Alison Kenner
Managing Editor + Program Director,
Cultural Anthropology
ali.kenner@gmail.com
Adjunct Professor, Science and Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Sage 5706
Troy, New York, USA 12180
Education
Ph.D., Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2011.
M.A., Women’s Studies, University at Albany, SUNY, 2006.
B.A., English, University at Albany, SUNY, 2003.
Grants and Awards
HASS Fellowship, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008-2010.
Teaching Assistantship, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006-2008.
Graduate Student Employee Union Professional Development Award, University at Albany, 2006.
Graduate Assistantship, New York State Writers Institute, University at Albany, 2004-2006.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
(April 2008) “Securing the Elderly Body: Dementia, Surveillance, and the Politics of ‘Aging in Place.’” Surveillance & Society 5(3).
Conference Presentations
“Simpli-cities: Environmental Health, Asthma, and Graphematic Space.” Delivered at the Society for Cultural Anthropology Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. May 2010.
“Experimenting With the Asthma Files: Collaborative Articulations of Complexity.” Delivered at the American Anthropological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA. December 2009.
“Surveillance That Cares: The Politics of Elderly Security Technologies.” Delivered at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH. June 2008. (Chair)
“Our Shrinking Frontier: Nanotechnology, Power, and Democracy.” Delivered at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, CA. October 2007. (Chair)
“Student-Teacher Relationships: Building Community In and Out of the Classroom.” Roundtable presentation at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Oakland, CA. June 2006. (Organizer)
“When Knowledge Production Meets Global Capitalism: Framing Social Interests in the Entrepreneurial University.” Delivered at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Orlando, FL. June 2005. (Chair)
“Playing with Gender: Analyzing Ideologies That Persist Through Time and Space.” Delivered at the Center for Humanities, Arts, and Technoscience Conference, Albany, NY. April 2005. (Chair)
Book Reviews
(April 2009) “Review of Solove’s The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age.” Surveillance & Society6(2): 193-194
(January 2008) “Situating Surveillance: Emerging Theories and Technologies.” Review of David Lyon, ed. Theorizing Surveillance: The Panopticon and Beyond. The Communication Review, 11(1): 104-108.
Employment
Managing Editor, Cultural Anthropology, Society for Cultural Anthropology, 2008-present.
Editorial Assistant, Cultural Anthropology, Society for Cultural Anthropology, 2007-2008.
Master Teaching Fellow, Office of Graduate Education, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fall 2007.
Course Instructor, AAS/LCS/WSS 240: Classism, Racism, Sexism, Department of Women’s Studies, University at Albany, Summer 2008; Summer 2007.
Course Instructor, WSS 101: Introduction to Feminisms, Department of Women’s Studies,
University at Albany, Summer 2006; Summer 2005.
Teaching Experience
STSH 4980: Senior Projects, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Spring 2008. (Teaching Assistant)
IHSS 2610: Product Design and Innovation Studio 3, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fall 2007. (Teaching Assistant)
AAS/LCS/WSS 240: Classism, Racism, Sexism, Department of Women’s Studies, University at Albany, Summer 2008; Summer 2007. (Course Instructor)
STSH 1110: Science, Technology and Society, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Spring 2007. (Teaching Assistant)
STSS 4840: Professional Development, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fall 2006. (Teaching Assistant)
WSS 101: Introduction to Feminisms, Department of Women’s Studies, University at Albany, Summer 2006; Summer 2005; Spring 2003. (Course Instructor)
WSS 281: Women and Media, Department of Women’s Studies, University at Albany, Spring 2005. (Teaching Assistant)
Academic Service
Graduate Student Representative, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006-2007.
Treasurer and Representative for C.A.T.A.L.Y.S.T, University at Albany, 2005-2006.
Newsletter Editorial Collective, Department of Women’s Studies, University at Albany, 2005.
Graduate Student Representative, Department of Women’s Studies, University at Albany, 2004-2006.
Teaching Collective, Department of Women’s Studies, University at Albany, 2002-2003.
Societies
American Anthropological Association
National Women’s Studies Association
Society for Cultural Anthropology
Society for Social Studies of Science