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Nicole Hutchins is an educational technology researcher whose work sits at the intersection of computing education, cybersecurity, and collaborative learning environments. She is best known for her contributions to making cybersecurity concepts accessible to K-12 students through innovative, hands-on pedagogical approaches. Her most influential work centers on RoboScape, a networked robotics platform built on the open-source NetsBlox visual programming environment, which enables groups of learners to engage with foundational computer science and cybersecurity ideas in both classroom and informal learning settings. With 33 citations, this work has established her as a notable voice in the emerging field of cybersecurity education for young learners. Her follow-up study examining a week-long robotics-based cybersecurity camp for high school students — garnering 31 citations — further demonstrated the practical effectiveness of her curriculum design. Hutchins has also investigated the cognitive and social dimensions of learning, exploring how collaborative discourse and programming behaviors relate to the development of computational thinking and cybersecurity knowledge. Through log-based analysis of student projects in synchronous programming environments, she continues to advance data-driven methods for evaluating learning outcomes, making meaningful contributions to both research and practice in STEM education.