Foundations of Graduate Studies

  • How Technology Has Decreased Our Physical Health and How it Can Help

    “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master” (Lange 1) The historian, Christian Lous Lange’s quote on the benefits and dangers of technology in 1921 is extremely relevant in our society today. This paper examines how the development of technology has negatively affected physical health by way of increasing obesity rates. It also explains Read more

  • My Social Truth is…Positive

    When initially visiting the #mysocialtruth webpage, a global platform where young people can share their thoughts on social media, I realized that all of the comments were similar from around the world. First of all, I was extremely surprised at how young the participants were. The youngest posts were from 13 year olds who seemed Read more

  • Start Spreading the News

    The power of media has exponentially grown in the past century and continues to gain more power every day. After reading, “Dancing with Systems” by Donella Meadows, I was surprised to find an interesting take on media and how it works in our society. The article made me take a step back and analyze the Read more

  • Am I a professional hijacker?

    After reading and listening to the lectures taught by Radima Fernando from The Foundations of Humane Technology, one concept that stuck out to me was persuasive technology and the specific ways that technology hijacks the mind. He uses one example of notifications that naturally redirect us by interrupting and hijacking our brain to pay attention Read more

  • Happy Monday!

    I had no idea what a project management platform was until a couple years ago in my first management role. All of a sudden, I was the given the task of organizing all digital communications for an app that had over 50 different products. We sent out multiple email marketing campaigns, push notifications, digital banners, Read more

  • It’s Time to Take Action

    The monumental growth of social media in the past decade has paved the way to build connections and relationships with people around the world. However, through creating connections over shared interests, it has also caused some unprecedented and dangerous followings. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have created a platform where extremist groups can can Read more