Research
Dr. Kumpulainen’s research draws on the fields of educational and learning sciences, literacy and media studies, with a specific interest on sociocultural and posthuman theorizing. Methodologically, her research is informed by video research, interaction analysis, multimodal analysis, studies of discourse, visual studies, interactional ethnography, as well as social design experiments and co-participatory research. Many of her research projects have developed new methods of analyzing social interaction and learning processes in technology-rich learning environments and researching with children, increasing knowledge of collaborative research and democratic forms of inquiry. Dr. Kumpulainen’s portfolio evidences an outstanding record of research grants and externally funded research projects from highly competitive and distinguished programs.