The following is a list of publications, pre-prints and articles currently under review.
Peer-refereed journal articles
Martinez, R., & Aleman, E. (2025). Introduction: Speculative youth participatory action research: narratives of imaginative social dreaming. Occasional Paper Series, (53). DOI: https://doi.org/10.58295/2375-3668.1567
Dilek, M., Baran, E., & Aleman, E. (2025). AI Literacy in Teacher Education: Empowering Educators Through Critical Co-Discovery. Journal of Teacher Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871251325083
Aleman, E. and Martinez, R. (2024), “It's Like They Are Using Our Data Against Us.” Counter-Cartographies of AI Literacy. Reading Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.574
Aleman, E. (2024), "Exploring alternative discourses about datafication in a speculative youth participatory action research curriculum", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 125 No. 3/4, pp. 190-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-06-2023-0079
Aleman, E., & Nadolny, L. (2021). Integration of Video Games To Support the FCS Education Food Production Standards. Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences, 113(2), 46-49. https://doi.org/10.14307/JFCS113.2.46
Edited issues
Martínez, R. & Aleman, E. (eds) (2025). Speculative youth participatory action research: Narratives of imaginative social dreaming. Occasional Paper Series, (53). DOI: https://doi.org/10.58295/2375-3668.1568
Peer-refereed articles in preparation
Aleman, E., Brown, M., Ruchotzke, E. (first revision submitted). Game Jams as Sites for Transformational Resistance. Under revision for the Learning, Media and Technology Journal.
Aleman, E., Martínez R., Dilek, M. & Baran, E. (abstract accepted, first revision submitted) Directions for Navigating Critical AI Literacy. Under revision for the Journal of Computing in Higher Education.
Martínez R. and Aleman, E. (abstract accepted, first revision submitted) Stories We Make: Speculative Fiction and Rememorative Futures in Civic Learning. Journal of Learning, Media and Technology. Special Call: Education Fiction.
Conference Proceedings
Aleman, E. (2025). Grounding Imagination: Speculation and Rural Youth Futures. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2025. Helsinki, Finland. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Aleman, E. & Martínez, R. (2025). Stories We Make: Integrating Speculative Fiction into Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). Proceedings of the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting. Denver, USA. American Educators Research Association.
Aleman, E., Martinez, R., & Salazar, A. (2025). Theory, Research, and Practice in Critical AI Literacy: From Empowerment to Liberation through Youth-Led Inquiry. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2101-2113). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Aleman, E., Dilek, M. & Baran, E. (2024). Generative AI as a Mirror. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2024. Buffalo, USA. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Aleman, E., Ruchotzke, E. P., & Brown, M. (2023). Engagement in Practice: Collaborating with University Extension on Game Jam Workshops to expose middle school-aged learners to basic programming concepts. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Aleman, E. (2022). An exploratory study of how informal educators engage with formal educators in a community of practice. In Chinn, C., Tan, E., Chan, C.,& Kali, Y.(Eds.). (2022). Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS2022. Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Aleman, E. (2022). Nayah-Irú: the Design of a Participatory Game to Foster Critical Data Literacy through Storytelling. ISLS 2022. Tokyo. In Chinn, C., Tan, E., Chan, C.,& Kali, Y.(Eds.). (2022). Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS2022. Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Aleman, E. & Mantaras, R. (2022). An exploration of a flexible pathways learning design for EFL language learners. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 152-155). San Diego, CA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 14, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/220722/
Aleman, E., Bakerson, M., Barberry, J., Blaze, B., Chew, J., Finnegan, T. & Sheku Conteh, G.M. (2022). Reimagining Learning in Virtual Spaces: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1755-1763). San Diego, CA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved April 14, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/220946/
Aleman, E. Nadolny, L., Ferreira, A., Gabetti, B., Ortíz. G., Zanoniani, M. (2021). Screening Bot: a playground for critical algorithmic literacy engagement with youth. CHI PLAY ‘21. October 18-21, 2021. Virtual Event, Austria 2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3450337.3483478
Aleman, E., & Davis, P. (2019). An Exploration of Female Engagement and Collaboration: The Bricks and Bits Maker Project. In K. Lund, G. P. Niccolai, E. Lavoué, C. Hmelo-Silver, G. Gweon, & M. Baker (Eds.), A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings: 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference Proceedings: Volume 2 (905-906). Retrieved April 14 from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/8136083
Aleman, Ezequiel (2018). Bricks and Bits. In Ceibal, Fundación (2018). + Aprendizajes: Herramientas para pensar y resolver problemas. Revista + Aprendizajes. ISSN: 2393-7661. Montevideo, Uruguay. Retrieved on April 14, 2022 from http://digital.fundacionceibal.edu.uy/
Palma, F., Elbaum, E., Pacheco, M., Aleman, E., & Pena, A. (2018). Habilidades y competencias del siglo XXI en el desarrollo institucional de la Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay. In F. Vargas Zúñiga (Ed.), Formación profesional y desarrollo productivo: Casos de innovación en América Latina (pp. 62-77). Montevideo, Uruguay: OIT.
Peer reviewed book chapters published or accepted
Aleman, E., & Martinez, R. (2025). Educators as Questgivers: Adult Facilitation and Youth Dreaming in Youth Participatory Action Research. In Youth Resistance for Educational Justice (pp. 198-211). Routledge.
Aleman, E. (2024). Tunche: LatinX culturally relevant games to address climate change in South America. In Schrier, Kowert and Porkka Kontturi. Learning, Education, & Games Volume 4: 50 Games to Use for Inclusion, Equity, and Justice. ETC Press/Carnegie Mellon.
Aleman, E. and Martínez R. (In print - 2026). “Youth Participatory Action Research: A Case Using Game Design and Youth Community Problem-Solving”. In Winn and Winn. 2025 Encyclopaedia of Social Justice: Volume 6: Language, Literacy, Youth, and Culture. Bloomsbury.