Ethics and Privacy Issues Related to the Use of Technology in Qualitative and Ethnographic Research
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to design, pilot-test, and administer an interview protocol assessing technology policy guidelines in use in child development laboratories and educational settings in the United States. Concepts and a framework for ethical decision making to safeguard the privacy of human subject, especially children, who participate in research, teaching, and outreach activities involving technologies and visual representations will also be explored.
Investigators: Dr. Victoria Fu, Dr. Peggy S. Meszaros

Development of a Longitudinal Data Base Approach to Technology Impact Research in Human Development
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to explore extant longitudinal data from families related to a range of technology impacts on children, youth, adults and families.
Investigators: Dr. Rosemary Blieszner, Dr. Jay Mancini, Dr. Peggy S. Meszaros, Crystal G. Armes

Indicators of Self-Authorship in Highly Successful Women in Technology and Science Careers: A Pilot Study
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to design and pilot-test an instrument assessing self-authorship in successful women pursuing careers in technology and science. A questionnaire will be developed based on key categories that emerge from interview data. The instrument will be analyzed for both validity and reliability. The completed instrument will be proposed for use to assess self-authorship in a larger national sample of women in technology and science careers. Five women who are successful in information technology careers will be asked to participate in the interviews.
Investigators: Dr. Peggy S. Meszaros, Dr. Carol Burger, Dr. Elizabeth Creamer, and Ms. Katherine Hertlein, M.S.

Parent Education Website Development: A Community Collaborative Research Project
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to design and pilot-test a website delivering parent education with a special emphasis on handling children’s fears and anxieties. While all aspects of parent education are important, this project will focus on content especially helpful to allay children’s increased fears following the stressful events of September 11, 2001 as well as other more typical childhood fears and anxieties. The usefulness of the website will be pilot-tested in rural and urban settings and suggestions for improvement incorporated into a larger proposal to both improve the effectiveness of the website and expand the coverage state-wide.
Participants: Dr. Peggy S. Meszaros, Dr. Gloria Bird, Bonnie Graham, M.S., Melissa chase, M.S., Phyllis Deel, M.S., Patricia Warren, M.S., Cristin Campbell, M.S., Helen Smith, M.S., Beverly Samuel, M.S., Marilyn Grizzard, M.S., Sandra Henderson, M.S., Wanda Reese, M.S., Cindy Davis

Research Projects Completed during 2000-2001

Using Technology as an Electronic Scaffold in Children’s Learning Processes and Home-School Partnerships
Lynn Hill, Angela Primavera, Kelly Wells

Information Technology in Food and Nutrition Extension Programs Targeted to Families
Ann Hertzler, Denise Brochetti, Daisy Stewart, and Nancy Templeman

Residential Technologies in Multi-Family Housing
Rosemary Goss and Julia Beamish

The Web Pal Project
Kathleen M. Carico

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