{"595697":{"#nid":"595697","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Michaelanne Dye Awarded ARCS Global Impact Award for 2nd Consecutive Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing Ph.D. student \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/michaelannedye.wordpress.com\/\u0022\u003EMichaelanne Dye\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E was awarded an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.arcsfoundation.org\/\u0022\u003EAchievement Rewards for College Scientist\u003C\/a\u003E (ARCS) Scholar award for the second year in a row, recognizing her research in Cuba and its potential for future global impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESpecifically, she was awarded the Global Impact Award, which goes to just one ARCS Scholar each year. The award, which she also won last year, provides $10,000 of unrestricted funding, meaning that she is able to choose what to use the money for.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It allows me to spend longer periods of time conducting field work by helping cover the costs of having my son travel with me,\u0026rdquo; Dye said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDye\u0026rsquo;s research in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/academics\/human-centered-computing-phd-program\u0022\u003Ehuman-centered computing\u003C\/a\u003E explores interaction and development issues from a social computing perspective. Drawing on her bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in Spanish and master\u0026rsquo;s in cultural anthropology, Dye uses qualitative methods to investigate socio-technical issues surrounding internet and social media use and non-use among low-resource communities during times of political, economic, and social transitions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, her research lies in Cuba, where, up until recently, internet access was limited to 5 percent of the population. Through fieldwork, observation, and interviews with Cubans, Dye is developing a holistic understanding of how new internet infrastructures interact with cultural values and local constraints.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing Cuba as a case study, her work explores how future internet access initiatives might successfully map onto local information infrastructures to provide meaningful, sustainable engagements among under-connected communities in resource-constrained parts of the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ARCS Foundation is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization started and run entirely by women who boost American leadership and aid advancement in science and technology. According to the foundation\u0026rsquo;s website, nine out of 10 ARCS Scholars work in their sponsored fields after they graduate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDye is co-advised by Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/fac\/Amy.Bruckman\/\u0022\u003EAmy Bruckman\u003C\/a\u003E and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nehakumar.org\/\u0022\u003ENeha Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dye was awarded an ARCS Scholar Award for her research in Cuba and its potential for future global impact."}],"uid":"33939","created_gmt":"2017-09-07 21:45:42","changed_gmt":"2017-09-07 21:45:42","author":"David Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"586831":{"id":"586831","type":"image","title":"Michaelanne Dye","body":null,"created":"1486063573","gmt_created":"2017-02-02 19:26:13","changed":"1486063573","gmt_changed":"2017-02-02 19:26:13","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223639","name":"Dye_ARCS_082016.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dye_ARCS_082016.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dye_ARCS_082016.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":402458,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Dye_ARCS_082016.jpg?itok=Pz-5CfMR"}}},"media_ids":["586831"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/academics\/human-centered-computing-phd-program","title":"Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.arcsfoundation.org\/","title":"ARCS Foundation"}],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"175458","name":"Amy Bruckman; Michaelanne Dye; School of Interactive Computing; Cuba; multi-user domains"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Mitchell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.mitchell@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}