Curriculum Vitae
.: Education
University of Maryland
2010–Current
Working Toward a PhD in Sociology2008–2010
MA in Sociology
MA Paper: "Alienation, Exploitation, and Social Media"
Advisor: George Ritzer
Reader: Roberto Patricio KorzeniewiczDuquesne University
2006–2008
MA in PhilosophyUniversity of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
2002–2006
BA in Political Science and Humanities, Summa Cum LaudeMoon Area High School
1998-2002
Diploma, Honors
.: Research Interests
My main substantive interest is the recursive relationship between technology and society with a view toward the future problems and possibilities this relationship engenders. Specifically, I have been thinking a lot about how important aspects of our lives are converging on and around the Internet: production and consumption (i.e., prosumption), play and labor (i.e., playbor), as well as material substances and digital codes (i.e., augmented reality). Because I am concerned with how power functions vis-à-vis technology, I have particular interest in the social theories of The Frankfurt School, the French post-structuralists, and the New Left Movement.
"Alienation, Exploitation, and Social Media." American Behavioral Scientist. Fall 2011.
“Defining and Measuring Success for Online Crime-Prevention Communities” AMCIS 2011 Proceedings - All Submissions. Paper 253. August 2011.
“The Brazilian Treatment Model: A New Course for Global AIDS Policy.” Journal of Third World Studies. Volume XXV, Number 1: Spring 2008.
.: Under Review
Co-authored with Nathan Jurgenson. "Comment on Sarah Michele Ford's 'Reconceptualizing the Public/Private Distinction in the Age of Information Technology.'" Information, Communication and Society.
Co-authored with Nathan Jurgenson. "Liquid Information Leaks." WikiLeaks Reader. [draft]
.: Book Chapters
"Economy: Consumption." with George Ritzer. The New Blackwell Companion to Sociology. 2011.
"Conceptualizing Globalization in Terms of Flows." with George Ritzer. Current Perspectives in Social Theory. 2010.
.: Working Papers
"Play, Labor ... Playbor?"
"National Demographic Profile of Online Daters."
.: Conferences and Presentations:
Organizer
Theorizing the Web 2011. April 9th, 2011.
With Christopher Donoghue and Nathan Jurgenson"Revolutions, Riots and Flash Mobs: Social Media and Social Movements" and "Social Media and the Arts of Digital Existence: Being for Others Online" Regular Paper Sessions. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, 2011.
With Tamara Peyton. "Sociology of Online Gaming" Regular Paper Sessions. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, 2011.
Presenter
"Academic Marginalization in the Age of Social Media." Public Sociology Graduate Conference. George Mason University. October 2011.
"Defining and Measuring Success for Online Crime-Prevention Communities" AMCIS 2011. Detroit. 6 August 2011.
"Nation of Neighbors: Understanding Users and their Motivations" (with Alan Neustadtl, Nick Violi, Awalin Sopan, Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, and Art Hanson) 28th Annual Computer Human Interaction Symposium. University of Maryland. 26 May 2011.
"Nation of Neighbors: Design and Network Evolution for Internet Community Safety Systems" (with Ben Shneiderman, Alan Neustadtl, Catherine Plaisant, Jae-wook Ahn, and Nick Violi). Technology-Mediated Social Participation Lecture Series. University of Maryland. 14 February 2011.
"Internet Use, Gaming, and Well-Being," with Zeynep Tufekci. American Sociology Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. August 2010.
"Marcuse, the Web, and the New Means of Ambient Production." with Nathan Jurgenson. VII Annual Social Theory Forum on Critical Social Theory: Freud & Lacan for 21st Century. Boston, MA. April 2010.
"Prosumption and the Internet: a New Epoch of Capitalism," Eastern Sociology Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 2010.
“Virtuality within Globalization Literature: the Genealogy of a Concept.” American Sociology Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. August 2009.
“Resistance in Fields of Scientific Knowledge: A Foucauldian Analysis.” Eastern Sociology Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD March 2009.
“The Minoritarian Mass: A Deleuzian Perspective on Immigration.” Symbiosis: Political Ontology and a New Metaphysics. Duquesne University. March 2007.
“The Prize of Learning: Habits of Critical Evaluation.” Commencement Address. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. April 2006.
“Freedom and Social Environment in Dewey: Absolutist versus Progressive Community.” Senior Philosophy Capstone. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. April 2006.
“The Brazilian Treatment Model: A New Course for Global AIDS Policy.” Pennsylvania Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Harrisburg, PA. April 2006.
“The Brazilian Treatment Model.” Senior Political Science Capstone. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Dec. 2005.
Discussant
"Internet Technology and Social Capital:How the Internet Affects Seniors' Social Capital and Wellbeing" by Shima Sum, Mark. R. Mathews, Mohsen Pourghasem, Ian Hughes. Wellbeing: A Cure-All for the Social Sciences. Organized online by Blackwell Compass. Nov. 2011.
Presider
"Poets and Scribes – Constructing Fact and Fiction on Social Media." Theorizing the Web 2011. April 9th, 2011.
"Machinic Assemblages." The Encyclopedia of Globalization. 2011.
"Open-Sourcing." The Encyclopedia of Globalization. 2011.
"Foucauldian Archaeology and Genealogy." The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology. 2010.
“Carnivals.” The Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. 2010.
“Marcuse, Herbert.” The Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. 2010.
"Why We Disrupt." Inside Higher Ed. 3 January 2012.
Monthly Social Media Contributor with Nathan Jurgenson on WYPR's Maryland Morning with Shelia Kast. June 2010 - Present.
"Nathan Jurgenson and PJ Rey on Theorizing the Web." Office Hours Podcast. 2 April 2011.
"Trust and Complex Technology: The Cyborg’s Modern Bargain." Cyborgology. 23 November 2011.
"Julian Assange: Cyber-Libertarian or Cyber-Anarchist?." Cyborgology. 8 November 2011.
"Why Journals are the Dinosaurs of Academia." Cyborgology. 5 May 2011.
"Playbor vs. Weisure" Cyborgology. 23 March 2011.
"Virtual, Mediated, and Augmented Reality" Cyborgology. 10 March 2011.
"Social Media: Have We Built a Society without Closets?" Sociology Lens. 29 July 2010.
"Social Media and America’s Conversation on Race" Racism Review. 12 May 2010.
.: Creative Publications
Poetry
“to the man on the tightrope.” River Oak Review. Nov. 2006
“Studying Hegel after a summer traveling Europe.” Lexicon. Sept. 2006.
“’Dude, Hamlet’s a pussy.’” Nerve Cowboy. Sept. 2006.
.: Courses Taught
University of Maryland
Summer 2010: Introduction to Sociology
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Spring 2005: Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship: Introduction to Sociology
University of Maryland
Fall 2010–present: Managing Editor of the Cyborgology Blog, hosted by The Society Pages
May 2011–August 2011: Research Assistant to Ben Shneiderman & Alan Neustadtl (NSF Grant)
Sept. 2010–May 2011: Research Assistant to Alan Neustadtl (NSF Grant)
Spring 2010–Spring 2011: Lead Organizer of "Theorizing the Web" Conference at University of Maryland
Sept. 2009–May 2010: Research Assistant to George Ritzer
Sept. 2008–May 2009: Research Assistant to Jeff Lucas, Group Processes Lab
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Summer 2004: Research Assistant to On-Campus Juvenile Delinquent Mentoring Pilot Study
Excellence in Service Award. ASA Global and Transnational Sociology Section. August 2010.
C.W. Mills Fellowship. University of Maryland. Dec. 2008–May 2010.
UMD Department of Sociology Summer Research Fellowship. University of Maryland. Summer 2009.
Da Vinci Society (Top University Honor for Service, Leadership, International Study, and Academic Excellence [1-3 inductees/year]). The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Fall 2004.
Commencement Speaker and Class Representative. The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Spring 2006.
English: Native
French: Reading Proficient
.: Computer Skills
Extensive use of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Excel, NodeXL, Power Point, Publisher, SPSS, STATA, Quark, Word
.: References
Zeynep Tufekci
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore County
410-455-8064
zeynep@umbc.eduGeorge Ritzer
Distinguished University Professor
University of Maryland
301-405-6418
ritzer@socy.umd.edu