Publications & Presentations

Manuscripts

Why Games Stop Feeling Fun: A Computational Approach to Emotional Demand in Play
Xu, H.
M.A. Thesis, Columbia University. January 2026
2026
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 the 46th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Cleveland, OH. November 2024
2024
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, 1, Article 16. August 2023
2023

Presentations

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.
Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Vancouver, Canada. March 2026
2026
Making mathematics meaningful: A mixed-methods study of undergraduate students' learning through social justice
Xu, H.
Paper presented at the 18th Annual ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference, South Bend, IN. April 2024
2024
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.
Paper presented at the SOURCE Fall Expo, Syracuse University. December 2023
2023
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.
Paper presented at the D.E.I.A. Symposium, Syracuse University. October 2023
2023
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 session presented at the SOURCE Symposium, Syracuse University. August 2023
2023