu.be/GpR_xk-DWsQ

Yurong "Luanna" Jiang Delivers the Graduate English Address | Harvard Commencement 2025

YouTube video by Harvard University

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 13

"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...

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · May 6

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.

Group of students

Group of students

Graduation stoles

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · Apr 9

1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · Apr 5

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

Full of people down 5th avenue, view from 39th Street.

June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social · Apr 5

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.

www.newamerica.org

Reposted by Erica Frankenberg, June Ahn, Jhumka Gupta

Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · Apr 5

Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...

New York Times headline reading "New York says it does not intend to comply with D.E.I. order on schools"

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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · Mar 17

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.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · Mar 17

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

open.substack.com