External Grants & Awards
Principal Investigator, with Liu, J. Enhancing AI Literacy Through Maker-Based Learning with Generative AI. 2024 SIG USE Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). $1,000 (2024-2025)
Co-Principal Investigator, with Abbas, J. (PI). Making is for Everyone: Learning within Library Makerspaces for Youth with Disabilities (LG-252323-OLS-22). Institute of Museum and Library Services. $296,685. (2022-2025)
Co-Investigator, with Kwon, K. A. (PI), Ford, T., Castle, S., Wang, H., Kile, M., Randall, K., Tsotsoros, J., Jang, S. R., Lloyed-Jones, B., & Cheema, C. Happy Teacher Wellness Program to Support Head Start Staff's Well-Being (HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-YR-1967). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. $2M. (2021-2025)
Advisory Board Member, OU SLIS School of Librarianship Advisory Board. Developing Responsive Library Leaders Summer Institute. 2021 ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant. The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, and ABC-CLIO. $1,750. (2021)
Internal Grants
Principal Investigator, with Liu, J. (Co-PI). Syllabi and Activities for AI-Assisted Maker Education: Design and Evaluation. Summer AI Pilot Projects, Data Institute for Societal Challenges, The University of Oklahoma. $9,964. (2025)
Principal Investigator. Developing Children’s Data Literacy through Interest-Driven Learning Experiences at a Public Library. Junior Faculty Fellowship Program. The Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships of the University of Oklahoma. $9,198. (2022)
Principal Investigator, Dissertation Research Initiation Grants. College of Education, Penn State University. $600. (2017)
Jung, Y. J., Munyao, M., & Abbas, J. (2025, accepted). Design and strategies of public library makerspaces for youth with disabilities: Collective case study [short paper]. In Proceedings of the 2025 Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting.
Oh, Y., Jung, Y. J., Varghese, C. A., Tettevie, F. L., Martinez, C., Zucker, T., & Ferrari, E. (accepted). Implementing educator well-being initiatives in early care and education settings: Overcoming barriers at multiple levels. Educating Young Children.
Jung, Y. J., Rubenstein, E., & Park, H. (2025). Transitions in older adulthood: A conceptual proposal incorporating the maker movement, lifelong learning, and information behavior. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.25007
Choi, J., & Jung, Y. J. (2025). Academic library expenditures and graduation rates: evidence from four-year colleges and universities in the US. Studies in Higher Education. 50(6), 1151-1164. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2366325
Jung, Y. J., & Zimmerman, H. T. (2024). The intertwining of children’s interests and micro-practices at a science museum: Case study of three children. Cognition & Instruction, 42(4), 455-481. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2024.2374705
Jung, Y. J., & Liu, J. (2024). Toward a conceptual framework characterizing the interplay of interest development, information search, and knowledge construction (ISK) in children’s learning. Aslib Journal of Information Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJIM-01-2024-0041
Jung, Y. J., Kim, S. H., & Choi, G. W. (2024). Revisiting design principles and guidelines for online makerspace services and programming in public libraries. Information and Learning Sciences, 125 (11/12), 1054-1073. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-10-2023-0157
Choi, G. W., Lim, J., Kim, S. H., Moon, J., & Jung, Y. J. (2024). A case study of South Korean elementary school teachers’ emergency remote teaching. Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 16(2), 259-285. https://doi.org/10.34105/j.kmel.2024.16.013
Jung, Y. J., Chang, Y., Moon, J., Seo, J., Bonnette, R., Lee, J. -Y., Abbas, J., Koh, K., Ke, F., Cox, E., Chen, S., DiCioccio, M., Sokolikj, Z., Munyao, M.+, & Alstad, Z. (2024). Learning environments designed for and with learners with disabilities [hybrid symposium]. In R. Lindgren, T. I. Asino, E. A., Kyza, C. K. Looi, D. T. Keifert, & E. Suárez (Eds.). Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2024) (pp.1918-1925). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2024.384050
Kim, S. H., Jung, Y. J., & Choi, G. W. (2023). Transition of public and academic library makerspaces from physical to online settings during a pandemic. The Library Quarterly, 93(2), 155-180. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/10.1086/723848
Jung, Y. J. (2023). Small library making big changes: A case study of the Baramsup Library. In K. Williams-Cockfield & B. Mehra (Eds.), How public libraries build sustainable communities in the 21st century (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 53) (pp.185-195). Emerald Publishing Limited.
Jung, Y. J., Choi, G. W., & Kim, S. H. (2023). Design-based education in STEM: For learners of the 21st century. In R. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & G. Smith (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education 4th Edition, vol. 11 (pp.198-206). Elsevier. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.13077-5
Jung, Y. J., Whalen, D. P., & Zimmerman, H. T. (2022). Shifts of epistemic agency between children and parents during making at a museum-based makerspace. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 13(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2022.2100940
Kim, S. H., Jung, Y. J., & Choi, G. W. (2022). A systematic review of library makerspaces research. Library & Information Science Research, 44(4), 101202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101202
Liu, J., & Jung. Y. J. (2021). Interest development, knowledge learning, and interactive IR: Toward a state-based approach to search as learning. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR ’21) (pp. 239-248). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406522. 3446015
Jung, Y. J., Zimmerman, H. T., & Pérez-Edgar, K. E. (2020). Mobile eye-tracking for LDT research in diverse educational settings. In E. Romero-Hall (Ed). Research methods in learning design and technology (pp. 26-42). Routledge.
Jung, Y. J. (organizer), Dudek, J., Yan, S., Borge, M., Kim, S. H., Liao, J., Shapiro, B., & Zimmerman, H. T. (2020). Visualizing qualitative data: Creative approaches for analyzing and demonstrating lively data from diverse learning settings. [symposium] In M. Gresalfi & I. S. Horn (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 1 (pp. 438-445). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Kim, S. H., Choi, G. W., & Jung, Y. J. (2020). Design principles for transforming making programs into online settings at public libraries. Information and Learning Sciences, 121(7/8), 619-630. doi: 10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0110
Jung, Y. J., Zimmerman, H. T., & Land, S. M. (2019). Emerging and developing children’s situational interests during tablet-mediated biology education activities at a nature center. Science Education, 103, 900-922. doi:10.1002/sce.21514
Jung, Y. J., Cho, K., & Shin, W. S. (2019). Revisiting critical factors on teachers’ technology integration: The differences between elementary and secondary teachers. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 39(4), 548-561. doi:10.1080/02188791.2019.1620683
Jung, Y. J., Zimmerman, H. T., & Pérez-Edgar, K. E. (2018). A methodological case study with mobile eye-tracking of child interaction in a science museum. TechTrends, 62(5), 509-517. doi:10.1007/s11528-018-0310-9
Jung, Y. J., Kwon, K. A., Ford, T. G., Lloyd-Jones, B., Kile, M., Cheema, C., & Min, J. (2025, April). Designing multifaceted learning environments to promote early childhood educators’ holistic wellness. 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Denver, CO.
Jung, Y. J., Abbas, J., & Munyao, M. (2024, October). Public library makerspaces and maker programming for youth with disabilities: Experiences of librarians [Disabilities in LIS SIG panel]. The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2024 Annual Conference. Portland, OR.
Williams-Cockfield, K., Mehra, B., Connaway, L., D’Arpa, C., Matthews, A., Jung, Y. J., Evans, S., & Ryan, S. (2024, October). How public libraries build sustainable communities in the 21st century [panel]. The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2024 Annual Conference. Portland, OR.
Jung, Y. J., & Denmon, S. (2024, April). Promoting children’s data literacy through place-based embodied learning at a public library. 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Jung, Y. J., Abbas, J., & Sultana, N. (2024, April). Disabilities empowering tinkering: Stories of Learners with Disabilities at Library Makerspaces [structured poster]. 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Choi, J., & Jung, Y. J. (2023, November). Academic library expenditure and college graduation rates [research paper]. The Association for the Study of Higher Education’s 48th Annual Conference.
Jung, Y. J., & Abbas, J. (2023, October). The prevalence of public library makerspaces and maker programs for youth with disabilities [Disabilities in LIS SIG panel]. The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2023 Annual Conference.
Jung, Y. J., & Kim, S. H. (2022, October). Learning principles for MLIS online graduate courses on Makerspaces [panel presentation for the Curriculum SIG]. The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2022 Annual Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.
Jung, Y. J. (2022, April). Data collected but excluded in qualitative research in/on informal learning environments [structured poster]. 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Diego, CA.
Kim, S. H., Jung, Y. J., & Choi, G. W. (2022, April). Adapting alternative approaches during COVID-19 to explore youth and adult learners’ informal learning experiences [paper]. 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Diego, CA.
Jung, Y. J., Park, Y., & Rubenstein, E. L. (2022). Learning of older adults in makerspaces [roundtable]. In Proceedings of the 2022 Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) (pp. 1-2). AERC. https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2022/roundtables/7
Choi, G. W., Lim, J., Kim, S. H., Moon, J., & Jung, Y. J. (2021, November). A case study of post-COVID19 elementary school teachers in Korea [concurrent presentation]. 2021 Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) International Convention. Chicago, IL & Virtual.
Romero-Hall, E., Arisan-Ari, I., Gentry, W., Greenhaigh, S., Jung, Y. J., Stefaniak, J., Tiwari, S., Koehler, M. J., Rosenberg, J. M., Willet, B. S., Lockee, B., Zimmerman, H. T., Perez-Edgar, K., Grant, M. M., & Ari, F. (2020, November). Let’s talk about research methods: Where are we today? [panel] 2020 Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Virtual Convention.