Why Media Psychology?

It was less than one year ago that I first heard of a PhD program Media Psychology. I was completing my Master’s Degree in Online Teaching and Learning from Colorado State University-Global Campus (the online branch of CSU), and I was considering further studies. I explored education programs at several institutions before I discovered the program at FGU.

I plan to focus on education especially how it relates to media, technology, and the developing world. I have worked on seven projects for Habitat for Humanity in the developing world. Here are several children from a project I worked on last year. This is one reason I decided to work in education.

This interesting website was given to me by a friend of mine. To me, it highlights a direction education can take to become more effective and more meaningful to a culture.

I am also a gadget guy and a bit of a futurist. I see great promise in a device like the Apple iPad. The integration of media with tools, Internet access, and new software might be used to significantly improve education in poorer communities across the world.