recent /upcoming talks

RECENT/ UPCOMING TALKS

October 14, 2013:
Social Science 2.0:  Methods and ethics for qualitative digital inquiry
University of Tartu, Estonia

October 2-5, 2013
Keynote Address: Title TBA
University of Bonn, Germany
Digital Culture and Communication Workshop

August 27-30, 2013
Pathways to Meaning (3-day PHD course offered with Lori Kendall)
Aarhus University, Denmark

April 5, 2013
Methods and Ethics: Doctoral workshop
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Information Policy Research

March 14, 2013
Title: Epistemology, frames, ethics, and remix: Outlining an STS approach for understanding life online
Workshop/Seminar at Drexel University
Life Online: The Ethics and Methods of Conducting Research in a Digital Age

November 16, 2012
Title: Interpretive ethnography in digital social media contexts
MA Programme for Media and Global Communication
University of Helsinki

November 7, 2012
PhD course for University of Oslo, Oslo Media Innovation Center
Title: Researching Media Innovations–Approaches to users, producers, and texts

October 29, 2012
Loyola University, Chicago
Digital Ethics Conference

October 17-23
Salford, UK
Association of Internet Researchers conference
Title: The ‘other’ ethics

October 16
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Center for Communication and Computing
Title: Representation vs. invention in the age of endless data: Looking closely at methodological and ethical choices

September 23-26, 2012
University of Aarhus, Denmark
Department of Communication and Aesthetics
Visual Methods PhD course

July 2-6, 2012
University of Sorbonne, Paris, France
Cultural Crossroads 2012 Conference
Title: Play in the Field: Methods for breaking frame and getting closer to Affect in mediatized social contexts

June 27, 2012
Denver, Colorado
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology
Graduate Student Conference

June 17-23, 2012
Ascona, Switzerland
University of Basel Summer School on CMC Methodology
Title: Research on computer-mediated communication in linguistics

June 6, 2012
Sheffield, UK
University of Sheffield workshop on Creativity and Methods
Title:  Remix: A lens for rethinking research methods

May 16, 2012
Champaign Urbana, Illinois, USA
International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry
Title: Remix Cultures, Remix Methods: Reframing Qualitative Inquiry for Social Media Contexts

February 3, 2012
Arizona State University
Title: Private publics: Building reflexive ethical methods for protecting participants in social media

November 29, 2011
University of Copenhagen
Title: Social Media & Ethnography: Taking a practice approach to method

November 24, 2011
University of Barcelona
Cultura Digital: Pràctiques Innovadores i Teories Crítiques
Title: Remix Methods: Finding resonance through bricolage

November 21, 2011
University of Manchester, UK
Postgraduate workshop on Internet Research Ethics
Title: Ethics and Internet Research

October 28, 2011
Loyola University, Chicago, IL
International Symposium on Digital Media Ethics
Title: Protecting participants in private digital publics: Considerations for the ethics of fabrication

October 2011
AOIR Annual Conference in Seattle, WA
Title: Fabrication as Ethical Research Practice

September 14, 2011
Media & Communication Studies Department
University of Helsinki, Finland
Title: Social Media Research: Issues, Challenges, & Methods

September 9, 2011
Workshop: Umeå University, Sweden
Title: Analysis in qualitative research: Rigor, reflexivity, and adaptation

September 8, 2011
Umeå University, Sweden
Seminar for the Department of Informatics
Title: Fabrication and other Creative Ethical Solutions for Internet Research

September 6, 2011
Umeå University, Sweden
Guest Lecture for the Qualitative Methods Network
Title: Remix Culture: Remix Methods

September 2, 2011
Westminster University, London
Conference: Transforming Audiences 3
Title: Remix Culture: Remix Methods

June 9, 2011
Aarhus University, Denmark
Workshop on Remix(ed) Culture, Remix(ed) Methods
Title: Remix, Fabrication: An Ethical Shift

May 9-12, 2011
Aarhus University, Denmark
Pathways to Meaning: Analytical tools for Qualitative data analysis
PhD course (with Lori Kendall)

May 5, 2011
Gothenburg, Sweden
What’s Wrong with Goffman? Symbolic Interaction and Digital Media

April 14, 2011
Aarhus University, Denmark
Center for Internet Research Seminar
Network Analysis

April 6, 2011
Aarhus University, Denmark
PhD Workshop
Writing as Method

March 23, 2011
Lund University, Sweden
HEX Digital Cultures Lecture Series
Remix Ethnography

March 18, 2011
Aarhus University, Denmark
Friday Lecture
Emergent Methods in Social Media Research

MARCH 9, 2011
Aarhus, Denmark
STS Seminar: Analyzing IT, Organization, and Agency
Multi-Sited Ethnography

 

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

01/2011-07/2011
Guest Professor, Institute of Media & Communication Studies and Center for Internet Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark

06/2007-01/2011
Senior Research Fellow, Internet Research Ethics Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

12/2006-06/2007
Visiting Faculty in Residence, Center for European Studies & Architecture Virginia Tech, Riva San Vitale, Switzerland

8/2005-6/2007
Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Communication Studies Division of Humanities and Social Sciences University of the Virgin Island, St. Thomas and St. Croix, USVI

10/2005-1/2006
Manager of Information Technology Customer Service Information and Technology Services, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. Croix USVI

9/2004-9/2005
Faculty Training and Development Coordinator Division of Information Technology, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses, VI

8/2004-8/2005
Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Division of Humanities University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, VI

8/2001-8/2004
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

8/1997-6/2001
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

8/1999-6/2000
Coordinator of First Year Learning Community Initiatives, special appointment by the Office of the Academic Provost and Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Communication, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

8/1996-6/1997
MBA Instructor of Communication, Krannert Graduate School of Business, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN CONSULTING POSITIONS

01/2010-7/2010
Instructional Design and subject matter expert, NIIT, India

03/2009-01/2011
Instructional Design Consultant & Systems Administrator, Wisconsin State Department of Corrections, Madison, WI

08/2007-03/2009
Senior Development Specialist, Online Training, Wisconsin State Department of Corrections, Madison, WI