[Nfbv-announce] Research on how technology impacts collaboration between the Blind and sighted people

[Michael Kasey]

>From Michelle McManus, President of the Happy Valley chapter in
Pennsylvania.  I am sending a message from a research student at Penn State.
I do not know her personally, but I do know the people in her lab.  If you
know of anyone in Northern Virginia that would be willing to assist her
please forward the information.  Thank you very much.

 

Michelle

 

Michelle McManus

NFB of PA

Happy Valley President

232 S. Corl St.

State College, PA 16801

(814) 769-3191

happyvalleynfb at gmail.com <mailto:happyvalleynfb at gmail.com> 

 

 

 

From: Emily Egan [mailto:emilyegan at psu.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:55 PM
To: michelleandremy at gmail.com <mailto:michelleandremy at gmail.com> 
Subject: NFB Washington D.C. Contact

 

Good afternoon Michelle,

 

 

Thank you so much for helping me with this project, I really appreciate it!
I am a student in the Schreyer Honors College here at Penn State studying
statistics with a concentration in computer science. I have been working
with Sooyeon and Tina in Dr. Carroll's lab since this past fall. As part of
my honors degree I am writing a thesis and I would like it to be in
connection to the work Sooyeon and Tina are doing. 

 

I am interested in studying  how technology impacts people with visual
impairment, and in particular, I'd like to focus on how technology impacts
collaboration between people with visual impairment and sighted people.  I
plan to analyze how the desired amount and type of help (i.e. informational,
emotional, or tangible)  is impacted by the age of a visually impaired
person. I think that the development of collaborative assistive technology
is a very interesting field, and I plan to research  recent technological
advancements, as well as technologies that are being developed for future
use.  I would like to include questions on the perceived usefulness of these
technologies to the visually impaired. Since technology use in general is
often dependent on age, I believe that understanding how a person with
visual impairment's age relates to how they collaborate with sighted people
would be an interesting topic to explore. 

 

I am going to be interning in Washington D.C. from early June through mid
August this summer and I'm looking to get in contact with someone from the
NFB in that area. I would like to administer a short survey, but I'm
flexible as to what form the survey could take (i.e. over the phone,
administered by myself in person, via email, etc). Additionally, I was also
hoping to potentially conduct a few more thorough interviews (approximately
5-10 people). I would like to get involved in the community while I'm there,
perhaps I could come to a meeting or event and ask for volunteers. My ideal
time frame would be around late June or early/mid July. 

 

Thanks again!

Emily Egan 

 

 

Emily Egan

The Pennsylvania State University

Schreyer Honors College | 2017

Statistics | Computing Option

 

 

 

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