Curriculum Vita
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Department of
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Education
Ph.D. 2004. University at
Dissertation: Communitarianism on the Internet: An
Ethnographic Analysis of the Usenet Newsgroup tpy2k, 1996-2004.
M.A. 1995. University at
Thesis: Can
Capitalism Be Caring? A Case Study of Ben & Jerry's
Inc.
B.A. 1990. Potsdam College, SUNY. Major: Sociology; minor: Philosophy.
Teaching and
Program Development Experience
Co-developer and co-coordinator, Science, Technology and Society
Bachelor of Science degree program, 2007-present.
Science,
Technology and Society, or STS, is an emerging interdisciplinary field that integrates
sociology,
philosophy, history and policy to allow a more complete understanding of
scientific and
technological
events, issues, and problems in social contexts.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences,
Morrisville State College, 2002-present
Teaching
duties include Introduction to Sociology (SOCI101), Introduction to
Anthropology
(ANTH101), Social Problems (SOCI201), Urban Sociology (SOCI390), The Values of
Science and Technology (STS 101), Investigating Cyberculture
(STS316), STS Senior Seminar (STS 410)
Instructor, University at Buffalo
Teaching
duties included Sociology of City Life, Spring 2000,
Social Problems, Fall 2000.
Lecturer, University at Buffalo, Millard Fillmore College
Individual
and Society (Soc371), Social Problems (Soc206), Urban Sociology (Soc348),
Sociology
of City Life (Soc315), History of Sociological Theory (Soc349)
State University of New York at Geneseo
Contemporary
Social Theory (Soc301), Fall 1996.
Graduate and Teaching Assistant. Department
of Sociology, University at
Technical
Experience
Academic
web site developer:
Created website for Science,
Technology and Society bachelor degree, Morrisville State College, 2007.
Faculty Web Design Consultant and Computer Service Tech, Morrisville
State College, 2002 - 2007.
Chief Web Designer for Morrisville State College, Jan 2001- Aug 2002,
December 2003 - May 2004.
Produced companion web site accompanying the book Selling
the Lower East Side, 2000, Christopher Mele,
University at Minnesota Press.
Created the University at
Buffalo Environment and Society Institute web site, 2000.
Managed the Johns Hopkins University Department of Immunology website,
1999-2000.
Created the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Department of Immunology
website, 1998.
Created the University at Buffalo Sociology
Graduate Student Association web site, 1997.
Knowledge of computer hardware and construction.
Knowledge of UNIX and Windows operating systems.
Refereed Publications
2008. “The Country
and the Grassroots: Rural action for local control of energy policy and
development.” Theory In
Action, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 2008. Transformative Studies Institute: NY.
2004. "Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Inc.," in The Encyclopedia of Leadership, James MacGregor Burns, George R. Goethals and Georgia J.
Sorenson, eds.,
2002. "Identity and the Internet: A symbolic interactionist perspective on computer mediated social networks," in Proceedings of the
3rd Annual Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 2002.
1998. "The Discredit of Credit: A Study of Consumerism and
Class." The Electronic Graduate Student Journal, spring
issue.
1998. "Telecommuting: On the Re-Integration of Work and
Family." The Electronic Graduate Student Journal, summer issue.
Awards and Honors
Carl
C. Couch Internet Research Award, presented at the Association of Internet
Researchers (AoIR) conference, Maastricht,
Netherlands, October 2002.
Jacob
Javits Fellowship, University at Buffalo, 1993-1997.
Potsdam
College (SUNY) Academic Merit Scholarship, 1986-87, 1989-90.
Faculty/Student
“Building Bridges” Award, Morrisville State College, 2007.
Conference
Presentations
2007.
"The Country and the Grassroots: Rural utility development and local
control." Paper presented at the Society for Social Study of Science
(4S) conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 2007.
2006. “Eschatechnology: Computer Science, Religion and Y2K.” Paper
presented at the Society for the Social Study of Science (4S), Vancouver,
Canada, November 2006.
2005. "Computer Networks as Community Networks: USENET as a
Technological Artifact." Paper presented
at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute conference "STS (Science, Technology
and Society) (R)Evolutions," April 2005.
2002. "Identity and the Internet: A symbolic interactionist perspective on computer mediated social networks," presented at the 3rd Annual Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 2002.
2000. "Cyberethnography and Y2K on the
Internet." Paper presented at the University at Buffalo sociology conference
"Navigating Social Spaces," March 2000.
1998. "Identity and the Internet: A symbolic interactionist perspective on computer mediated social networks." Paper presented at the
University at Buffalo sociology conference "Conflict and Community," March
1998.
College Service
and Professional Activities
American Sociological Association member since 1995.
Society for the Social Study of Science (4S) member since
2006.
Association of Internet Researchers member, 1999 - 2005.
Member, Faculty Congress, Morrisville State College,
2003-2009.
University at Buffalo Sociology Graduate
Student Association (UB-SGSA), active member 1994-2000:
Organizer of the third annual SGSA conference "Navigating Social
Spaces," Spring 2000. Keynote Speaker: Elijah
Anderson, University of Pennsylvania.
Organizer
of the first annual SGSA conference "Conflict and Community," Spring 1997. Keynote Speaker: Terry Williams, New School for
Social Research.
UB-SGSA Web Page creator, administrator, 1997-1998.
Graduate
Student Association Senator, Fall 1993 – Fall 1995.
References
Provided
upon request.