publications + conferences

November 2022

Embedding Playfulness in Place Together: Co-Design Uses and Gratifications Across Three Neighborhood Games, paper and presentation at the upcoming National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Convention 2022. Co-Authored by Benjamin Stokes, Hazel Arroyo, Meagan Couture, Tambra Raye Stevenson, Mitchell Loewen, Chris Karr, and David Olsen.

July 2022

Games for Change Panel: “Place-Based Games for Social Impact and Communities”. Moderated by Benjamin Stokes, Panelists: Hazel Arroyo, Matthew Wilding, and Steven Dupon

July 2022

NAF Next 2022 Instructional Practices Panel: “DEI: National Approach to the Co-Design of Culturally Responsive Projects”. Session Leaders: Hazel Arroyo, Tara Bellevue, and Chloe Varelidi.

April 2022

Neighborhood Circulation of Civic Stories: Alternative Systems and Storytelling Infrastructure, paper and session at the Urban Affairs Association Conference in Washington, DC, 2020. Co-authored by Prof. Benjamin Stokes, Hazel Arroyo, Mitchell Loewen, and Tambra Stevenson.

This paper was originally accepted in April 2020 but due to COVID-19, the conference was cancelled. The paper was resubmitted and ultimately published as part of the UAA 2022 Conference.

February 2022

Stronger Engagement through Play: Report to DC Government and the Office of Planning from the AU Game Center. (2021). Co-authored by Benjamin Stokes, Tambra Stevenson, Meagan Couture, and Hazel Arroyo.

November 2020

A Playful City in the Cards: Sharing Power in Game Design by Extending the Card Metaphor, work-in-progress paper submission for CHI-PLAY 2020. Co-authored by Benjamin Stokes, Hazel Arroyo, Mitchell Loewen, and Tambra Stevenson.

Pre-Print Available on ResearchGate.

October 2020

Smart cities in transition: challenges of participation in urban environments, paper for Special Issue of the International Journal of HCI. Co-authored by Benjamin Stokes, Hazel Arroyo, Mitchell Loewen, and Tambra Stevenson. Preliminary acceptance.

October 2019

Neighborhood Circulation of Civic Stories: A Trans-Local Platform, session on Locative Media and Community Engagement at the Connected Learning Summit at UC Irvine, 2019. Co-authored by Prof. Benjamin Stokes, Olivia Williams and Hazel Arroyo.

Pre-Print Available on ResearchGate.