During the Academic Year of 2018/2019 I continue to offer the iQRP series of qualitative research immersions open to students from all programs. Details will be communicated via the various program listservs.

My main research foci include:

• Digital Government (Information, ICTs, and the Public Sector)
  • Smart City, Smart Government, Smart Governance, and Smart Infrastructures
  • Distributed Ledger Technology / Blockchain in the Public Sector
• Disaster Information Management
  • Situational Awareness and Managerial Challenges
• Application/System Evaluation
  • TEDS framework  (for example, we analyzed and helped improve Seattle Sounders FC mobile app)
• Formats of Involvement: Research Assistant
  • Independent Study (minimum 1 credit = 4 hours a week, 3 credits = 10 hours)
  • Volunteer (minimum 1 credit = 5 hours a week)
• Roles of Research Assistants
  • Being introduced to the foundations and practices of qualitative inquiry
  • Assistant in research design, interviewer, data collector, transcriber, coder, data analyzer, co-author of research reports, & presenter of research results