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My research on conducting fieldwork with vulnerable populations is as follows.

Journal articles

  1. Potnis, D., & Gala, B. (2022). “Unified mobile, financial, and information literacy toolkit”: A social innovation for public libraries to alleviate poverty in developing countries. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 92(1), 68-86. [AR: 12%] [2022 Impact Factor: 2.356] Link
  2. Potnis, D. & Gala, B. (2020). Best practices for conducting fieldwork with marginalized communities. Information Processing & Management, 57(3), 102144. [AR: 12%] [2022 Impact Factor: 6.222] Link
  3. Potnis, D. & Gala, B. (2020). Managing the “backend” of LIS research projects: A project management perspective. Library & Information Science Research, 42(1). [AR: 20%] [2022 Impact Factor: 2.73] Link
  4. Potnis, D. (2015). Addressing data collection challenges in ICT for development projects. International Journal of ICT and Human Development, 7(3), 36-55. [AR: 30%] Link
  5. Potnis, D. (2014). Managing gender-related challenges in ICT4D field research. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 65(1), 1-26. [AR: 25%] [IF: 1.785] Link

Conference panels, proceedings, and mini-tracks

  1. Potnis, D., Gala, B., Lwoga, E., Islam, A., Warraich, N., Keah, H., & Rorissa, A. (2021). Conducting and publishing LIS research in developing countries: Challenges and solutions. Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting, Association for Information Science and Technology, 58(1), 634-638, October 30 – November 4, 2021, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  2. Potnis, D. & Gala, B. (2018). Financial information literacy toolkit for equipping over 200 Million poor for mobile-based digital payments: A study with public libraries in India. ALISE/OCLC research grant presentation at the Association of Library and Information Science Education 2018 Conference, Denver, CO. Link
  3. Potnis, D., Adkins, D., Cooke, N., & Babu, R. (2017). Addressing barriers to engaging with marginalized communities: Advancing research on information, communication, and technologies for development (ICTD). 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Crystal City, Virginia, 587-590. Link
  4. Potnis, D. (2017). Managing ICT for development field research: Challenges, opportunities, and solutions. 23rd Americas Conference on Information Systems. ICTs in Global Development Track, Boston, MA, 1-3. Link [Minitrack proposal reviewed by Conference Co-chairs]
  5. Potnis, D. (2016). Managing ICT4D field research in the developing world: Challenges, opportunities, & innovative solutions. 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Diego, CA, 1-4. Link [Minitrack proposal reviewed by Conference Co-chairs]

Book chapter

  1. Potnis, D. (2016). Managing seven dimensions of ICT4D projects to address project challenges. In H. Rahman (Ed.), Human development and interaction in the age of ubiquitous technology. (pp. 227-249): IGI-Global Publications. (Invited) Link

 

Grant proposals

  1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Digital Security Methodologies and Interventions, ­­­­­­­Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Internet Freedom Program: Funding Theme #2, Digital Safety, U.S. Department of State, $538,634, February 2018
  2. Assessing the Effectiveness of Digital Security Methodologies and Interventions, US Department of State – Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, $590,757, January 2016

[Both grant proposals were in collaboration with Dr. Maureen Taylor (PI) from the School of Advertising and Public Relations, Dr. Nick Geidner from the School of Journalism and Electronic Media, and Dr. Beth Foster from the School of Advertising and Public Relations]

The US government also finds my interdisciplinary research contributions valuable. As a sign of my continuing contributions, in 2018, after approving their preliminary research grant proposal, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the US Department of State invited me and an interdisciplinary team of three experts at UTK to submit a full research grant proposal on “Assessing the Effectiveness of Digital Security Methodologies and Interventions.” The goal of this project was to empower vulnerable citizens in Iran, North Korea, Burma, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria, where there is no freedom to use the Internet. It is a highly competitive and prestigious research opportunity to help the US protect human rights across the globe. To equip millions of oppressed citizens with the digital activism techniques to freely access the Internet, as part of this two-year research project with a budget of around $540,000, I was planning to apply my expertise in mobile technology, the use of IT by non-government organizations, and the diffusion of technology at individual and organizational levels to advance the mission of the US Department of State.