Background: Developing vocabulary knowledge continues to be a challenge for English Language learners (ELLs) and individuals with disabilities, which contributes to the problem of low literacy among adult learners. However, technological advancements for language learning are on the rise creating...
This research article provides an overview of the online material available for business Portuguese classes in the United States and it explores the potential for digital instruction. It also shows the results of a needs-analysis survey conducted with 111 participants, including business people...
This thesis proposal for the exhibition, Tech in the City, explores the concept of smart urban technology and its impact on how a city interacts with the humans it serves and supports through participation in an immersive and multi-sensory exhibition experience. While the exhibition can connect...
This qualitative transcendental phenomenological study (Husserl, 1931; Moustakas, 1994; Moerer-Urdahl & Creswell, 2004; Vagle, 2014) of professional identity explored the lived human experience of the threat of loss of professional identity among American military pilots in light of an emerging...
In 2015, the Pew Research Center reported that ninety percent of American adultsowned a cell phone and sixty-four percent owned a smart phone. Any researcher who setouts to examine the nature of relationships in the 21st century must consider how cellphone technology influences communication and...
The multimedia piece Autonomous documents the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the United States -- more commonly known as drones. As the aircraft have become accessible to the average person a new technology sector has been born, one with enormous potential but little regulation....
The literature on African-American males (AAM) begins with a statement to the effect that "Today young Black men are more likely to be killed or sent to prison than to graduate from college." Why are the numbers of African-American male college graduates decreasing? Why are those enrolled in...
There are opportunities for green building technology in office buildings to produce energy savings and cost efficiencies that can produce a positive economic and environmental impact. In order for these opportunities to be realized, however, decision makers must appreciate the value of green...
This dissertation examines early-stage military technology innovation in unmanned aerial vehicles using qualitative case study methods and quantitative social network analysis methods. Five hypotheses about early-stage military technology innovation are drawn from three complementary bodies of...
Digital Night, by Ben Gatos, a Master's Thesis for the New Media Photojournalism program in the Corcoran School of Art & Design of The George Washington University, helps to better understand people's relationship with technology at night. The project utilizes a home-made telescope, a tool meant...