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research.projects

Developing a Culturally Compelling Social Network Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention for African American College Students

 

Practical Logic of STEM Career Choice: A Critical Interpretive Approach to Profiling IT Career Pathways of African American Males at HBCUs

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professional.organizations

  • Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems (SIGMIS)
  • International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.2 (IFIP 8.2)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • The PhD Project

 

last updated: October 2012

media.coverage

"Scholars Seek to Determine Why So Few Black Men Pursue Careers in Information Technology", Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (October 28, 2012). http://www.jbhe.com/2012/10/scholars-seek-to-determine-why-so-few-black-men-pursue-careers-in-information-technology/

"Kvasny, Trauth examine why black males choose IT careers", Penn State Live (September 27, 2012). http://live.psu.edu/story/61583

"IST Faculty Profile: Lynette Kvasny, Penn State Live (December 19, 2011). http://live.psu.edu/story/56897

"Black Americans Use Blogs to Discuss HIV and AIDS, a Study Says", The Wired Campus (September 30, 2008).
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3354

"African-American Blogs Offer Key Health Communication Tools", Penn State Daily Newswire (September 30, 2008).
http://live.psu.edu/story/34936

"Blacks Turn to Blogs", The Daily Collegian (September 8, 2008). http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/09/08/paper_blacks_turn_to_
blogs.aspx

"Researchers Find 'Raw' Data in African-American Blog Community", Penn State Daily Newswire (September 2, 2008).
http://live.psu.edu/story/34107/nw1

"Researchers Examine Information Technology Issues in Kenya", Penn State Daily Newswire (May 9, 2008).
http://live.psu.edu/story/30776

"IST Researchers Receive NSF Award to Study How Race, Ethnicity Affect Gender Stereotypes", IST News and Events (October 3, 2007).
http://ist.psu.edu/newsevents/?pageID=736&HeadlineID=1730

"Minority Women See Advancement Through Information Technology", Black Issues in Higher Education (June 19, 2003).
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_9_20/ai_104521296

"IST Researchers, Community Group Partner to Teach Computer Skills to Youths", Penn State Daily Newswire (May, 1, 2003).
http://live.psu.edu/story/2868

"IST Researchers Partner with Harrisburg Non-profit for Oracle Grant", The Networker (Vol. 4.2, Spring 2003).
http://ist.psu.edu/networker/Archive2.cfm?HeadlineID=910

"Firm's Survey of College-Bound Students Finds No Digital Divide Among Them", The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 22, 2003).
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/04/2003042201t.htm

"Minority Women Perceive IT as Way to Promised Land", Penn State Daily Newswire(April 16, 2003).
http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/minoritywomen.html

"Grant Backs Faculty Project on Community-Based Technology", Penn State Daily Newswire (March 3, 2003).
http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/03mar03newswire.html

"Study Analyzes Efforts to Bring Technology to Distressed Areas", Black Issues in Higher Education (January 16, 2003).
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_24_19/ai_97172563

"Computers in Churches, Laundromats May Bridge Digital Divide", Penn State Daily Newswire(December 18, 2002).
http://www.psu.edu/ur/2002/bridgingit.html

"Digital Divide Encompasses More than Technology", Penn State Daily Newswire (December 13, 2002).
http://www.psu.edu/ur/2002/digitaldivide.html