Carnegie Mellon - Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph
S. Mertz, jr. is
a Teaching Professor in the
H.
John Heinz III College as well as the
Information Systems Program in the
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie
Mellon. He co-designed and has taught Technology Consulting
in the Community in Pittsburgh and Qatar. He also created and directs the the international
Technology Consulting
in the Global Community summer program that sends university students
abroad as technology consultants with government ministries and non-profit
organizations in developing communities. His primary teaching interests
are in courses and projects that make students aware of community development
challenges while teaching strategies and methods to use information and
communication technologies to address those challenges.
Past Faculty
Scott McElfresh taught the TCinC course at Carnegie Mellon from Fall 2005 - Spring 2009. He is currently a Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Longwood University in Farmville, VA.
Kathy Schroerlucke co-designed the course and taught it from Spring 1998 through Spring 2002. Being a pioneer in the community technology movement, she brought a wide breadth of experience into the class, including technology integration, organizational development, critical and systems thinking, and leadership development.