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Amanda Buddemeyer is a researcher at the intersection of human-computer interaction, culturally-responsive computing, and child-robot interaction. Her work reimagines how young learners, particularly girls, engage with technology by positioning them as co-creators rather than passive users. In her most-cited paper (2023, 15 citations), she introduced the concept of co-creating social robots within culturally-responsive computing, challenging traditional approaches where children only build external artifacts. This work empowers learners to see themselves reflected in the technology they create. Buddemeyer also explores agentic engagement with programmable dialog systems (2021, 7 citations), investigating how children can form deeper, more active relationships with conversational agents beyond simple natural interaction. Her innovative "comic-boarding" methodology (2023, 2 citations) uses comics to understand how language shapes identity in human-human and human-agent dialogue, aiming to design more inclusive voice technologies. By centering children's voices and diverse identities, Buddemeyer’s research advances equitable computing education and accessible AI, making her a notable voice in child-computer interaction.