Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Chris Emdin

1 Introduction 1
2 A Framework: Critical Computational Expression 37
3 We Code for Insight 53
4 We Code for Connection and Community 77
5 We Code for Accountability 115
6 We Code for Creative Expression 151
7 We Code for Joy and Hope 183
8 Tensions and Extensions 205
Epilogue: So You've Read Code for What? Now What? 247
Kyra Kyles

Acknowledgments 255
Notes 267
Index 293

About the Author

Clifford Lee is Professor and Director of Educators for Liberation, Justice, and Joy Teacher Education program at Mills College at Northeastern University and Scholar-in-Residence at YR Media. Elisabeth Soep is Special Projects Producer and Senior Scholar-in-Residence at YR Media. Her work has been featured in major media including NPR, the New York Times, National Geographic, and Teen Vogue. She is the author of Participatory Politics (MIT Press).