Lori C. Walters, Ph.D.

• Research Associate Professor
• Lori.Walters@ucf.edu
• 407-882-1406
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Education

• Ph.D. in United States History/ Public History from Florida State University (1998)

Research Interests

Digital History (Virtual and Augmented Reality & Laser Scanning), Post World War II US Popular Culture, US Space History, Florida Space Coast, Cocoa Beach

Recent Research Activities

LiDAR scanning Mid-Century Structures

Augmented Reality - Microsoft HoloLens

Selected Publications

Articles/Essays

• L.C. Walters & R.A. Michlowitz, "A Retrospective Perspective on the Digital Recreation of Mid-Century Subjects," Journal of Visual Ethnography, 2016, 5(2), 37-54.
• L.C. Walters, C.E. Hughes, D. Hughes, “Revisiting the Future: Designing and Implementing a Large-Scale, Historically Conscious Virtual Environment,”  Games & Culture, December 2011, 6(6), 538-559.
• “Beyond the Cape: An Examination of Cape Canaveral’s Influence on the City of Cocoa Beach, 1950-1963,” Florida Historical Quarterly, 87 (Fall: 2008), 235-257.
• “The World Was There: A Photographic History of Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral,” Florida Historical Quarterly, 82 (Winter: 2003), 43-58.

Book Sections/Chapters

• L.C Walters. "1964-65 New York World’s Fair and Future Technology: A Study of the Japan Pavilion," in Meet Me at the Fair: A World’s Fair Reader, ed. Celia Pearce et al. Carnegie Mellon University Press, Pittsburgh. 2014.

Awards

Selected Awards/Grants

• National Endowment for the Humanities, Digital Humanities Advancement Grant
• Microsoft HoloLens Award
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant (2)
• National Science Foundation, Informal Science Education Grant
• State of Florida Division of Historical Preservation Grant
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration/ American Society of Engineering Education Fellowship, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

Courses

• Spring 2020
• Fall 2019
• Summer 2019
• Spring 2019
• Fall 2018