These are my academic publications.
I have published 19 peer-reviewed papers!
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In Progress
A paper on student GenAI reliance boundaries in programming education
in preparation
in preparation
A paper on ethical agency in software development and CS ethics education
under review
under review
A paper on ethics in a critical software design course
under review
under review
2026 - Graduating with PhD in Information; Began Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Creative Exploration Meets Time Constraints: Academic and Professional Approaches to Adversarial Thinking
Accepted at ITiCSE 2026. Proceedings forthcoming July 2026.
Accepted at ITiCSE 2026. Proceedings forthcoming July 2026.
WIP: Teaching Empathy, Leadership, and Ethics in Computing
Accepted at ASEE 2026. Proceedings forthcoming.
Accepted at ASEE 2026. Proceedings forthcoming.
Self-Regulated Personal Contracts as a Harm Reduction Approach to Generative AI in Undergraduate Programming Education
Aadarsh Padiyath, Jessica Shen, Barbara Ericson (2026)
ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
A self-regulated learning contract intervention grounded in harm reduction helped students without established GenAI practices form intentional approaches, but awareness alone did not sustain behavior change as students who valued their guidelines still abandoned them under various pressures.
Curriculum Intervention: GenAI Contract
Aadarsh Padiyath, Jessica Shen, Barbara Ericson (2026)
ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
A self-regulated learning contract intervention grounded in harm reduction helped students without established GenAI practices form intentional approaches, but awareness alone did not sustain behavior change as students who valued their guidelines still abandoned them under various pressures.
Curriculum Intervention: GenAI Contract
Reflecting on Thematic Analysis in Computer Science Education Research: A Field Guide for Researchers and Reviewers
Aadarsh Padiyath, Tamara Nelson-Fromm (2026)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education🏆 Best Paper
Clarifies three distinct approaches to thematic analysis (coding reliability, reflexive, codebook) and provides guidance for authors and reviewers to address widespread methodological confusion in CS education research.
Aadarsh Padiyath, Tamara Nelson-Fromm (2026)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education🏆 Best Paper
Clarifies three distinct approaches to thematic analysis (coding reliability, reflexive, codebook) and provides guidance for authors and reviewers to address widespread methodological confusion in CS education research.
How Teacher Educators Adapt Debugging Instruction for Non-CS Teachers in K-12 Professional Development Practices
Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Aadarsh Padiyath, Mark Guzdial (2026)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Explores how teacher educators adapt debugging instruction for non-CS K-12 teachers in professional development, examining what debugging knowledge teachers need for alternative computing education endpoints.
Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Aadarsh Padiyath, Mark Guzdial (2026)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Explores how teacher educators adapt debugging instruction for non-CS K-12 teachers in professional development, examining what debugging knowledge teachers need for alternative computing education endpoints.
2025
Validation of the Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index: Do Computing Ethics Courses Make a Difference?
Aadarsh Padiyath, Casey Fiesler, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson (2025)
ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
Validates the Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index through two surveys (N=474, N=464), demonstrating distinct dimensions of ethical development while revealing that ethics courses improve some dimensions but also strengthen techno-solutionist beliefs.
Index User Guide: Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index
Aadarsh Padiyath, Casey Fiesler, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson (2025)
ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
Validates the Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index through two surveys (N=474, N=464), demonstrating distinct dimensions of ethical development while revealing that ethics courses improve some dimensions but also strengthen techno-solutionist beliefs.
Index User Guide: Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index
Development of the Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index
Aadarsh Padiyath, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson (2025)
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems🏅 Honorable Mention
We contribute a theory of computing ethics pedagogy, alongside the development of a scale to measure students' attitudes towards computing ethics.
Index User Guide: Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index
Aadarsh Padiyath, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson (2025)
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems🏅 Honorable Mention
We contribute a theory of computing ethics pedagogy, alongside the development of a scale to measure students' attitudes towards computing ethics.
Index User Guide: Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index
Can a Free Tool in an Ebook Platform, Searchable Question Bank, and Summer Workshop Help Instructors Adopt Peer Instruction?
Barbara Ericson, Xingjian (Lance) Gu, Zihan Wu, Shefali Patel, Aadarsh Padiyath (2025)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Investigates whether providing instructors with a free ebook platform tool, searchable question bank, and summer workshops can encourage adoption of peer instruction by addressing barriers like lack of awareness, time, and content coverage concerns.
Barbara Ericson, Xingjian (Lance) Gu, Zihan Wu, Shefali Patel, Aadarsh Padiyath (2025)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Investigates whether providing instructors with a free ebook platform tool, searchable question bank, and summer workshops can encourage adoption of peer instruction by addressing barriers like lack of awareness, time, and content coverage concerns.
2024
Examining the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Beliefs about Large Language Models in an Undergraduate Programming Course
Amy Pang, Aadarsh Padiyath, Diego Viramontes Vargas, Barbara Ericson (2024)
ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference
Socio-economic status was positively associated with believing LLM use will lead to career success in undergraduate students.
Amy Pang, Aadarsh Padiyath, Diego Viramontes Vargas, Barbara Ericson (2024)
ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference
Socio-economic status was positively associated with believing LLM use will lead to career success in undergraduate students.
Do I Have a Say in This, or Has ChatGPT Already Decided for Me?
Aadarsh Padiyath (2024)
XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
We should attempt to be self-aware, set boundaries, with LLMs so that we are not as surprised by their effects when we use them.
Aadarsh Padiyath (2024)
XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
We should attempt to be self-aware, set boundaries, with LLMs so that we are not as surprised by their effects when we use them.
Undergraduate Student Attitudes towards a Social Justice Context in a Programming Project
Aadarsh Padiyath, Kyle Ashburn, Barbara Ericson (2024)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Our students supported social justice contexts and content within their programming education, and requested deeper dives and discussions that challenge their preconceived notions.
Aadarsh Padiyath, Kyle Ashburn, Barbara Ericson (2024)
ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Our students supported social justice contexts and content within their programming education, and requested deeper dives and discussions that challenge their preconceived notions.
A Realist Review of Undergraduate Student Attitudes towards Ethical Interventions in Technical Computing Courses
Aadarsh Padiyath (2024)
ACM Transactions on Computing Education
Students attitudes towards ethics interventions in their technical courses are complex, following many pathways. Four theories were identified to help guide interventions towards success.
Aadarsh Padiyath (2024)
ACM Transactions on Computing Education
Students attitudes towards ethics interventions in their technical courses are complex, following many pathways. Four theories were identified to help guide interventions towards success.
2023
Multi-Institutional Multi-National Studies of Parsons Problems
Barbara Ericson, Janice L. Pearce, Susan H. Rodger, Andrew Csizmadia, Rita Garcia, Francisco J. Gutierrez, Konstantinos Liaskos, Aadarsh Padiyath, Michael James Scott, David H. Smith IV, Jayakrishnan M. Warriem, Angela Zavaleta Burnuy (2023)
ACM Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Working Group Track
This article contributes an analysis of recent Parsons problem research papers, an itemization of considerations for MIMN studies, the results from our MIMN studies of Parsons problems, and a discussion of recent and future directions for MIMN studies of Parsons problems and more generally.
Barbara Ericson, Janice L. Pearce, Susan H. Rodger, Andrew Csizmadia, Rita Garcia, Francisco J. Gutierrez, Konstantinos Liaskos, Aadarsh Padiyath, Michael James Scott, David H. Smith IV, Jayakrishnan M. Warriem, Angela Zavaleta Burnuy (2023)
ACM Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Working Group Track
This article contributes an analysis of recent Parsons problem research papers, an itemization of considerations for MIMN studies, the results from our MIMN studies of Parsons problems, and a discussion of recent and future directions for MIMN studies of Parsons problems and more generally.
Putting a teaspoon of programming into other subjects
Mark Guzdial, Emma Dodoo, Bahare Naimpour, Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Aadarsh Padiyath (2023)
Communications of the ACM
Task-specific programming (TSP) languages are an easy and helpful way of incorporating programming into broader subjects.
Mark Guzdial, Emma Dodoo, Bahare Naimpour, Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Aadarsh Padiyath (2023)
Communications of the ACM
Task-specific programming (TSP) languages are an easy and helpful way of incorporating programming into broader subjects.
Critiquing Computing Artifacts through Programming Satirical Python Scripts
Aadarsh Padiyath, Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Barbara Ericson (2023)
IEEE Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology
Programming scripts containing egregious/satirized versions of Dr. Ruha Benjamin's "glitches" in software were a valuable way of critiquing computing artifacts.
Aadarsh Padiyath, Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Barbara Ericson (2023)
IEEE Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology
Programming scripts containing egregious/satirized versions of Dr. Ruha Benjamin's "glitches" in software were a valuable way of critiquing computing artifacts.
2021 - Graduated with Master's in Computer Science; Began PhD
desAIner: Exploring the Use of "Bad" Generative Adversarial Networks in the Ideation Process of Fashion Design
Aadarsh Padiyath, Brian Magerko (2021)
ACM Creativity & Cognition
Some fashion designers don't like the incestuous nature of GANs trained on existing fashion, but were inspired by the amorphous images it generated.
Aadarsh Padiyath, Brian Magerko (2021)
ACM Creativity & Cognition
Some fashion designers don't like the incestuous nature of GANs trained on existing fashion, but were inspired by the amorphous images it generated.
The role of collaboration, creativity, and embodiment in AI learning experiences
Duri Long, Aadarsh Padiyath, Anthony Teachey, Brian Magerko (2021)
ACM Creativity & Cognition
Intimidation and age were two main inhibitors to collaborative interaction in AI literacy take-home museum exhibits.
Duri Long, Aadarsh Padiyath, Anthony Teachey, Brian Magerko (2021)
ACM Creativity & Cognition
Intimidation and age were two main inhibitors to collaborative interaction in AI literacy take-home museum exhibits.
2020 - Began Master's Degree
Parqr: Automatic post suggestion in the piazza online forum to support degree seeking online masters students
India Irish, Roy Finkelberg, Daniel Nkemelu, Swar Gujrania, Aadarsh Padiyath, Sumedha Raman, Chirag Tailor, Rosa Arriaga, Thad Starner (2020)
ACM Learning@Scale
Contributed a new tool, a recommendation engine, that helped students find previously answered questions on Piazza easily, reducing duplicate questions.
India Irish, Roy Finkelberg, Daniel Nkemelu, Swar Gujrania, Aadarsh Padiyath, Sumedha Raman, Chirag Tailor, Rosa Arriaga, Thad Starner (2020)
ACM Learning@Scale
Contributed a new tool, a recommendation engine, that helped students find previously answered questions on Piazza easily, reducing duplicate questions.
Aadarsh Padiyath, Xinying Hou, Amy Pang, Diego Viramontes Vargas, Xingjian (Lance) Gu, Tamara Nelson-Fromm, Zihan Wu, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson (2024)
ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
Students often internalize technological determinism narratives when deciding whether to adopt LLMs into their learning processes, however, after becoming self-aware about negative impacts on their learning, they often changed their behavior.