Technology & Social Change Group

Main menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Research
  • Projects
  • Publications
  • People
  • Updates

Archive: UW

Post navigation

Older posts

Winter 2021 class — Misinformation Escape Room

Update Technology & Social Change Group on November 3, 2020

Instructors: Chris Coward, Jinha Lee, Travis Windleharth Misinformation escape room is designed as a hands-on class for students to participate directly in an iSchool research project. The research team has completed the development of an online escape room intended to help participants learn …

Passion for Libraries and Immigrant Communities Guides Katya Yefimova’s Work at TASCHA

Update Technology & Social Change Group on August 4, 2020

Katya Yefimova used to drive to a library branch across town just to browse Russian-language books on the shelves. Seattle traffic couldn’t deter the University of Washington Information School (iSchool) PhD candidate from her mission: Connecting her young daughter to her family’s language and …

From Jordan to Seattle, you’ll find Allison Anderson promoting gender and technology equality

Update Technology & Social Change Group on April 16, 2020

  Allison Anderson became a Research Assistant at TASCHA in fall of 2019. Her interest in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) is what initially attracted her to TASCHA at the beginning of her studies at the University of Washington. Now in the final year of …

Practitioners and Researchers Connect to Address Tech Access and Education for Refugee Women

Update Katya Yefimova, Stacey Wedlake, Negin Dahya and Maria Garrido on March 11, 2020

For refugee women in Seattle and King County, technology education plays a key role in learning to navigate life in their new community.  Our research team explored refugee women’s experiences with technology-related programs and services as part of the Refugee Women and Technology Education …

For TASCHA RA Renee Lynch, Education and Exploration Go Hand-in-Hand

Update Technology & Social Change Group on November 27, 2019

At the intersection of education and activism, you’ll find Renee Lynch. Renee became a TASCHA Research Assistant last summer when she saw an advertisement for our Advancing Library Visibility in Africa (ALVA) project. Originally from the Chicago area, Renee says that “traveling is the best way …

Code.org, K-12 education capstone opportunity

Update Technology & Social Change Group on November 14, 2018

If you’re interested in data visualization, relational databases, and coding, our friends at code.org have a Capstone opportunity available. ISchool students interested in this position can search for Code.org or the Capstone title on iCareers. Below is the iCareers description of the project, …

New cross-campus partnership for ICTD Change seminar

Update Erin McAweeney on October 12, 2017

TASCHA will engage with the broader ICTD community on the UW campus with a new role in a partnered lecture series. The Change seminar, which was initially hosted by the ICTD lab in CSE is transitioning into a cross-campus collaboration, and will be involving faculty and students not only from …

Opportunity for iSchool student to assist with ICT4D seminar

Update Melody Clark on June 26, 2017

For years, Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) has hosted a weekly seminar called Change. The Change seminar focuses on research, projects, and issues related to information & communication technologies for development (ICT4D). Starting this fall, the Technology & Social Change …

Apply now to gain real-word ICTD research experience in Ghana

Update Melody Clark on January 27, 2017

Interested in research, development, information and communication technologies (ICTs), and culture? Are you a student at the University of Washington? If so, TASCHA alumni Araba Sey and Researcher Chris Rothschild are leading a program this summer in Ghana that could be perfect for you and …

TASCHA is hiring an undergraduate research assistant

Update Melody Clark on January 17, 2017

The Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA) has an outstanding opportunity for an undergraduate student to work on one of our research projects, the Regional Study and Resource Center Evaluation. Undergraduate Research Assistant – Digital Survey Development for Evaluation of Namibia’s …

Post navigation

Older posts