ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2019 - 2020 Research Team
The 2019-2020 Undergraduate Research team designed and prototyped the game logic and graphic interface inside the ARIS (Augmented Reality Interactive Storytelling) platform. Montgomery 1960, an experiential-learning curricular tool, teaches empathy and perspective-taking through history. Players learn these skills, which are foundational to intercultural and ethical sensitivity, (Swaner, 2005) though immersion into the lived experiences of and challenges faced by the historical events’ participants.The team’s research accepted invitations to present its research at: 1) the Undergraduate Research Poster Session of the American History Association January 2020 in New York City, NY; 2) Keynoted with the activists the Association for Student Conduct Administration and follow up session February 2020 in Crystal City VA; 3) National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in Austin, Tx (a 2020 NASPA Innovative Program; but canceled due to COVID-19); and the National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2020 in Boseman, MT (also canceled due to COVID-19).
Summer Team
Brooks Leftwich – Lead Undergraduate ResearcherGregory Croisdale - Technology Researcher
Khoa Dang – Production Researcher
Wenxi Lyu - Illustrator and Newspaper Layout
Cole Staples – Graphic Design
Fall/Spring Team
Brooks Leftwich - Undergraduate Team Lead ResearcherJames W. Kemp - Lead Graduate Researcher
Jordan Adams - History Group Lead
Kayla Rainboth - History Undergraduate Research Work Study & Team Administrator
Gregory Croisdale - Technology Group Lead and Technology Group Creative Director
Khoa Dang - Technology Group Production Director
Ridhwan Shakil - Learning Outcomes: Perspective and Empathy Group Lead
Emmanuel Quezada - Learning Outcomes: Perspective and Empathy Group Member
Amelia Pi - Learning Outcomes: Perspective and Empathy Group Member