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Dr. Junghyun Ahn is a leading voice at the intersection of computational thinking, embodied cognition, and K-12 STEM education. Her research centers on how physical movement and tangible interaction—what she terms an "embodied approach"—can make abstract computing concepts accessible and engaging for young learners. Ahn’s most influential work, "Introducing Computational Thinking to Young Learners" (2017, 157 citations), established a foundational framework for integrating computational perspectives into mathematics education through whole-body activities. She further advanced this line of inquiry with a pioneering quasi-experimental study (2022, 16 citations) examining how different levels of embodied instruction affect elementary students’ robot coding, debugging, and self-efficacy in diverse classrooms. Her earlier work on effective planning strategies in robotics education (2017, 7 citations) laid the groundwork for these later contributions. By demonstrating that moving, building, and debugging robots can deepen children’s understanding of computational concepts, Ahn has helped reshape how educators introduce programming and problem-solving to young, ethnically diverse learners—making her a key figure in the movement toward more inclusive, kinesthetic STEM pedagogy.