Equity in engineering and science education. Conceptual knowledge development and collaborative learning in undergraduate engineering education. Collaborative decision-making, identity formation, and affect in PK-12 engineering education. Interested in supporting teachers to teach engineering and science.

• Paul, K., Miel, K., Portsmore M., Maltese, A., and Kim, J. (2021). Students’ perceptions of engineering outreach educators: Building relationships and fostering agency in outreach. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Moison, E., Miel, K., Portsmore M., Paul, K., Kim, J., and Maltese, A. (2020). Characterizing engineering outreach ambassadors’ teaching moves during engineering design activities. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
• Hoch, A., Miel, K., Portsmore M., and Swanson, R. (2020). “Because I’m not always constantly getting everything right”: Gender differences in engineering identity formation in elementary students. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
• Miel, K., Portsmore M., Fuller, E., Paul, K., Sung, E., and Maltese, A. (2019). “Maybe if I put my mind to it”: Fifth-graders’ receptivity to engineering careers. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
• Batrouny, N., Miel, K., and Wendell, K. (2019). Elementary students’ disciplinary talk in a classroom with an explicit engineering decision-making scaffold. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
• Portsmore, M., Maltese, A., Miel, K., and Paul, K. (2019) Exploring the impact of university role models on elementary students. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
• Paul, K., Sung, E., Maltese, A., Miel, K., and Portsmore, M. (2019) Development of a Create-a-LEGO-Engineer activity to examine students’ engineering identity. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
• Paul, K., Sung, E., Maltese, A., Miel, K., and Portsmore, M. (2019). Development of an engineering identity and career aspirations survey for use with elementary students. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
• Paul, K., Maltese, A., Portsmore, M., and Miel, K. (2019). Development of a survey to measure engineering identity and career aspirations in elementary students. National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
• Paul, K., Maltese, A., Miel, K., and Portsmore, M. (2019). Development of a survey instrument to measure engineering identity components in elementary students. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
• Miel, K., Portsmore, M., Maltese, A., and Paul, K. (2018) Examining the interactions related to role modeling in an elementary outreach program. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Miel, K. (2017). Positioning and engagement of an elementary student in an engineering activity. Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference, Bloomington, IN.