Posts appearing hear describe research that has been published by the Organizing and Communicating with Technology Research Lab. For a listing of published research see Keri Stephens’ ResearchGate Site that contains many full-text papers. We write these posts to summarize our research and provide a more accessible explanation of our findings. Our publications are often in academic journals, and while those are peer-reviewed and rigorously reported findings, sometimes a direct explanation can be helpful. We focus our research on technology, organizing, and people.
Articles Moving Beyond Simply Translating Emergency Preparedness Messages for Growing and Diverse Texas Audiences Keri Stephens 2022/03/07 Here is an online copy of our Best Practices and Future Research Guide Presented at PRIMR 2022 PRIMR 2022 Panelists: Joseph Trujillo Falcón (CIWRO/ NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory), Néstor Flecha (Chief Meteorologist Read more…
The Future of Emergency Management: A Passion for Improving the Human by Working with Social Media Lane Capps 2021/04/28 Sustain. Command. Control. Emergency management is centered around these three words. Regardless of the type of disaster or decade, these three words are essential to deal with emergencies in an effective Read more…
Anne Culver & The Power of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) Lane Capps 2021/04/21 The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), educates and trains volunteers about disaster preparedness for potential local hazards . For example, a CERT member learns about fire safety, Read more…
Disaster Knowledge Workers Publication Roth Smith 2021/02/19 We are excited to announce the publication of our latest article “A different type of disaster response volunteer: Looking behind the scenes to reveal coordinating actions of disaster knowledge workers” in the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. The term “volunteer rescuer” may Read more…
Optic Lab’s Success at the National Communication Association 2020 Lane Capps 2020/12/07 his year at the 106th Annual National Communications Association Convention, commonly referred to as NCA, Optic Lab and its members were very involved and were honored for their insightful and interesting work. NCA is a conference must for Read more…
HAT team’s Online-Computer-Mediated Interviews and Observations Lane Capps 2020/12/07 We are excited to announce that the Human AI-Teaming (HAT Team) here at OPTIC Lab has a paper being published at the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Systems, Computer Society Press! The paper is Online-Computer-Mediated Interviews and Observations: Overcoming Read more…
Winner of the 2020 Outstanding Edited Book Award Lane Capps 2020/11/18 Congratulations to Dr. Keri Stephens for receiving the 2020 Outstanding Edited Book Award by the National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, for her book New Media in Times of Crisis. This honor is well deserved. The book is exceptional, Read more…
Online TxDOT Course Project Lane Capps 2020/10/26 Dr. Keri Stephens received funding from the Texas Department of Transportation, also known as TxDOT, to develop a comprehensive online version of the strategic public involvement planning course she and her team created for the TxDOT staff. This research and instructional design project Read more…
Online Campus Office Experience Lane Capps 2020/10/18 This year has been tough on everyone. The transition to online has brought a lot of challenges, requiring many of us to become technology aficionados. Aside from the clear challenges with technology, we also face the weight of isolation and lack of socialization Read more…
National Preparedness Month Nancy Carlson 2020/09/15 If there is anything that the year 2020 has reminded us of as we continue to respond to the challenges brought by Covid-19, is the importance of being prepared for a disaster, whether that may be the form of a global pandemic, wildfire, or Read more…