Kearney Newman
MS, TMS—Information and Communication Technology for Development '21
ATLAS Institute
kearney.newman@colorado.edu

Kearney Newman grew up in Alaska and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and a minor in anthropology. After graduating, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked for a large international nonprofit focused on education and cultural exchange. Kearney is passionate about global ethics and has lived, studied and volunteered in both Germany and Thailand. She is particularly interested in issues that affect women and girls and aspires to mitigate issues surrounding poverty and lack of access to education using culturally-appropriate technological solutions.  

 

For more information about Kearney, view her LinkedIn page. Alumni pages are not always updated after graduation.​

 

Publications

  • Kearney Newman, Ricky Marton, Janice Higuera, Aarjav Chauhan, Rona Sadan & Heather Underwood. 2020. Designing for Women: Radio-Based Seed Saving Education for Widowed Female Farmers in India. In Proceedings of the IEEE Global Humanitarian and Technology Conference (Seattle, Washington (hybrid/virtual)–Oct. 29, 2020). DOI: 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342955.

 

 

In the news

Collage of four MS-CTD students on top and five BS-CTD students on the bottom who won ATLAS awards in 2021.
Spring 2021 ATLAS Student Awards

May 4, 2021

Graduating in May 2021 with degrees in Creative Technology and Design, the graduate and undergraduate students listed below are recognized for exceptional accomplishments, having demonstrated initiative in their academic and extracurricular activities, completing outstanding research or creative projects, or contributing significantly to the ATLAS community.

Female Indian farmers
Seeding change: MS students' paper on cycles of poverty in rural India accepted by international conference

Dec. 17, 2020

When three first-year ATLAS master's students in the Social Impact track of the Creative Technology and Design program learned of the staggering suicide rate of male farmers in rural India and the suffering that ensues for their surviving family members, they wanted to explore effective interventions.