{"639947":{"#nid":"639947","#data":{"type":"news","title":"LGBTQ+RISE UP Covid-19 Project Launched","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Georgia State University have teamed up on a project called LGBTQ+ RISE UP. The goal of the project is to use multimedia technology through a longitudinal, diary-based study to empower the LGBTQIA+ community to understand and document how LGBTQIA+ adults demonstrate resilience and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis covid-related research project is being led by Regents\u0026#39; Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EElizabeth Mynatt\u003C\/strong\u003E, executive director of the Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech, and \u003Cstrong\u003EKristie Seelman\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in the School of Social Work at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMynatt, who is also a distinguished professor in the College of Computing, said that, \u0026ldquo;it is very important to us that we recruit a diverse, multi-generational sample of LGBTQIA+ adults in the Southeast for this project.\u0026rdquo; The research team hopes to recruit more than 100 participants \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lgbtqriseup.ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ein this study\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Seelman, \u0026ldquo;we expect that the data from this study will inform the knowledge base about resilience and coping among LGBTQIA+ adults in the Southeast, both specific to this pandemic and in broader terms.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring this year-long project, they will ask participants to complete diary entries on topics related to resilience and coping. Participants can respond through typed text, audio, video, and\/or photography on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lgbtqriseup.ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eproject website\u003C\/a\u003E. They will also invite about a third of the participants to complete online video interviews with a trained member of the research team to share more about their strategies of resilience. The research team plans to create public-facing ways of sharing the stories they hear, such as through social media, public art, and\/or a library archive.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project was made possible by funding provided by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/public-interest-technology\/university-network\/about\/\u0022\u003EPublic Interest Technology University Network\u003C\/a\u003E (PITUN) collaboration network aided by \u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor of computer science at Georgia Tech and co-lead on the PITUN fellowship program providing funding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information and to participate visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lgbtqriseup.ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/lgbtqriseup.ipat.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERelated articles:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/2019\/10\/07\/new-partnership-georgia-state-looks-computing-solutions-social-challenges\u0022\u003ENew Partnership with Georgia State Looks for Computing Solutions to Social Challenges\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/631541\/workshop-kicks-public-interest-technology-fellowship-program\u0022\u003EWorkshop Kicks Off Public Interest Technology Fellowship Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Georgia State University have teamed up on a project called LGBTQ+ RISE UP. The goal of the project is to use multimedia technology through a longitudinal, diary-based study to empower the LGBTQIA+ community to understand and document how LGBTQIA+ adults demonstrate resilience and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and Georgia State University have teamed up on a project called LGBTQ+ RISE UP. 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