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  • The InclusiveMag Method: A Start Towards More Inclusive Software for Diverse Populations

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    Mendez, Christopher
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    How can software practitioners assess whether their software supports diverse users? Although there are empirical processes that can be used to find “inclusivity bugs” piecemeal, what is often needed is a systematic inspection method to assess software’s support for diverse populations. To help fill this gap, this thesis introduces InclusiveMag,...
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    Christopher Mendez for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science presented on March 2, 2020

  • An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

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    Opas, Matthew E.
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    Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT)use, specifically that of telephones and the Internet, impacts the lives of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy. Informal interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation were carried out in a 'center of second reception.' Results show that information obtained through the...
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    for his advice and guidance during my research. Thanks to Dr. Fina Carpena-Mendez and Dr. Dwaine

  • Educational Migration in Indonesia : An Ethnography of Eastern Indonesian Students in Malang, Java

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    Foertsch, Christopher R.
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    This research explores the experience of the growing number of students from Eastern Indonesia who attend universities on Java. It asks key questions about the challenges these often maligned students face as ethnic, linguistic, and religious minorities exposed to the dominant culture of their republic during their years of education....
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    Christopher R. Foertsch for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented on June 3, 2016

  • The Effect of Canopy Cover and Wildfire Smoke on Near-Surface Temperatures

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    Brackett, Amanda
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    Recent shifts from clearcutting to partial retention harvesting on many ownerships and the importance of microclimate dynamics on biotic responses to regional climate highlight the need to understand how microclimate conditions in forest understories differ across gradients of partial overstories. This study compares below-canopy near-surface temperatures at 2cm above ground...
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    approved: ___________________________________________________ Klaus J. Puettmann & Christopher J. Still

  • SocioEconomicMag Meets a Platform for SES-Diverse College Students: A Case Study

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    Agarwal, Puja
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    Emerging research shows that individual differences in how people use technology sometimes cluster by socioeconomic status (SES) and that when technology is not socioeconomically inclusive, low-SES individuals may abandon it. To understand how to improve technology’s SES-inclusivity, we present a multi-phase case study on SocioEconomicMag (SESMag), an emerging inspection method...
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    push myself beyond my limits every day. I would thank Prof. Christopher Hundhausen and Prof. J Nicole

  • Science Takes Flight: Detection of Black Leg on Turnip Gray Mold on Hemp

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    Bates, Taylor A.
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    Disease detection through traditional techniques such as scouting fields on foot, molecular assays, or morphological identification of plant pathogens is time consuming and costly. Disease diagnosis in the field can be extremely subjective, and largely depends on the experience and knowledge of pathogen identification and disease quantification. This thesis provides...
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    , camera, and software. I would like to thank Dr. Christopher Still for being my graduate representative

  • Practices for Engineering Gender-Inclusivity into Software

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    Hilderbrand, Claudia
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    Although the need for gender-inclusivity in software itself is gaining attention among both SE researchers and SE practitioners, and methods have been published to help, little has been reported on how to make such methods work in real-world settings. For example, how do busy software practitioners use such methods in...
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    . CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Christopher Perdriau, Zoe Steine-Hanson, Larissa Letaw and Jillian Emard assisted

  • Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the Experience of Self- Identification

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    Zaragoza, Mariana C.
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    There is an ever growing number of Latinas/os who reside and have settled permanently in rural America. Unbeknownst to most, rural Latinas/os face adversities unfamiliar to those living outside of this scope. As it stands, the barriers urban Latinas/os students face when transitioning to college has been well documented. However,...
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    only affecting Latina/o students but many students of color. Cases such as Mendez v. Westminister

  • Newcomers’ Barriers. . . Is That All? An Analysis of Mentors’ and Newcomers’ Barriers in OSS Projects

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    Balali, Sogol
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    Newcomers’ seamless onboarding is important for open collaboration communi- ties, particularly those that leverage outsiders’ contributions to remain sustainable. Nevertheless, previous work shows that OSS newcomers often face several barriers to contribute, which lead them to lose motivation and even give up on contributing. A well-known way to help newcomers...
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    the barriers identified previ- ously (Steinmacher et al., 2015b), Mendez et al. (2018) found that

  • How does AAR/AI Support Problem Solvers with Diverse Behaviors and Cognitive Styles?

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    Dikkala, Rupika
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    "What’s wrong with this AI?" Explainable AI (XAI) researchers are moving beyond explaining an AI’s actions, to helping users detect an AI’s failures. However this detection may not be enough—for actionability, we often need to pinpoint which part failed. We investigate how AAR/AI, a structured assessment process, supports users with...
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    shout-out to Christopher Mendez who took me under his wing when I first joined Dr. Burnett’s team, and