Adjunct Faculty at the University of New Mexico and Research Associate at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Mary Bowannie portraitAfter receiving an MA in Journalism from CU 麻豆官网 in 2000, Mary returned to 麻豆官网 in 2014 to pursue the MS鈥揝ocial Impact (ICTD) graduate program to continue her studies in education, communication and technology. Between her degrees at CU, Mary taught Native American studies and journalism courses at the University of New Mexico. Since having completed the ICTD program, Mary has gone on to work and teach in various positions that have helped her utilize both her technological and media skills in connection with her Native American background. Mary started in a communications role for the First Nations Development Institute in Longmont, Colorado, a national Native American institute. Here, Mary used her ATLAS-obtained technical skills to help expand the company鈥檚 online presence and research. She then returned to teaching, this time at the Southwesterm Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a two-year tribal community college, and later returned to UNM as well. As adjunct faculty at UNM, Mary continued to teach courses through the Native American Studies, Communication and Journalism departments. Mary also worked as a research associate at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. In each of her research and education roles, Mary has approached her work from her Native American roots and her knowledge in technology and communication to help bring digital and internet tools to Native American communities. 鈥�

Backstory

Before returning to CU, Mary worked for the University of New Mexico for ten years teaching courses through the Native American Studies, Communication and Journalism departments and advising students. She decided that a challenge and change of pace was needed, and after applying and being accepted to the ATLAS program, Mary quit her job and moved to 麻豆官网 immediately. After two years of studies, Mary created a mobile database for Native American languages for her ICTD practicum project. Since then, this project has grown to include multiple apps and is now used by UNM libraries Creative Commons. Mary has also utilized her technical skills in her work with the First Nations Development Institute and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation to aid companies with their online presence, and with the University of New Mexico and the Southwesterm Indian Polytechnic Institute to educate students about online materials. Ultimately, the ICTD program provided the perfect technological compliment to Mary鈥檚 education and journalism background to help her incorporate technical skills into her own repertoire and into her teaching.

Coursework

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  • Case Studies
  • Global Development
  • Fieldwork Methods
  • ICTD Laboratory

Electives:听

  • Exploration in Anthropology
  • Authentic Leadership
  • International Deployment Broadband
  • Content Management Systems
  • Intro to Virtual Reality
  • Engineering Management: Leading Oneself

Projects

How Native Americans use mobile technology: ICTD Practicum project

  • Problem = Mobile app usage among Native Americans
  • Focus = Data Systems听
  • Goal = Creating an open-source data repository at The University of New Mexico to support Indigenous language apps.

Career Goals

To help Native Americans use and navigate the internet and use mobile technology.