Projects
Applied systems and digital infrastructure
This section highlights applied systems, platforms, and digital infrastructure I have built across nonprofit leadership, educational equity, research driven technology, and community focused innovation.
I.D.E.A.S.
I.D.E.A.S., the Institute for Digital Equity and Attention Science, is the nonprofit and research institution I founded to advance digital equity, attention science, student success, and community based research. The organization is designed to support underrepresented students through evidence driven programs, mentorship, partnerships, and applied systems that connect scholarship to measurable public impact.
HBCU Yard Talk
HBCU Yard Talk is the first social media platform built using Attention Safeguard Models (A.S.M.), a framework designed to identify, address, and minimize digital attention harm in online environments. Created for HBCU students, alumni, and supporters, the platform prioritizes culturally grounded connection, campus identity, and meaningful participation over the attention-extractive engagement patterns common across mainstream social media. It is currently in the Apple App Store available for download and it's C.A.S. Certification.
UCF Knights Research Scholar Program Mentor
I am currently mentoring and supervising five student researchers through the Knights Research Scholar Program on an applied research initiative examining the implementation of Attention Safeguard Models™ (A.S.M.™) in digital application design. Under my mentorship and supervision, each student will conceptualize, design, and develop an application of their choice using A.S.M.™ as its foundational framework. Students will then deploy their applications for real-world use and study, enabling them to examine how A.S.M.™ informed design can shape user engagement, support intentional interaction, and reduce conditions associated with digital attention harm. As the graduate mentor and research supervisor, I will guide the students through project development, A.S.M.™ integration, research planning, deployment, data collection, analysis, and preparation of their final presentations. The students will present their development process, research methods, platform outcomes, and findings during Research Week in the spring.
Cognitive Attentional Standard (C.A.S.) Research Platform
C.A.S. EDU is the education focused, non commercial, and non certification version of the Cognitive Attentional Standards platform, created for students, researchers, and approved academic users. It functions as an academic access tier of the broader C.A.S. ecosystem, giving users with a valid .edu email address or explicit clearance access to research centered tools rather than enterprise certification workflows. The platform already includes a full Research Engine with a Research Dashboard and Research Portal, allowing users to convert completed assessments into APA or ASA formatted research papers and publications. Access is governed through role based permissions such as researcher, ideas researcher, and admin, which supports a controlled academic use model rather than open commercial deployment.