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Mitchel Resnick
American academic (b. 1956)born 1956
Supervised 17 doctoral students (72 students at any level) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; doctorate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 under Seymour Papert and Harold Abelson; Wikidata names Hal Abelson as doctoral advisor and lists 1 doctoral student. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors2
The thesis record names Seymour Papert and Harold Abelson; Wikidata names Hal Abelson.
- cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
Seymour Papert“Beyond the centralized mindset--explorations in massively-parallel microworlds”
1992 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Harold Abelson“Beyond the centralized mindset--explorations in massively-parallel microworlds”
1992 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral
Students72
- cited by a thesis record
Carmelo Presicce“Facilitating Creative Learning: Engaging in a Practice of Care”
2025 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Alexis Huang“Explorations in AI and Creative Learning New Tools to Expand How Young People Imagine, Create, and Tinker with Scratch”
2025 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Karishma Chadha“Imagine Yourself: Explorations in Fostering Personal Expression with Generative AI”
2024 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Cecilé Sadler“Fugitive Spaces For Cultivating Creativity: A Framework For Value-Centered Learning Environments”
2023 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Thaís Xisto“Playful Occupations: Mobile Creative Coding for Critical Consciousness”
2023 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Lily Gabaree“Agency and Community: Supporting Creative Learning in a Global Online Course”
2021 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Rachel A. Green“Designing and Testing a Mobile Creative Coding Application for Children”
2021 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Yusuf Ahmad“Tools that lower the floors, widen the walls, and raise the ceilings for designing creative learning experiences”
2020 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Manuj Dhariwal“Let's chance : playful probabilistic programming for children”
2020 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Marian Mwikali Muthui“Jiradi : reflective documentation to support learning and skills development”
2020 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record2019 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's
- cited by a thesis record
Sean Hickey“Bricoleur : creative learning through video and computation”
2019 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Shruti Dhariwal“Scratch Memories : visualizations that empower children to celebrate and reflect on their creative trajectories”
2018 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Kreg Hanning“Tinkering with ScratchBit : explorations in blended making”
2018 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record2018 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's
- cited by a thesis record
Jennifer Jacobs“Dynamic drawing : broadening practice and participation in procedural art”
2017 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Moran Tsur“Scratch Microworlds : introducing novices to scratch using an interest-based, open-ended, scaffolded experience”
2017 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Sayamindu Dasgupta“Children as data scientists : explorations in creating, thinking, and learning with data”
2016 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Sumit Gogia“Insight : interactive machine learning for complex graphics selection”
2016 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Juliana Toni Nazare“Tools for supporting English language learning in the family context”
2016 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Tiffany Tseng“Making make-throughs : documentation as stories of design process”
2016 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
David J. Wyrobnik“Design and implementation of search for the Scratch Online Community”
2016 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
David Adley Mellis“Do-it-yourself devices : personal fabrication of custom electronic products”
2015 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Timothy R Mickel“Kids, coding, and connections : extending the ScratchJr programming environment to support wireless physical devices”
2015 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Alisha Panjwani“From storytelling to story making : children creating stories with tangible computational media”
2015 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Srishti Sethi“Making serendipity stick : translating short, live online interactions into meaningful relationships”
2015 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Champika Fernando“Online learning webs : designing support structures for online communities”
2014 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Christopher Marten-Ellis Graves“Scratching with all your fingers : exploring multi-touch programming in Scratch”
2014 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Abdulrahman Y Idlbi“Personalized extensions : democratizing the programming of virtual-physical interactions”
2014 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record2014 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral
- cited by a thesis record
Karen A. Brennan“Best of both worlds : issues of structure and agency in computational creation, in and out of school”
2013 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Di Liu“Visualizing remixes in an online programming community”
2013 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Gaia Carini“Finding a needle in a haystack : new ways to search and browse on Scratch”
2012 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Ting-Hsiang Tony Hwang“Exploring real-time video interactivity with Scratch”
2012 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Ricarose Vallarta Roque“Making together : creative collaboration for everyone”
2012 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Rita Chen“ScratchStats : a site for visualizing and understanding scratch usage data”
2010 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Shaundra Bryant Daily“More than a feeling : technology-infused learning environments to support the development of empathy”
2010 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Amon Daran Millner“Computer as chalk : cultivating and sustaining communities of youth as designers of tangible user interfaces”
2010 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Eric Rosenbaum“Jots : cultivating reflective learning in scratch”
2009 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Elisabeth Sylvan“The sharing of wonderful ideas : influence and interaction in Online Communities of Creators”
2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Han Xu“Extending ScratchR : challenges of deploying a scalable user generated content platform for young people”
2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Leo Burd“Technological initiatives for social empowerment : design experiments in technology-supported youth participation and local civic engagements”
2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Andrés Monroy-Hernández“ScratchR : a platform for sharing user-generated programmable media”
2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Tamara I. Stern“NetScratch : a networked programming environment for children”
2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Robbin Nicole Chapman“Pearls of Wisdom : technology for intentional reflection and learning in constructionist cooperatives”
2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Evelyn Eastmond“New tools to enable children to manipulate images through computer programming”
2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
David S. Feinberg“Broadcast-based communication in a programming environment for novices”
2004 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Michael Smith-Welch“Playing with perspectives : using digital video with teenagers to explore percepts, concepts, and the other's point of view”
2004 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Oren Zuckerman“System blocks : learning about systems concepts through hands-on modeling and simulation”
2004 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Christopher Michael Hancock“Real-time programming and the big ideas of computational literacy”
2003 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Michelle Iva Hlubinka“Behind the screens : digital storytelling as a tool for reflective practice”
2003 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Rahul Bhargava“Designing a computational construction kit for the blind and visually impaired”
2002 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Richard Daniel Borovoy“Folk computing : designing technology to support face-to-face community building”
2002 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Daniel Kornhauser“Designing a craft computing environment for non-industrial settings”
2002 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Randal D. Pinkett“Creating community connections : sociocultural constructionism and an asset-based approach to community technology and community building”
2002 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Casey Wayne Smith“Material design for a robotic arts studio”
2002 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Vanessa Stevens Colella“Creating a modeling culture : supporting the development of scientific practice among teachers”
2001 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Anthony Y. Hui“Implementation of a compiler for a stack machine in Java”
2001 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Michelle Leigh Shook“Scaffolding children's exploration of motion and mechanism”
2000 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Aaron Arakawa“PILPUL : a 2D graphical virtual forum for exploring identity and values”
1999 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Andrew C. Cheng“A graphical programming interface for a children's constructionist learning environment”
1998 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Austina M. De Bonte“Pet Park : a virtual learning world for kids”
1998 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Greg Gunn“Web technologies for technology transfer and organizational learning in a production environment”
1998 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record1998 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's
- cited by a thesis record
Andrew B. Begel“Bongo--a kids' programming environment for creating video games on the Web”
1997 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Amy Susan Bruckman“MOOSE crossing : construction, community and learning in a networked virtual world for kids”
1997 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral - cited by a thesis record
Loren C Shih“Network Clubhouse : a constructive learning environment for children”
1996 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Michael David Travers“Programming with agents new metaphors for thinking about computation”
1996 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Guojing Xu“Developing programming environments for programmable bricks”
1996 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Gregory Alan Kimberly“Learning in MarketPlace : economic objects to think with and talk about”
1995 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
Bruce R. Krysiak“Distributed tools for distributed thought : networked StarLogo”
1995 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's - cited by a thesis record
James Randal Sargent“The programmable LEGO brick : ubiquitous computing for kids”
1995 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's
Advisors on Wikidata1
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Students on Wikidata1
From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.
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The line above and below4 steps
The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.
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stated by WikidataHal Abelsoncited by a thesis recordHarold Abelsoncited by a thesis recordstated by WikidataSeymour Papert
- 2 steps up
stated by WikidataDennis Sullivanstated by WikidataFrank Smithiesstated by WikidataJean Piaget
- 3 steps up
stated by WikidataG.H. Hardystated by WikidataOtto Fuhrmannstated by WikidataWilliam Browder
- 4 steps up
stated by WikidataAugustus Edward Hough Lovestated by WikidataE. T. Whittakerstated by WikidataFriedrich Zschokkestated by WikidataJohn Coleman Moore
Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 24 people: 17 cited by thesis records, 7 stated by Wikidata.
Theses1
- cited by a thesis record
Beyond the centralized mindset--explorations in massively-parallel microworlds
1992 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · doctoral · Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science · in English · the thesis's own page ›
Education and career4
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Works1
1992 · held from 1 repository · a work missing?
- cited by MIT DSpace theses's record
Beyond the centralized mindset--explorations in massively-parallel microworlds
1992 · doctoral thesis · MIT DSpace theses