I am a PhD student in Information Technology in Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. My interests include AI adoption and instructional technology, connecting educational practice with organizational change.
Conference presentation
Evidence availableProject record
SITE 2026: Modern technology to enhance multiple means of learning
Context
Panel presentation at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference 2026, Philadelphia, PA, March 23–27, 2026.
My Role
Panelist C, co-presenting the AI-generated videos session with panel co-chairs Li-Ting Chen and Leping Liu, alongside panelists Isaac Akuoko-Mensah, Ephraim Quaynor Teye and Pengbo Chu. Verified from the panel proposal and slide deck.
Approach
The panel examined customized generative AI, immersive virtual reality and AI-generated videos as ways to offer multiple means of learning, grounded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). My session discussed how AI can reduce instructional video production time, best practices for creating AI-generated videos, and ways to evaluate them.
Evidence
Chen, L.-T., Liu, L., Akuoko-Mensah, I., Teye, E. Q., Chu, P., & McMillan, P. (2026, March 23–27). Modern technology to enhance multiple means of learning: Customized GenAI, immersive virtual reality, and AI-generated videos [Panel presentation]. SITE International Conference 2026, Philadelphia, PA.Citation
Additional evidence in preparation: Conference programme listing.
Published research
Evidence availableProject record
Nevada’s advanced manufacturing value network and supply chain
Context
Technical report UCED 2024/25-13, University Center for Economic Development, College of Business, University of Nevada, Reno, published June 2025. The report was produced by MBA graduate students in the College of Business with faculty advisor Dr. Frederick Steinmann.
My Role
Primary author (listed as Priscillar Banda), one of the MBA graduate student authors of the report.
Evidence
Alford, R., Banda, P., Barajas, M., … Zuniga, S. (2025). A comprehensive examination of Nevada’s advanced manufacturing industry sector’s value network and supply chain (Technical Report UCED 2024/25-13). University Center for Economic Development, University of Nevada, Reno.Citation
Strategic Research Advisor (contract) to Nevada Tech Hub, Reno, 2023–2024, advising state-level policymakers on technology-sector workforce development.
My Role
Strategic research advisor on a contract basis.
Approach
Labor market intelligence, economic trend analysis and future skills forecasting to inform public policy; executive data-visualization dashboards tracking regional economic and workforce indicators; presentations of evidence-based recommendations to senior government and industry stakeholders.
Evidence
Additional evidence in preparation: Analytical report or executive dashboard sample (approved for public sharing).
Results
As recorded in my resume: co-authored high-impact analytical reports that directly influenced over USD 15 million in state technology investment decisions.
Selected evaluation experience
Evidence in preparationProject record
Selected research and evaluation studies, Zambia, 2018–2021
Context
Health, development and education-adjacent evaluations for organizations including UCSF, the Zambia Red Cross Society, Vision Aid Overseas, Oxfam and Reformed Church in Zambia (TEAR Fund Australia).
My Role
Principal Investigator for UCSF’s midterm evaluation of the CDC-supported Data Quality Monitoring and Improvement project (2019); Qualitative Expert for the Zambia Red Cross COVID-19 and WASH KAP survey (2020); Consultant for the Vision Aid Overseas end-line evaluation (2021); Co-Investigator on Safe Love Campaign, Birth Plans and Safe Motherhood studies (2018–2019); Evaluation Team Member for the Reformed Church in Zambia – TEAR Fund Australia end-of-project evaluation of the Diaconia Department across five sites on the Copperbelt, using mobile data collection devices.
Approach
Midterm and end-line evaluation, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices surveys, operations research, formative research, rapid surveys and qualitative inquiry.
Evidence
Additional evidence in preparation: Public evaluation report or summary.
