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My research interests include children's media and technology. If you are interested in learning more about my research, teaching, and service experiences, feel free to download a copy of my CV or contact me directly.

Breniel Lemley & Naomi Polinsky presenting “Building Your Dream House Versus Sorting Shapes: How spatial abilities relate to how children play digital games” at the SRCD Special Topics Meeting: Learning through Play and Imagination.


Breniel Lemley & Alex Adair presenting “PBS KIDS ScratchJr Family Creative Learning Workshops: Implementation of a Family Engagement Model in 16 Communities” at the 2019 American Educational Research Association conference. 

PUBLICATIONS

Diouf, F., Lemley, B., Barth, C., Goldbarg, J., Helgenberger, S., Grimm, B., ... & Bonnevie, E. (2022). Mental Health Stigma Reduction in the Midwestern United States: Evidence from a Digital Campaign Using a Collective Impact Model. Journal of Community Health, 1-8.

Polinsky, N., Lemley, B., Flynn, R., Wartella, E., and Uttal, D. (2022), Children’s Spatial Play with a Block Building Touchscreen Application. Frontiers in Educational Psychology. Frontiers in Education, 7. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feduc.2022.871895

Lowental, A., Lemley B., Kipps, A., Brook, M., Moon-Grady, A. J. (2013), Prenatal tricuspid valve size as a predictor of postnatal outcome in patients with severe pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. doi: 10.1159/000357429 

Moon-Grady, A. J., Rand, L., Lemley, B., Gosnell, K., Hornberger, L. K. and Lee, H. (2011), Effect of selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation therapy for twin–twin transfusion syndrome on pulmonary valve pathology in recipient twins. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 37: 27–33. doi: 10.1002/uog.7748 

Conference Presentations

Lemley, B., Aladé, F., Mesyn, T.J, Eddie, A., & Aparício, C. (2024). Exploring Parents’ Perceptions of Computational Thinking and its Role in Children’s TV. To be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Lemley, B., Vogelman-Natan, K., & Wartella, E. (2024). Tuning in to Kidcasts: A Content Analysis of Children’s Podcasts. To be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Aladé, F., Mesyn, T.J., Aparício, C., Lemley, B. (2024). Mistakes Required: A Two-Wave Phenomenological Case Study on Creating Authentically Inclusive STEM TV for Preschoolers. To be presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. 

Aladé, F., Lemley, B., Mesyn, T.J., & Aparício, C. (2024) Can Children’s Educational Television Meet the Call for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy? A Dyadic Interview Study. To be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Aladé, F., Lemley, B., & Aparicio, C. S. (2024). Young Children’s Understanding of Culture and Inclusion Cues in STEM Television. Paper presented at preconference entitled “Why Basic Cognitive Developmental Science Needs Diversity: Theoretical Value and Practical Considerations” at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA.

Vogelman-Natan, K., Lemley, B.,  & Wartella, E. (2023). We’ll Return After These Messages: A Content Analysis of Advertising in Children’s Podcasts. To be presented at the Association of Internet Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 

Mesyn, T.J., Alade, F., & Lemley, B. (2023). “Shaking things up” / “Fear of F***ing Up”: Creating Culturally Inclusive Preschool STEM Television. In Alade, F. (Chair) Designing Media to Support Diverse Children's Learning. [Paper Session] International Communication Association Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Vogelman-Natan, K. & Lemley, B. (2023). Tuning into Kidcasts: A Content Analysis of Children’s Podcasts and Podcast Advertisements. Presented at the 20 Years of Podcasting: Mapping the Contours of Podcast Studies, International Communication Association Pre-conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Lemley, B., Aladé, F., Eddie, A., & Mesyn, T.J. (2023). Exploring Black and Latine Parents’ Perceptions of Computational Thinking and its Role in Children’s TV. In Beltran-Grimm, S. (Chair), Children’s Media and Technology: What Context and Content Reveal about children’s development and learning. [Symposium] 2023 Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.

Aladé, F., Mesyn, T.J., Lemley, B. (2022). Creating with Intention: A Phenomenological Case Study of Crafting Children’s Media with Intentional Inclusivity. In Jennings, N. (Chair), Race, Representation, and Impact: Honoring Children’s PLACE in Media [Symposium] National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Polinsky, N., Lemley, B. Flynn, R., Uttal, D., Wartella, E. (2022). Building Your Dream House Versus Sorting Shapes: How spatial abilities relate to how children play digital games. Presented at the SRCD Special Topics Meeting: Learning through Play and Imagination, St. Louis, MO.

Lemley, B., Christensen, C., Adair, A., Gerard, G. (2019). PBS KIDS ScratchJr Family Creative Learning Workshops: Implementation of a Family Engagement Model in 16 Communities. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, ON.

Christensen, C., Garcia, E., Adair, A., Gerard, G., Lemley, B., Hupert, N. (2018). PBS KIDS ScratchJr Family Creative Learning Workshops: Implementation of a Family Engagement Model in 16 Communities. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Cleveland, OH.

Hupert, N., Christensen, C., Lemley, B., Pasnik, S., Vahey, P. (2018). The Role of Mediation in Ready To Learn Children’s Media Research: 2008-2017. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Gutierrez, J., Hightower, B., Bookser, B. & Lemley, B. (2015). Preschool-centered design: Creating and selecting websites to suit the cognitive development of preschoolers. In D. Slykhuis & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 1632-1636). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Lemley, B.Q., Aguilar, R.S., Ruff, S.C., and Clausen, J.M. (2014). Ethnic Differences in Therapy Outcome for Foster Youth. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

Rhodes, A.E., Lemley, B.Q., Aguilar, R.M., and Clausen, J.M. (2013). Impact of Open-Ended Psychotherapy with Adults Formerly in Foster Care. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

Moon-Grady, A., Lemley, B., Kipps, A., Brook, M., Rand, L. (2011). Prenatal tricuspid valve size as a predictor of postnatal outcome in patients with severe pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, CA.

ONLINE PUblications

Diouf, F., Lemley, B., Barth, C., Goldbarg, J., Helgenberger, S., Grimm, B., Wartella, E., Smyser, J., and Bonnevie, E. (2021) Mental Health Stigma Reduction in the Midwest: Evidence from a Digital Campaign Using a Collective Impact Model. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3967697 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3967697

Lemley, B., Christensen, C., Hoisington, C. (2018, September 11). Supporting Parents to Support Science [Blog post]. Retrieved from: https://globalfrp.org/Articles/Supporting-Parents-to-Support-Science