Publications

A collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, and collaborative research spanning Human-Computer Interaction, Social Computing, and Interactive Media.

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Manuscript Thesis

Why Games Stop Feeling Fun: A Computational Approach to Emotional Demand in Play

Xu, H.

M.A. Thesis, Columbia University · January 2026

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Presentation CNS 2026

Electrophysiological and behavioral indices of numerical perception and cognition

Rhee, V., Chen, Z., Gushiken, Y., Bakhru, K., Xu, H., Bisbee, N., Li, Y., Tang, J. E., & Gordon, P.

Vancouver, Canada · March 2026

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Manuscript PME-NA 2024

Emotions in social justice mathematics: Students' experience from a college precalculus classroom

Xu, H., Raja, W., Boutros, E., Wu, Q., & Fonger, N. L.

Paper presented at PME-NA, Cleveland, OH · November 2024

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Presentation ACC Meeting of the Minds

Making mathematics meaningful: A mixed-methods study of undergraduate students' learning through social justice

Xu, H.

South Bend, IN · April 2024

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Manuscript The Crown

Making mathematics meaningful: How learning about local social injustices develops undergraduate students' identity, intellect, skill, and criticality

Boutros, E., Wu, Q., Xu, H., & Fonger, N. L.

The Crown: Syracuse Undergraduate Research Journal · August 2023

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Presentation SOURCE Fall 2023

Making mathematics meaningful: How learning about local social injustices develops undergraduate students' identity, intellect, skill, and criticality

Boutros, E., Fonger, N. L., Wu, Q., & Xu, H.

Syracuse University · December 2023

Presentation D.E.I.A. Symposium

Enhancing students' inclusion and belonging by developing meaningful mathematics literacy in the place we now call home

Boutros, E., Fonger, N. L., Wu, Q., & Xu, H.

Syracuse University · October 2023

Presentation SOURCE Symposium

Making mathematics meaningful: How learning about local injustices develops undergraduate students' criticality, identities, intellect, skill, and emotion

Boutros, E., Fonger, N. L., Wu, Q., & Xu, H.

Poster · Syracuse University · August 2023