Erica Bass-Flimmons
Georgia State University

Erica Bass-Flimmons ABD. is a 3rd year doctoral student in the Learning Technologies Division at Georgia State University. Her research interest includes studying mobile devices in developing countries with a focus on public health education. While receiving her Master’s degree, Erica studied at the Durban University of Technology located in South Africa to research Indigenous Technologies (2011). During the first year of her doctoral studies, Erica visited Ghana while researching the Mobile Maternal Health Project with a local NGO (2014) and has remained focused on mobile learning in developing countries as her research topic. Currently, she is a graduate research assistant to the Dean of International Partnerships in the College of Education at Georgia State University. Her research interest includes studying mobile devices within developing countries with a focus on public health. She is interested in analyzing the mobile cellular device in culturally sensitive settings, which will result in the development of culturally specific content and  training tools to aid local natives necessary to impact various cultures.