Dr. Deborah Fields is a research professor at Utah State University.

Dr. Fields received her Ph.D. in Psychological Studies in Education in 2010 from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

Her focus is on connected learning, particularly microcontrollers, online play, and electronic textiles.

Publications:

• Kafai, Y., Fields, D., & Searle, K. (2014). Electronic textiles as disruptive designs: Supporting and challenging maker activities in schools. Harvard Educational Review, 84(4), 532–556. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.84.4.46m7372370214783

• Kafai, Y. B., Lee, E., Searle, K., Fields, D., Kaplan, E., & Lui, D. (2014). A crafts-oriented approach to computing in high school. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1145/2576874

• Kafai, Y. B., Fields, D. A., & Cook, M. S. (2010). Your Second Selves: Player-Designed Avatars. Games and Culture, 5(1), 23-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412009351260 (Original work published 2010) 

• Kafai, Y. B., & Fields, D. A. (2013). Connected play: Tweens in a virtual world. The MIT Press.

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