Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Pleasants, J., Krutka, D.G., Thrall, A. (2026). Saving teacher labor? Questioning the magic of AI with pre-service teachers. TechTrends.

Thrall, A., Shanks, N., Harrelson Magill, L. (2025). What’s “holding it together?”: Care networks and complexity in economics curriculum. Social Studies Research and Practice.

Nichols, T.P., LeBlanc, R., & Thrall, A. (2025). Parametrizing “the digital”: Education research methods for platform ecologies. Learning, Media, & Technology.

Thrall, A. (2024). De/Constructing the private sphere: An inquiry into the history of housework. Middle Level Learning, 80(1), 2-8.

Nichols, T.P., Thrall, A., Quiros, J., Dixon-Román, E. (2024). Speculative capture: Literacy after platformization. Reading Research Quarterly, 59(2), 211-218.

Thrall, A., Nichols, T.P., & Magill, K. (2024). Speculative frictions: Writing civic futures after AI. English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 23(1), 67-82.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Nichols, T.P., & Thrall, A. (2025). Platformed privatization: data, technology, and the changing infrastructure of educational governance. In A. Zancajo, C. Fontdevila, H. Jabbar, & A. Verger (Eds.), Research Handbook on Education Privatization and Marketization. Edward Elgar.

PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP

Pleasants, J., Krutka, D.G., & Thrall, A. (2026, March 22). Questioning AI with future teachers. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/questioning-ai-with-future-teachers

Thrall, A., Logan, C., & Talbert, T. (2026, March 15). Caregivers challenging ed-tech in schools: An invitation to engage. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/caregivers-challenging-ed-tech-in-schools

Thrall, A., Nichols, T.P., & Magill, K.R. (2025, August 3). Introducing digital civics club. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/introducing-digital-civics-club

Nichols, T.P., & Thrall, A. (2025, February 2). Whose media literacy? Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/whose-media-literacy

Thrall, A., Logan, C., Nichols, T.P. (2025, January 12). Being a Civics of Tech parent: Part 3: Commitments. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/being-a-civics-of-tech-parent-part-3-commitments

Robinson, B., Thrall, A., & Nichols, T.P. (2024). Editorial: Critical perspectives on digital platforms in ELA teacher education. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 24(4). 

Thrall, A., Logan, C. (2024, November 10). Being a Civics of Tech parent: Part 2: Testimonials. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/being-a-civics-of-tech-parent-part-2-testimonials

Thrall, A. (2024, October 6). Being a Civics of Tech parent: Part 1: Problems and propositions. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/being-a-civics-of-tech-parent-part-1-problems-and-propositions

Thrall, A. & Nichols, T.P. (2024, August 20). There’s a better way to teach digital citizenship: Curriculum should amount to more than lectures on responsible online behavior. Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-theres-a-better-way-to-teach-digital-citizenship/2024/08

Thrall, A., & Arnell, P. (2024, May 12). Teaching a feminist technology history with More Work for Mother: A unit guide. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/rethinking-the-narrative-of-ai-in-schools

Thrall, A., & Seitz, R.Z. (2024, March 22). We undervalue women’s work. Teaching this topic could help: The case for studying household labor in your social studies class. Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-housework-is-a-topic-worthy-of-study-in-our-schools/2024/03

Seitz, R.Z., & Thrall, A. (2024, March 10). The gross bias of domestic production calculations: How our teaching of GDP ignores the value of household labor. Civics of Technology. https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/the-gross-bias-of-domestic-production-calculationshow-our-teaching-of-gdp-ignores-the-value-of-household-labor