Project Principal Investigators
Michael L. Dorn
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Coordinator of Disabilities Studies, Institute on Disabilities
Dr. Dorn's record of research, teaching and publication relates to cultural landscape analysis, medical geography and disability studies. He moved from Ohio Valley to Center City Philadelphia in June of 2001 and began teaching at Temple University that fall. Since September 1, 2002, he has been an assistant professor of urban education at Temple University. He serves as the Coordinator of Disability Studies at Temple University's Institute on Disabilities, and teaches and advises for the Urban Education Program of the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies.
Dr. Dorn spent the 2000-2001 academic year at the University of Vermont teaching human geography and medical geography in the Department of Geography. Students in his classes learn to appreciate the cultural, political and economic diversity to be found in their immediate environments, as well as in far-flung geographic realms. These have included North American landscapes of disability rights activism and Caribbean projects for sustainable development. For the past three summers he has brought students from Temple University and West Chester University to the rural Jamaican parish of St. Thomas. There he partners with community organizations: basic schools, women's centers, and rural agricultural development agencies. Students pursue projects of mutual interest while the non-profit Edu-Tourism, Inc. works to ensure that these projects continue to progress from year to year.
He regularly blogs about these activities at Disabilities Studies @ Temple and Edu-tourism.
Michele Masucci
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies
Director, Information Technology and Society Research Group
Dr. Masucci received her Doctorate in Geography from Clark University in 1987. She also holds an M.A. in Geography ( Clark University 1986) and a B.S. in Geography and Regional Planning (Salisbury University 1982). She has been on tenure-track appointment at West Georgia University (1989-1991), at Auburn University (1991-1997) and at Temple University since 1997. She is currently the Director of the Information Technology and Society Research Group at Temple University and on appointment in the faculty of Geography and Urban Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. She is a Research Fellow of the Institute for Public Affairs and the Telemedicine Research Center at Temple Health Sciences Campus. She is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Disabilities Studies Program at Temple. Her research the examines how barriers to accessing information resources using geographic information technologies are interrelated with community development and environmental quality problems, including accessing health, education, and social services. She also examines the ethical implications of e-health through considering the technology use experiences of individuals seeking to manager their health conditions.
Eran Preis
Associate Professor, Department of Film and Media Arts
Eran Preis is the producer, director and distributor of "Patricia Baltimore" and is currently producing a new documentary entitled "J.P." Colleagues Michael L. Dorn and Michele Masucci will participate in the development and implementation of dissemination and measurement plans for the project, drawing on the facilities and resources of the Information Technology and Society Research Group at Temple University. Michael L. Dorn will implement a Web 2.0 dissemination and assessment strategy through the use of his widely read blog "Disability Studies, Temple University" and other outlets. He will also develop and implement survey instruments that will be used in showings throughout the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Current Project Staff
Hazreena Alli
Temple Health Studies Student
BITS Program Alumni
Hazreena Alli is a sophomore at Temple University and a BITS Program Alumni. She joined the ITSRG staff as a BITS Program Mentor and Technology Outreach coordinator in the Fall of 2007. She has created map resources found throughout this site and is assisting with outreach activities related to mental health awareness.
Jennifer Caddell
ITSRG Intern and BITS Program Alumni
Jennifer Caddell is an assistant web designer for the documentary "J.P." She is entering her final year of studies at CCP and plans to pursue a career in the health professions. She has worked as a BITS mentor and community outreach coordinator since completing her own BITS Year Round and Summer Intensive experiences in 2006.
Past Staff
Caroline Guigar
Past ITSRG Program Manager
Caroline Guigar specializes in the use of Web 2.0 and Geographic Information Systems applications. She has worked with the team to develop the web outreach program that is developed through this blog. She holds an M.A. in Urban Studies from Temple University and a B.A. in Journalism from Ohio University. Her research interests relate to health and feminist ICT (information and communication technologies) praxis. She developed and is a past host of the JP Film Project podcast series, Click here for episodes.
Amy Uno
Kelly George