| 2021 | LAK | Skills Matter: Modeling the relationship between decision making processes and collaborative problem-solving skills during Hidden Profile Tasks. | Yiwen Lin, Nia Dowell, Andrew Godfrey |
| 2020 | AIED | LIWCs the Same, Not the Same: Gendered Linguistic Signals of Performance and Experience in Online STEM Courses. | Yiwen Lin, Renzhe Yu, Nia Dowell |
| 2019 | AIED | Promoting Inclusivity Through Time-Dynamic Discourse Analysis in Digitally-Mediated Collaborative Learning. | Nia Dowell, Yiwen Lin, Andrew Godfrey, Christopher Brooks |
| 2019 | LAK | Social Comparison in MOOCs: Perceived SES, Opinion, and Message Formality. | Heeryung Choi, Nia Dowell, Christopher Brooks, Stephanie D. Teasley |
| 2019 | LAK | Modeling gender dynamics in intra and interpersonal interactions during online collaborative learning. | Yiwen Lin, Nia Dowell, Andrew Godfrey, Heeryung Choi, Christopher Brooks |
| 2019 | LAK | Exploring Learner Engagement Patterns in Teach-Outs Using Topic, Sentiment and On-topicness to Reflect on Pedagogy. | Wenfei Yan, Nia Dowell, Caitlin Holman, Stephen S. Welsh, Heeryung Choi, Christopher Brooks |
| 2018 | AIED | Temporal Changes in Affiliation and Emotion in MOOC Discussion Forum Discourse. | Jing Hu, Nia Dowell, Christopher Brooks, Wenfei Yan |
| 2018 | LAK | Are MOOC forums changing? | Oleksandra Poquet, Nia Dowell, Christopher Brooks, Shane Dawson |
| 2017 | EDM | Epistemic Network Analysis and Topic Modeling for Chat Data from Collaborative Learning Environment. | Zhiqiang Cai, Brendan R. Eagan, Nia Dowell, James W. Pennebaker, Arthur C. Graesser, David W. Shaffer |
| 2017 | LAK | How effective is your facilitation?: group-level analytics of MOOC forums. | Oleksandra Poquet, Shane Dawson, Nia Dowell |
| 2015 | EDM | Modeling Learners' Social Centrality and Performance through Language and Discourse. | Nia Dowell, Oleksandra Skrypnyk, Srecko Joksimovic, Arthur C. Graesser, Shane Dawson, Dragan Gasevic, Pieter de Vries, Thieme Hennis, Vitomir Kovanovic |
| 2015 | LAK | How do you connect?: analysis of social capital accumulation in connectivist MOOCs. | Srecko Joksimovic, Nia Dowell, Oleksandra Skrypnyk, Vitomir Kovanovic, Dragan Gasevic, Shane Dawson, Arthur C. Graesser |
| 2014 | EDM | Modeling Student Socioaffective Responses to Group Interactions in a Collaborative Online Chat Environment. | Whitney L. Cade, Nia Dowell, Arthur C. Graesser, Yla R. Tausczik, James W. Pennebaker |
| 2011 | AIED | Does Topic Matter? Topic Influences on Linguistic and Rubric-Based Evaluation of Writing. | Nia Dowell, Sidney K. D'Mello, Caitlin Mills, Arthur C. Graesser |
| 2009 | AIED | Cohesion Relationships in Tutorial Dialogue as Predictors of Affective States. | Sidney K. D'Mello, Nia Dowell, Arthur C. Graesser |