Research


Blocks4all started as a dissertation project by Lauren Milne at the University of Washington exploring how to make block-based programming environments more accessible for children with visual impairments. Now an assistant professor at Macalester College, she has continued work on it with the help of some awesome students!

Group of 5 awesome students giving thumbs ups in excitement over their research!

Summer 2023 research group, Macalester College. From left to right: Kyle Suelflow, Lauren Milne, Lucy Rubin, (Avianna) Hien Anh Bui, Miri Leonard (not pictured: Anh Nguyen, Cecelia Kaufmann)

Summer 2021 research group, Macalester College. Haris Ahmed, Amanda Jackson, Tianrui Liu, Arun Mankoff Dey, James Yang, Jonas Costa, Amy Xu

Group of 8 awesome students at Macalester College

Summer 2019 research group, Macalester College. From left to right: Mariella Page, Nana Amoah, Alison Garrett-Engele, Logan Caraco, Katherine McCarthy, Sebastian Deibel, Jacqueline Shao Yi Ong, Yufan Ma, Lauren Milne

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