This paper illustrates the use of multiple educational channels focused on conveying software and technology topics to diversify interest, relevancy, and interconnectedness with historical and contemporary economic themes. Interdisciplinary panels, custom online tools, and ongoing publications - including a blog – are combined to create a hybrid educational approach anchored in both software development and technology to spotlight their effects on the economy. This program brings key software ideas to a largely non-technical audience and advances the awareness of Software Engineering to adult learners globally.

James Cusick is an applied researcher specializing in Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, History of Science, and Political Economy. Currently James is an Independent IT Consultant based in Japan. James serves as a Board Trustee at the Henry George School of Social Science in New York where he researches Innovation and Economics. Previously James was Senior Director IT Strategy and Operations & Distinguished Engineer with Wolters Kluwer. Earlier James held technical and leadership roles at Dell Professional Services, Bell Laboratories, and AT&T Labs. James was also Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Department of Computer Science. His publications include over 100 papers and talks and two recent books on Information Technology. James is a graduate of both the University of California at Santa Barbara and Columbia University. He conducted postgraduate studies in the History of Science at NYU Polytechnic. James is a Member of the IEEE Computer Society and a certified PMP (Project Management Professional).