Gabriella Howse

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Gabriella Howse is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of culturally responsive computing, equity in STEM education, and youth technosocial development. Her most-cited work, “I am a Technology Creator”: Black Girls as Technosocial Change Agents in a Culturally-Responsive Robotics Camp (2025), has already garnered 5 citations, signaling its early influence in reshaping how we understand identity and agency in technology learning environments. Howse’s major contribution lies in centering Black girls not merely as users of technology but as creators and change agents, challenging deficit narratives and designing learning ecosystems that honor their lived experiences. Through her research, she demonstrates how culturally sustaining pedagogy—embedded in robotics and coding camps—can foster technosocial empowerment, where youth develop both technical skills and critical consciousness. Her work is notable for its participatory, community-engaged methodologies, which amplify marginalized voices and offer concrete models for equitable STEM education. Howse’s scholarship is essential reading for educators, designers, and researchers committed to dismantling systemic barriers and cultivating a more just technological future, one where every young person can claim, “I am a technology creator.”