Research

Current Projects

Youth's development and engagement in critical climate agency in formal school settings

Transdisciplinary and justice-centered climate teaching

Publications

Lieu, D.t, Tsai, N.t , Yett, J.t, & Kang, H. (2025). Individual Awareness to Systemic Action: Expanding Students’ Project with Civic Action Matrix. The Science Teacher, 92(2), 65–75.

Article

Lieu, D.t, Tsai, N.t , Yett, J.t, & Kang, H. (2025). Individual Awareness to Systemic Action: Expanding Students’ Project with Civic Action Matrix. The Science Teacher, 92(2), 65–75.

Article

Lieu, D.t, Tsai, N.t , Yett, J.t, & Kang, H. (2025). Individual Awareness to Systemic Action: Expanding Students’ Project with Civic Action Matrix. The Science Teacher, 92(2), 65–75.

Article

Tsai, N.t, Shin, M.g, & Kang, H. (2025). Learning to Engage in Climate Activism in High School Classrooms Towards Collective and Systemic Changes. In Rajala, A., Cortez, A., Hofmann, H., Jornet, A., Lotz-Sisitka, H., & Markauskaite, L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2025 (pp. 1634-1638). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Article

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Presentations

Abdulahi, A.s, Ahmad, M.s, Chee, J.s, Lin, E.s, Matsuoka, K.s, Shiang, C.s, Tong, Ss. with Liu, R.g, La, T.g, Gill, K. K.g, Midani, N.t, Tsai, N.t, Zinger, D., and Kang, H. (2024, April). Amplifying the Voices of Youth to Improve School Lunch and Mitigate Climate Crisis. Presented at the 2024 AERA conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Poster

Gupta, R.s, Ly, B.s, Siddiqui, A.s, Tran, D.s, Yin, H.s, Zheng, P.s, with Ahmad, M.g, Gill, K.g, Kim, R.m, Lin, E.g, Shin, M.g, Tsai, N.t, and Kang, H. (2025, May). “Climate resiliency is a more than just knowing what the climate is!” Youth Voices of Engaging in Justice-centered Climate Civic Action. Presented at the Center for Research on Development and Professional Practice, University of California, Irvine.

Presentation Slides

t: teacher, g: graduate student, s: student, m: mentor