Atefeh Behboudi

Presentation: 10:35-11:00am | Wyatt Center Rotunda

Presentation Title: Middle School Black Girls’ Perspectives on Surveillance: Discourse Shifts in a Critical Machine Learning Project

Presentation Abstract: This study examines how the discourse of surveillance among middle school black girls shifted through their participation in a critical machine learning (CML) project grounded in sociocultural learning theories. Using a qualitative research design, this study collected data through students’ interaction in their groups over two sessions within a twelve-session program implementation. Ordered network analysis (ONA) reveals that while students initially positioned surveillance in a binary category, either for care or control, with a weak connection, they eventually began to position care as a primary purpose of their monitoring, and they justified why this is important. These findings underscore the importance of integrating critical STEM education in schools, providing students with opportunities to engage and question the technologies they design.

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