R. Yoshinaga*, B. Prefontaine*, K. Diaz*, M. Rice, and E. Price. (2026). “Undergraduate Facilitators of Informal STEM Education Programs Use and Develop Community Cultural Wealth in Their Roles.” International Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-026-00605-2
A.N. Washington, V. E.Callais, B. Prefontaine, S. B. Daily, E. Bonilla-Silva, M. Berenstein, A. Barajas, J. Kwesi, and R. Razon. “The Impact of (No) Affirmative Action on Undergraduate Experiences and Perceptions of Neutrality in Computing.” Under revision in Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context.
B. Prefontaine, C. Fracchiolla, C. Mullen, J. Guven, K. Hinko, and S. Bergin. (2021). “Informal physics programs as communities of practice: How can program structures support university students’ identities?” Physical Review Physics Education Research. https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020134
C. Fracchiolla, B. Prefontaine, and K. Hinko. (2020). “Community of practice framework for understanding identity development within informal physics programs,” Physical Review Physics Education Research. https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020115
*Denotes equal contribution
J. Kwesi, M. Bernstein, R. L. Razon, A. Barajas, T. Clemons, B. Prefontaine, V. E. Callais, A. N. Washington, S. B. Daily, E. Bonilla-Silva. (2025). “Work in Progress: Student Understandings of Race and Racial Bias in Computing Environments,” 2025 ASEE Proceedings.
B. Prefontaine, T. Carroll, N. Finkelstein, J. Hoehn. (2024). “Understanding long-term impacts of youth’s participation in an informal physics program: A qualitative pilot study.” 2024 PERC Proceedings.
B. Prefontaine, A. N. Washington, S. Daily, B. Blaser, V. Barr, and J. Goode. (2024). “Work in Progress: Developing and Measuring the Adoption of Identity-Inclusive Computing Tenets,. 2024 ASEE Proceedings.
F. Fairfax, J. Kwesi, E. McFalls, R. L. Razon, A. Thursland, A. N. Washington, C. E. Peoples, S. B. Daily, B. Prefontaine, E. Bonilla-Silva. (2024). “Work in Progress: The Role of Student Backgrounds in Understanding Racial Disparities in Computing.” 2024 ASEE Proceedings.
B. Prefontaine, R. Smith, D. Izadi, and K. Hinko. (2022). “Examining community of practice formation within a new informal art and physics program.” 2022 PERC Proceedings.
B. Prefontaine and K. Hinko. (2019) “Supporting multiple identities in informal spaces: Examining design choice.” 2019 PERC Proceedings.
C. Mullen, C. Fracchiolla, B. Prefontaine, and K. Hinko. (2019). “Why it should be ‘and’ not ‘or’: Physics and music." 2019 PERC Proceedings.
C. Rispler, B. Prefontaine, and K. Hinko. (2019). “Understanding University Students’ Identity Through Engagement in Informal Physics Programs.” 2019 PERC Proceedings.
C. Fracchiolla, B. Prefontaine, K. Hinko. (2018). “Is participation in public engagement an integral part of shaping physics students’ identity?” 2018 GIREP-MTPL Proceedings.
B. Prefontaine, C. Fracchiolla, M. Vasquez, and K. Hinko. (2018). “Intense Outreach: Experiences Shifting University Students’ Identities.” 2018 PERC Proceedings.
“Cracking the Code: Understanding How Undergraduate Computing Students Perceive Race Within Computing” Physics Department Colloquium (California State University San Marcos), invited colloquium speaker, 2023
“Designing and Evaluating Informal Plasma Physics Programs” Plasma Network for Engagement and Training Communication & Engagement Workshop, invited workshop, 2024
“What’s Identity Got to do With It? Exploring Inclusivity in Physics and Computing Education” Physics Department Colloquium (High Point University), invited colloquium speaker, 2023
“Informal Physics Education Research in a Nutshell” 2022 Oslo Physics Education Research Summer School, invited keynote speaker, 2022
“Blending physics and other interests (in and out of the classroom)” Physics Education Research Conference (Provo, UT), invited parallel session, 2019
“Development and assessment of a particle physics summer program for high school students” APS Mid-Atlantic meeting (Newark, DE), invited talk, 2017
“Teaching a diverse history of physics: Women and African Americans in the physical sciences” AAPT Summer Meeting (College Park, MD), invited talk, 2015