Megumi Kivuva

I am a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle, advised by Prof. Amy Ko. I study computing education for refugee and immigrant youth. My research is grounded in a multi-year partnership with a local Seattle refugee support organization, where I work alongside staff and community members to build computing programs that reflect the knowledge, aspirations, and lived experiences of the communities they serve. I am interested in how the organizational conditions within refugee-serving organizations shape what computing education becomes possible, and what it takes to make that education sustainable, responsive, and just. I hold a BA in Computer Science and Spanish Studies from Bard College. If you are interested in collaborating, please reach out at megumik@uw.edu.

Publications and Papers

F. Megumi Kivuva, Eman Sherif, Belén Edgar, Amy J. Ko Systems, values, and conceptions shaping computing education in refugee support organizations, International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2026.

Amy J. Ko, R. Ben Shapiro, Jayne Everson, F. Megumi Kivuva [Justice-Centered Educational Programming Language Design], ACM Transactions of Computing Education (TOCE) 2026.

Jayne Everson, F. Megumi Kivuva, Camilo De Haro, Amy Ko. Culture-centric computational embroidery as a medium for learning computer science, IEEE Computer Science Education (CSE) 2025.

F. Megumi Kivuva, Davie A. Ross, Amy J. Ko, Justice-Centered Computing Education Curriculum Design in Informal Learning, ACM SIGCSE Conference on Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) 2025.

Jayne Everson, Rotem Landesman, F. Megumi Kivuva, Amy J. Ko (2025). Dreaming of difference: Imagining the future of CS education pedagogy with secondary students, ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) 2025.

Jean Salac, Lena Armstrong, F. Megumi Kivuva, Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko. How Economically-Marginalized Adolescents of Color Negotiate Critical Pedagogy in a Computing Classroom, ACM Transactions of Computing Education (TOCE) 2024.

Eman Sherif, Jayne Everson, F. Megumi Kivuva, Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Amy J. Ko. Exploring the Impact of Assessment Policies on Marginalized Students’ Experiences in Post-Secondary Programming Courses, ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) 2024.

F. Megumi Kivuva, Jayne Everson, Camilo De Haro, Amy Ko. Culture-Centric Computational Embroidery, ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2024. [BEST PAPER AWARD]

F. Megumi Kivuva, Keith O’Hara, Amy Ko. Exploring Identity through Computing Integration in a Spanish Language & Literature Class, IEEE Conference on Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) 2023.

Alannah Olsen, Benjamin Xie, Jean Salac, Jayne Everson, F. Megumi Kivuva, Amy Ko. A Decade of Demographics in Computing Education Research: A Critical Review of Trends in Collection, Reporting, and Use, ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) 2022.

Jayne Everson, F. Megumi Kivuva, Amy Ko. “A key to reducing inequities in like, AI, is by reducing inequities everywhere first”: Emerging Critical Consciousness in a Co-Constructed Secondary CS Classroom”, ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2022. [BEST PAPER AWARD]