Graduate Student in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. Interested in ICTs in developing countries and the use of technology for development.
Conference Papers (peer reviewed)
Schraeder, B., Bonta, E., Obeysekare, E., and Mehta, K. (2015). “Co-Located Community Health and Economic Centers,” Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC2015), Seattle, Oct. 2015, DOI: 1109/GHTC.2015.7343967
Maitland, C.F. and Obeysekare, E. (2015). “The Creation of Capital through an ICT-based Learning Program: A Case Study of MOOC Camp,” Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ACM ICTD2015), Singapore, May 2015, DOI: 1145/2737856.2738024
Wenner, G., Marino, M., Obeysekare, E., and Mehta, K. (2014). “Making data collection in low-resource contexts intuitive, fun, and interactive,” Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC2014),San Jose, Oct. 2014, DOI: 1109/GHTC.2014.6970260
Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
Bram, J., Warwick-Clark, B., Obeysekare, E., and Mehta, K. (2015). “Utilization and Monetization of Healthcare Data in Developing Countries,” Big Data. Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 59-66, DOI: 1089/big.2014.0053
Carroll, J., Obeysekare, E. (2015). CI 101: Community Informatics as General Education. The Journal of Community Informatics. Vol. 11, No. 2, URL: http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1216
Gorski, I., Obeysekare, E., Yarnal, C., and Mehta, K. (2015). “Responsible Engagement: Building a Culture of Concern,” Journal of Community Engagement Scholarship (JCES). 8, No. 2, URL: http://jces.ua.edu/responsible-engagement-building-a-culture-of-concern-2/
Paper Under Review
Obeysekare, E., Mehta, K., and Maitland, C. “Social Factors Affecting Health Data Collection in a Low-Resource Context,” under review.
Wenner, G., Bram, J., Marino, M., Obeysekare, E., and Mehta, K. “Organizational Models of Mobile Payment Systems in Low-Resource Environments,” under review.