CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Hector Postigo
Positions
2008-Present Associate Professor Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, Temple University, School of Communication and Theatre and Graduate Faculty, Mass Media and Communication
2006-2008 Assistant Professor, New Media Studies, Dept. of Communication, University of Utah
2004-2006 Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Physiology and Microbiology, Department of Math and Science Capitol Community College, Hartford, CT.
1999-2001 Lecturer, Anatomy and Physiology, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut.
Education
PhD. Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2006
Dissertation: “The Digital Rights Movement: The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright”
M.S. Physiology and Neurobiology University of Connecticut, 1999
Thesis: “Characterization of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing a dominant negative bFGF Receptor in GnRH Neurons”
B.S. Biological Sciences University of Connecticut, 1996
Research
Articles in Communication and Digital Media, Single Author (Peer Reviewed)
(Forthcoming in the International Journal of Cultural Studies October 2009) “America Online Volunteers: Lessons from an Early Co-production Community”
2009- “ICTs and Framing for Backfire in the Digital Rights Movement: the Case Dmitry Sklyarov’s Advanced eBook Processor” Social Science Computer Review. Available via Sage Publications OnlineFirst, forthcoming in print later in 2009.
2008- “Capturing Fair Use for the YouTube Generation: The Digital Rights Movement, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the User-Centered Framing of Fair Use,” Information Communication and Society 11(7), 1008-1027
2008- “Video Game Appropriation through Modifications: Attitudes Concerning Intellectual Property among Fans and Modders,” Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Volume 14 Issue 1
2007- “Of Mods and Modders: Chasing Down the Value of Fan-based Digital Game Modifications,” Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media. Volume 2 Issue 4:300-312
2003- “Emerging Sources of Labor on the Internet: The Case of America Online Volunteers,” International Review of Social History. December 2003, Volume 48 Issue S11: 205-223
2003- “From Pong to Planet Quake: Post-Industrial Transitions from Leisure to Work,” Information, Communication & Society. December 2003, Volume 6, Issue 4: 593-607
Grants and Awards in the Humanities and Social Sciences (PI unless otherwise noted)
External
2009- Privacy Awareness through Branding of Security Organisations. European Commission, FP7 Science in Society. Co-PI, 964,594 (euros). Torin Monahan Vanderbilt University transferring Co-PI. (PI: Leon Hempel)
2007- The National Science Foundation (NSF Award # SES-0748400 $116,000) “The Digital Universe and Web 2.0: Proposal for Studying the Construction of Synergistic Expert/Non Expert Knowledge Networks for Human Rights” Submitted to the Social and Behavioral Sciences Directorate, Science and Society Section.
2007- Digital Universe Foundation ($20,000). Grant to develop the blogs and content for the Human Rights Portal of the Human Experience Coalition.
Internal
2007-University Research Committee Faculty Research Grant, University of Utah. $6,000 for “Situating Copyright Circumvention Technologies within the Tactical Repertoire of the Digital Rights Movement”, a project doing research at the social movement organizations the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Downhillbattle.org
2006-College of Humanities Travel Grant $1,000, University of Utah.
Articles in the Biological Sciences – Multiple Authors (Peer Reviewed)
2005- Pei-San Tsai, Suzanne M. Moenter, Hector R. Postigo, Mohammed El Majdoubi, Toni R. Pak, John C. Gill, Sreenivasan Paruthiyil, Sabine Werner and Richard I. Weiner, “Targeted Expression of a Dominant-Negative Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Receptor in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neurons Reduces FGF Responsiveness and the Size of GnRH Neuronal Population” Molecular Endocrinology., Jan 2005; 19: 225 – 236.
2000-Lihong Zhang, Nancy L. Wayne, Nancy M. Sherwood, Hector R. Postigo and Pei-San Tsai, “Biological and Immunological Characterization of Multiple GnRH in an Opisthobranch Mollusk, Aplysia californica,” General and Comparative Endocrinology Volume 118, Issue 1, April 2000, Pages 77-89.
Reprinted Articles
2007- “Emerging Sources of Labor on the Internet: The Case of America Online Volunteers,” International Review of Social History. Reprinted in Technology Studies: Key Issues of the 20th Century. Ed. Rayvon Fouche, Sage Publications.
Encyclopedia Entries
2008- “Search Engines” in Battleground: Science & Technology, Greenwood Press. New York, NY.
Invited Speaker
2009- “Round Table: NSF Funding and the Humanities” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
2009- “Game On! Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the XBox” Interpreting Technoscience: Explorations in Identity, Culture and Democracy Lecture Series, Center for Advanced Study, the Department of History, Illinois Informatics Institute, College of Media and WILL Public Media. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2008- “Capturing Fair Use for the iPod Generation: The Digital Rights Movement and The Case of iTunes” Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
2008- “Of Mods and Modders: Productive Communities in Video Game Culture” Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Conferences Papers in Communication and Digital Media
2009-Invited Participant “The Internet as Playground and Factory” 2009 New School University, New York, NY.
2009-”Complicating “Culture” War: “Culture” as a Master Frame in the Digital Rights Movement,” Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2009-Invited participant: “Privacy Awareness through Branding of Security Organisations: Planning Workshop” Berlin, Germany
2009-“Web 2.0, Social Networking Technologies and Human Rights Organizations: Transition from mediating messages to mediating action” Media in Transition Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2009-Invited Participant: “Digital Rights Management System.” Fair Use Pre-Conference, International Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
2008-“Modding to the Big Leagues: Exploring the Liminal Space between Modders and Professional Game Designers.” Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2008- Invited Participant “Virtual Scandal and Sacrilege: Who’s Griefing Now: The Sacrilege of Hacking.” South By South West (SXSW) Interactive Festival, Austin, Texas.
2007-“Video Game Appropriation through Modifications: Attitudes Concerning Intellectual Property among Fans and Modders.” Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Vancouver BC.
2007-“Constructing Resistance in the Digital Rights Movements: Frame Capture and Politicizing Participatory Culture” Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Vancouver BC. (Organized)
2007-“A Hopeful Mirror: Military Games as Visions of the Future Army,” with Sean Lawson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Society for the Social Studies of Science Conference, Montreal Quebec.
2006 -“Of Mods and Modders: Chasing Down the Value of Fan-based Digital Game Modifications.” Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Brisbane AU.
2006 -“A History of ‘Hacks’ to iTunes’ Digital Right Management: Situating Hacking within the Digital Rights Movement.” Society for the Social Studies of Science Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
2005 -“The Subversion of Digital Copyright through Technological Means.” Law and Society Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
2003 -“From Pong to Planet Quake: Post-Industrial Transitions from Leisure to Work.” Digital Games Industries: Developments, Impact and Direction Conference, Center for Research on Innovation and Competition and the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
2003-”Copyright Law on the Internet: The Gap Between the Law and the Individual.” Network World: Information Technology and Globalization Conference. Santa Clara School of Law and the Center for Science Technology and Society, Santa Clara, CA.
2003- “The Soul of a New Economy: Labor and Value on the Internet.” Society for Social Studies of Science Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
2002-“Towards a Sociological Understanding of the Motivations for Value Production on the Internet.” Association of Internet Research Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands.
2001 -“Unwaged Labor: A Case Study of America Online Community Leaders.” Association of Internet Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Conference Papers in the Biological Sciences
1998-“Characterization of Transgenic Mice Overexpression dominant negative Basic Fibroblast Growth Fctor (bFGF) Receptors in GnRH Neurons” The National Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Miami Floriday.
1997-“Immunological Characterization of GnRH Neurons in the mollusk Aplysia californica” Neuroscience at Storrs. The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
Teaching
Courses Taught in Communication and Digital Media
2009-The Future of Television, Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, Temple University
2008-Mass Communication Theory, Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, Temple University
2006-2008 Web 2.0 Social Networking and the Wired Class Room, Department of Communication, University of Utah and the Tanner Humanities Center
2006-2008 Advanced Web Design, Department of Communication, University of Utah
2006-2008 Introduction to Web Design, Department of Communication, University of Utah
2007-Mass Communication Theory (Graduate Course), Department of Communication, University of Utah
2006-Communication Technology and Culture (Cross-listed Graduate Course), Department of Communication, University of Utah
2004-Design, Culture and Society, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2004-Introduction to Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Northwestern Connecticut Community College
2003-History of the United States since Reconstruction, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2002-Politics and Economics of Information Technology, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2001-The Information Technology Revolution: Myth or Reality, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Courses Taught in the Biological Sciences
2004-2006 Microbiology, Math and Science Dept. Capitol Community College
2004-2006 Microbiology Laboratory, Math and Science Dept. Capitol Community College
2004-2006 Human Anatomy and Physiology, Math and Science Dept. Capitol Community College
1999-2001 Human Anatomy and Physiology, Dept. of Anatomy and Physiology, the University of Connecticut
1997-1999 Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory, Dept. of Anatomy and Physiology, the University of Connecticut
Service
Professional
Reviewer: National Science Foundation
Reviewer: International Journal of Critical Studies
Editorial Board: Games and Culture
Reviewer: Temple University Press
Reviewer: Communication Theory
Reviewer: Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Reviewer: Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)
University
2008-Present Graduate Faculty; Mass Media and Communication in the School of Communication and Theater, Temple University.
2008-Present Member, Technology Committee Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, Temple University.
2008-Member, Search Committee: Department Chair. Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, Temple University.
2007-Chair, Search Committee: New Media Studies. Department of Communication, University of Utah.
2007-Course Instructor & Supervisor, New Media Curriculum: Introduction to Web Design. Department of Communication, University of Utah.
2007-Member, Wired West Conference Organization Committee, Ann Darling Chair, University of Utah.
2007-Member, Curriculum Development Committee. School of Digital Design, College of Architecture, Alan Hashimoto, Chair. University of Utah.
2007-Digital Universe: Human Rights Portal Stewardship Committee Member and Editor of Human Rights Blog.
2006-Member, Search Committee: Diversity and New Media, George Cheney Chair, Department of Communication, University of Utah.
2006-Member, Wired West Conference Organization Committee, Ann Darling Chair, University of Utah.
2005-Editor and Webmaster, Technoscience Online: The Official Website for the Society for Social Studies of Science, Call for Papers Section and Resources on the Web Section.
2004-Managing Co-Editor, Technoscience: the Newsletter for the Society for Social Studies of Science
2001-Co-Host of Blinded by Science, a radio show dedicated to the analysis and critique of developments in science and technology. 91.5 WRPI Troy, NY.
Community
2007-Guest Commentator: “Science Utah: the future of the Internet”, KCPW 88.3 FM Salt Lake City, Utah
2007-Guest Commentator: “Video Game Addiction?” KRCL Radio 90.9 FM Salt Lake City, Utah
2007-Guest Commentator: “MySpace and the Young”, KLS Radio 102.7 FM. Salt Lake City, Utah
2006-Guest Commentator: “Online Dating”, KLS Radio 102.7 FM. Salt Lake City, Utah
Other Activities and Skills
Professional Consulting
2008-Subject Matter Expert, Curriculum Design Team, Laureate Education
2008-Consultant, Studeo Marketing, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2007-Consultant, Dharmatech: Technology for Non-For-Profits, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2002-2003 Research Associate, Center for Cultural Design, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Language and Computer Skills
Fluent in Spanish (Native Speaker)
Web Design (Adobe, Macromedia Design Suites)
ATLAS.ti and NUD.IST qualitative analysis software
IssueCrawler, UCINET, NeTDraw and Pajek network analysis software.