CV (last updated September 2011)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
consumer insights, product design, consumer facing technologies, emerging markets, new technology users, digital technologies, gaming, internet, ubiquitous and urban computing, low-income communities, qualitative methods, inequalities, migration, urban sociology, citizenship, education, consumption
Regional Focus: China, Mexico, United States
EDUCATION
Ph.D.(anticipated 2013) Sociology, University of California-San Diego
M.A. (2009) Sociology, University of California-San Diego
B.A. (2001)Communication, University of California-San Diego; magna cum laude
AWARDS & HONORS
Fulbright Fellow to China (2011)
Transatlantic 2020 Fellow; British Council (2010)
Selected Participant in Dissertation Workshop on Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia; Toronto, CN; The Asian Institute at the University of Toronto (2009)
George E. Brown Award for UC MEXUS-CONACYT collaborative grant project with Barry Brown, Gloria Marks and Jesus Favela; University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (2008-2009)
Young Scholar Award for the China-India-US Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Workshop; National Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore, India (2008)
China in the World Summer Fellowship; Leeds University, Worldwide University Network; Leeds, UK (2007)
National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) International Space Station Earthkam Fellowship; La Jolla, CA, USA (2001)
RESEARCH
Fieldwork Experience
Oaxaca, Mexico; ICT usage among new users in a migrant sending rural community and ICT usage inside rural homes; 2007 – ongoing (first phase of fieldwork was mixed-methods - a combination of quantitative ethno-surveys; second and third phase of fieldwork were pure ethnography)
China; homes of rural-urban migrants and migrant schools; summer of 2009
Beijing, China; Internet cafe and cellphone usage among migrants and youth; Summer of 2009
Beijing, China; China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC); summer of 2009
Bangalore and Chennai, India; cellphone usage, water gathering practices, and telecommunication policy; ethnography; July 2008
Bangalore, India; NGOs role on technology innovation policies; ethnography; July 2008
Shanghai, Chinal Internet Cafes and Cellphones; ethnography; July 2008
Southern California, US; CT usage among Oaxacan migrants; 2007-2008
Research Grants Received
Research Grant for “Digital Urbanism Practices among Rural-Urban Chinese Migrants.” Fulbright Program, (2010), $20,000
Research Grant for “Purchasing decisions within Chinese rural-urban migrant families.” Nokia Research Labs, (2009), $12,000
Research Grant for Chinese Urban Migrants in the Information Age: Intensive Technology and Politics of Digital Space. University of California Pacific Rim Research Fund (2009), $15,000
Research Grant for Chinas Internet Policy and Digital Network Architecture: Information Communication Technology (ICT) Practices among Youth and Migrant. National Science Foundation (NSF), (2009), $6,000
Research Grant for Appropriate networks: Developing appropriate communication technologies for rural & international links. Redes adecuadas: Desarrollo de tecnologías de comunicación adecuadas para fortalecer vínculos entre comunidades rurales transfronterizas. Collaborative grant with Barry Brown, Gloria Marks, and Jesus Favela. University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) (2008-2009), $20,000
Research Grant for Preliminary Field Site Exploration for Researching Information Communication Technology Among Urban Chinese Migrants in Shanghai and Beijing. University of California Pacific Rim Research Fund (2008), $4,000
Research Grant for The Impact of Cellphones on How Informal Laborers Share Job Information: Undocumented Mexican Laborers in the Informal Economy. University of California Labor and Employment Research Fund (LERF) (2008), $4,000
Travel Grant for fieldwork on Data Collection of ICT-based communication between San Diego, CA and Oaxaca, Mexcio. Sociology Department, UC San Diego (2008), $600
Sociology Department Graduate Student Funding (2007-2008), $25,000
Research grant for Data Collection on ICT-based communication between low-income Oaxacan migrants in San Diego County and their families in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca. University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) (2007-2008, research assistant), $1,500
Research Positions
Researcher. Nokia Research Labs, Palo Alto, California (March 2010-June 2010)
Researcher on Appropriate networks: Developing appropriate communication technologies for rural & international links. Communication Department, UC San Diego (Sept. 2008 Present)
Research Assistant for Dr. Gershon Shafir on "The Study of Human Rights Studies at European Universities." Sociology Department, UC San Diego (March 2008 - Present)
WRITING
Blog posts and Talks *For full list, please see triciawang.com/writing
The Great Internet Freedom Bluff of Digital Imperialism: Thoughts on Cyber Diplomacy, Cargo Cult Digital Activism… and Haystack (9.2010)
Privacy and The Anonymous user in China: Importance of understanding multiple cultural orientations towards guanxi/social connections (8.2010)
GOOGLIST REALISM: The Google-China saga and the free-information regimes as a new site of cultural imperialism and moral tensions (7.2010)
My Suggestions for Making Google’s Services More Relevant for Non-Elite Chinese Users (involves some ethnography!) (1.2010)
Academic papers
Ethnography of the telephone: Changing uses of communication technology in village life; Mobile HCI 2011 (co-authored with Barry Brown) [pdf]
Global Discourses of Information: Questioning the Free Information Regime, UBICOMP 2010 (co-authored with Morgan Ames)
Inventive Leisure Practices: Understanding hacking communities as sites of sharing and innovation (co-authored with Jofish Kaye) (2011)
PAPERS IN PROGRESS FOR SUBMISSION
I didnt bring my mobile: changing technology use in a Mexican village
Internet Access as a Social Right: Implications for Social Citizenship
The Reproduction of a Stratified Global Informal Economy in Virtual Games: The Case of World of Warcraft Chinese Goldfarmers
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
"The Great Device Divide: Internet Cafes and Mobile Use In China." Mobile Life Mobile Research Centre, Stockholm University; Stockholm, Sweden (2011)
"Thinking About Disuptive Design for Non-Elite Users." The IDEO; Shanghai, China (2011)
Microsoft Research; Beijing, China (2011)
Nokia Research; Beijing, China (2011)
"Disuptive Design for the next 300 Million Internet Users in China." Designing Geopolitics: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Computational Jurisdictions, Emergent Governance, Public Ecologies; San Diego, California, US (2011)
Guest Lecture, “Digital Urbanism on the Margins: Chinese Migrants and Intensive Technology.” New York University’s ITP Program; Professor Kristen Taylor (2010).
Guest Lecture, “Doing Ethnography on Chinese Migrants and Digital Technologies.” IT University of Copenhagen; Denmark, Professor Irina (2010).
Keynote: “GOOGLIST REALISM: The Google-China saga and the free-information regimes as a new site of cultural imperialism and moral tensions.” New Directions in the Humanities Conference, Commonground Publishing. University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California, US (2010)
Featured Speaker: “Everyday mobile technologies: the future of cellphones and implications for Nokia.” Nokia Research Labs; Palo Alto, California, US (2010)
Guest Lecture, “Urban Sociology,” UC San Diego, Professor Jeff Kidder (Spring 2009)
Featured Speaker: “Abandoning the Cellphone: Changing Technology Usage in a Mexican Village.” Nokia Research Labs; Palo Alto, California, US (2009)
Featured Speaker: “Un Ecosistema de los usos de tecnología de communicación: prácticas emergentes de un pueblo de migrantes.”Centro de Investigación Científica de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE); Ensenada, Mexico (2009)
Conference Presentations & Invited Colloquia
Speaker: "Sleeping at Internet Cafes: The Next 300 Million Chinese Users." SXSW; Austin, Texas, US (2011)
Panelist: “The Socio-Digital Space for Low-income Rural-Urban Migrant in Wuhan, China.” Digital Media Learning Conference; La Jolla, California, US (2010)
Panelist: “‘I didn’t bring my mobile’”: changing technology use in a Mexican village. The 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA); Chicago, Illinois, US (2009)
Presentation: “Cellphone and Landline Telephone Use in Rural Mexico: Emerging Practices from a Migrant Sending Village.” Technologies for Emerging Regions (TIER); UC Berkeley, Ca, US (2008)
Accepted Paper and Panelist: “Internet Access as a Social Right: Implications for Social Citizenship.” International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC 19); Stockholm, Sweden (2008)
Presentation: “The Reproduction of a Stratified Global Informal Economy in Virtual Games: The Case of World of Warcraft’s Chinese Goldfarmers.” China in the World: Stratification; White-Rose East Asia Center, Leeds University, Leeds, United Kingdom; (2007)
Attendance at Invitation‐Only Workshops & Conference
Presenter (co-written with Morgan Ames): Global Discourses of Information: Questioning the Free Information Regime.” Upcoming Workshop - Transnational Times: Locality, Globality and Mobility in Technology Design and Use; Ubicomp 2010; Copenhagen, Denmark (2010)
Fulbright Fellowship; Washington D.C., US (2010)
British Council’s Transatlantic TN2020 Summit, Chicago, US (2010)
China-India-US Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2008)
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Reader, African Societies Through Film, Sociology, University of California, San Diego, Professor Kris Kohler (Fall 2007)
Teaching Assistant, Natural Disasters and Human Culture, Culture, Art, Technology Writing Program at Sixth College, University of California, San Diego, Professor Linda Strauss (Spring 2007)
Teaching Assistant, A History of Time, Culture, Art, Technology Writing Program at Sixth College, University of California, San Diego, Professor Stefan Tanaka (Winter 2007)
Teaching Assistant, Culture, Art & Technology, Culture, Art, Technology Writing Program at Sixth College, University of California, San Diego, Professor Steve Carlisle (Fall 2006)
Teaching Assistant, Digital Non-Linear Editing 101, Communication, University of California, San Diego, Professor Zeinabu Davis (Spring 2002)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Service
Graduate Student Reviewer, Science, Technology, and Human Values, Journal of the Society for Social Studies of Science (2007-2008)
Memberships
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
International Sociological Association
Section Memberships: Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy, Science and Technology. Communication
American Sociological Association
Section Memberships: Communication and Information Technology, Sociology of Culture International
Journal of Communication
CONSULTANCIES
Adobe Systems Inc. and What Kids Can Do; Providence, RI and Beijing, China (2007-2008)
Co-created a blogging initiative for Beijing youth for the Adobe Youth Initiative program.
United Nations; NYC, NY (2005-2006)
Developed strategic media plan for IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) around open source media tools to distribute video produced in Africa and Middle East.
freeDimensional International Arts Residencies; NYC, NY (2006-2007)
Created a plan to implement the youth technology focused program with local NYC schools and mediaorganizations. Implemented the program with a local charter school and Eyebeam Museum.
Queens Museum of Arts; Queens, NY, (2004)
Developed technology and arts program for the museums Youth Adults Leadership Program (funded by The Ford Foundation).
Partnership for After School Education (PASE); NYC, NY, (2004-2006)
Produced the new training Institute, Teaching Literacy and Media Literacy through Hip-Hop culture.
MEDIA and EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
The Point Community Development Center, Academic Program Manager; Bronx, NY (2005-06)
Worked with low-income youth to create an individualized education plan.
Living Beyond Belief (LBB), Scholarship Manager; NYC, NY (2002-2006)
Oversaw college scholarship program for NYC high-school students active in HIV/AIDS education.
Hip-Hop Education (H2Ed), Director and Co-founder; NYC, NY (2003-2004)
I co-founded H2Ed (Hip-Hop Education), the first national organization to advocate for the use of hip-hop as an pedagogical tool.
H2O Hip-Hop Intl Film Festival,, Director and Founder of Freshest Youth Program; NYC, NY (2004)
Developed youth category and educational component of the film festival.
Manhattan Neighborhood Network Youth Channel, Associate Director; NYC, NY (2002-2003)
Led NYCs largest public media for under-served youth. Generated press attention for community projects in all 5 boroughs. Conceptualized NYCs first youth produced bi-monthly news program.
NON-ACADEMIC TEACHING POSITIONS
Student Planet; Beijing, China (2005)
Advised media curriculum development and taught video production at various high schools in Beijing.
Community School of Social Justice; Bronx, NY(2004-2005)
Advised after-school program on developing a media curriculum. Taught social documentaryproduction.
Queens Museum of Arts; Queens, NY, (2005)
Taught youth how to document community voices through video; used media literacy and popular culture as teaching tools.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
Living Beyond Belief (LBB) Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Gala; NYC, NY (2002-2006)
The Point Community Development Centers 2nd Annual Women in Hip-Hop Conference, Bronx, NY (2004-2005)
Hip-Hop Education Summit; NYC, NY, (2002 -2004)
Hip-Hop Odyssey Intl Film Festival, Youth Program; NYC, NY, (2002-2004)
PACE University, 2nd Annual Mock Student Presidential Primaries; NYC, NY (2003)
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
Free Speech TVs Primary Day: What matters? Co-producer/researcher; NYC, NY (2004)
Redstorm Productions, Videographer; NYC, NY (2003)
Herway Productions, Editor & Videographer; San Diego, CA (2002)
National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA), Producer/Videographer/Editor; La Jolla, Ca. (2002)
University of California, San Diego, Thurgood Marshall College Leadership Committee for Cultural Connection; Editor, La Jolla, CA, (2002)
Del Mar Television, Television Station Intern; Del Mar, CA (2002)
NON-ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
National Media Education Conference; www.amlainfo.org; San Francisco, NY, June 25-28, 2005
Workshop Leader: Media Production in Low-income Communities
The Passage Institutes Literary Retreat; www.thepassageinstitute.com; Beacon, NY; June 10, 2005
Workshop Leader: 20+ Things to Know When Using Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool)
National Middle-School Conference; www.calsac.org; SF, CA; Nov. 2004
Workshop Leader: 20+ Things to Know When Using Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
UNESCO World Youth Summit; www.barcelona2004.org/festivaljoventut; Barcelona, Spain; Aug. 2004
Moderator & Panel Organizer; Panel: Universal Language of Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
National Hip-Hop Political Convention; www.hiphopconvention.org; Newark, NJ; June 2004
Panel Organizer; Panel: Politics of Using Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
Ladies of the Mic; NYC, NY; May 2004
Panel Speaker: Females in Management Positions
Females in Hip-Hop Conference @The Point CDC, www.thepoint.org; Bronx, NY; Mar. 2004
Workshop Trainer: Developing Lesson Plans for Female History Month
Its Bigger Than Hip-Hop Youth Conference; www.unionsettlement.org; NY; Feb. 2004
Advisor & Workshop Trainer: Exploring Various Uses of Hip-Hop as an Educational Tool
Zulu Nations 29th Annual Hip-Hop Celebration; NYC, NY; Nov. 2003
Panel Speaker: Hip-Hop as a Social Justice Tool
Alliance for Community Media Northeast Conference; www.alliancecm.org; Brooklyn, NY; Aug. 2003
Speaker & Workshop Organizer: Youth Media Responds to the War, Working Relationships for Youth and Adults; Youth Media Track
Alliance for Community Media National Conference; www.alliancecm.org; Tacoma, WA; Feb. 2003
Speaker & Panel Organizer; Panel: Successful Models of Peer-to-Peer Youth Media Training Programs
NYMAP (National Youth Media Action Project); Denver, CO; Jan. 2003
Workshop Trainer: 3 Day Series How to Outreach and Recruit for your Youth Media Progra
Hip-Hop Education Summit; NYC, NY; 2003 & 2004
Workshop Trainer: How to Develop Lesson Plans using Hip-Hop Culture
INTERVIEWS
Technology for Migrant Workers. Interview with Agenda Magazine (2011)
How China's Twitter, Weibo, Became a Dating Platform. The Atlantic Blog (2011)
The 21st Century Saloon: A Peek Inside China's Wangba, or Internet Cafes. Huffington Post (2011)
Radio Interview, Benjemen Walker's Too Much Information (2011)
Understanding Communities through Ethnography. Interview with Market Sentinel (2010)
ADVISORY BOARDS
freeDimensional (2006-present)
The Queens Museum of Art (2003-2006)
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIVAIDS (APICHA), (2003-2007)
OTHER INFORMATION
Languages: Proficient in Mandarin (Spoken), Working Knowledge of Spanish (Written and Spoken)
Primary Research Blogs: culturalbyt.es, digitalurbanis.ms, bytesofchina.com, full list is on my website
