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nathan
jurgenson
nathanjurgenson@gmail.com education: August 2007 to
Present: Pursuing a Ph.D. in Sociology, August 2007: M.A. Sociology, Concentration:
Research Methods and Statistics, Northern Thesis: “A Conceptual Analysis of Anti-Intellectualism and Its Political Consequences: A
Survey Approach” (Chair: Dr. Charles Cappell) December 2004: B.A. Sociology, Northern academic employment: Spring
2009 to Present: Managing Editor, The
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, George Ritzer (ed.).
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Fall
2008 to Present: Graduate
Assistantship, Department of Sociology, Involved
with the final stages of his book Globalization: A Basic Text through
commenting and reviewing the text as well as the presentation of visual aids.
Assisted Dr. Ritzer with various other projects including conference presentations,
the new edition of Enchanting a Disenchanted World, The McDonaldization of
Society, and much else, including Webmaster for georgeritzer.com. Fall
2008 to Present: Webmaster,
University of Maryland Department of Sociology website. Coordinated
with both faculty and staff in the organizational design, maintenance, and
improvement of the site. Spring
2008 to Present: Social Science Primarily
involved in the qualitative testing of the various forms and activities that
the Bureau undertakes. Have lead research projects from start to a finished
report using cognitive interviewing, responded debriefings, and usability
testing in both lab and field environments. Coordinated within the Bureau as
well as other government agencies in addition to those in the general public
that the research intends to reach. Fall
2007 to Spring 2008: Graduate
Assistantship, Department of Sociology, Teaching
Assistant to Dr. Alan Neustadtl for an undergraduate statistics course in the
Sociology department. Fall
2005 to Spring 2007: Graduate Research/Teaching Assistantship, Department of
Sociology, Northern Head
graduate assistant in the Sociology Quantitative Research Laboratory and
teaching assistant for the Quantitative Research Methodology course. Assist in
designing and implementing coursework and research concerning pedagogical
techniques for teaching statistics. Solve technical and logistical issues
regarding the operation of a 24-unit computer lab, as well as supervise and manage the daily operations of a quantitative instruction
program with a staff of eleven. Fall
2006 to Spring 2007: Independent analysis regarding
education using Illinois Report Card data for an Illinois State Senator with
the objective of introducing quantitative research into policy building. Presenting
relevant literature and data analysis illustrating the link between spending
and academic achievement. Special attention is paid to the variance in spending
between districts. Summer
2006: Research Assistant
to Dr. Charles Cappell, Department of Sociology, Northern Created and maintained large datasets in SAS as well as produced a series
of maps using ArcGIS documenting land use patterns. Spring 2004: Research Intern, Juvenile Justice Council, Assisted in an evaluation of JDAI
(The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative). Participated in observation,
interviews, data analysis (SPSS), and the creation of graphical presentation
materials for the Juvenile Justice Council of publications: Jurgenson,
N. & Ritzer, G. 2009. “Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Web 2.0”, in Sharon
Kleinman (ed.) The Culture of Efficiency. Jurgenson,
N. 2010. "The De-McDonaldization of
the Internet", in George Ritzer (ed.) McDonaldization: The Reader.
Third Edition. Ritzer,
G., & Jurgenson, N. 2010. “Production, Consumption, Prosumption: The Nature
of Capitalism in the Age of the Digital “Prosumer.” Journal of Consumer Culture,
special issue on Web 2.0, edited by Roger Burrows. Ritzer,
G and N. Jurgenson. (forthcoming). Chapter 10, “The DeMcDonaldization of
Society?” in George Ritzer’s McDonaldization
of Society, sixth edition. Jurgenson, N. "Prosumers",
in Ritzer, G. (ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Under Review Jurgenson, N. "Prosumption",
in Southerton, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. CQ Press. US
Census Bureau Report Series Nichols,
E., Jurgenson, N. & Norris, D. 2009. “Report on Cognitive Pretesting of the
2010 Census Program for Evaluations and Experiments Panels Mailing Package:
Deadline Messages.” Statistical Research Division Research Report Series
(Survey Methodology #SSM2009/14). Childs,
J. H., Norris, D., and Jurgenson, N. 2009. “Pretesting 2010 Census
Questionnaires for People with Atypical Living Situations.” Proceedings from
the 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings, Jurgenson,
N. & Higbie, G.E. 2009. “Results of Cognitive Testing of the Alternative
Version of the Individual Census Report (ICR) for the 2010 CPEX Experiment.”
Statistical Research Division Research Report Series (Survey Methodology #RSM2009/04).
conference presentations: August 2010: “McDonaldization and the
Internet." American Sociological Association, March 2010: “Marcuse, the Web and the
New Means of Ambient Production.” VII Annual Social Theory Forum on Critical
Social Theory: Freud & Lacan for 21st Century, August 2009: “Digitally Obscene: Foucault
and the Cultivation of the Self Online." American Sociological
Association, August 2008: “Producer, consumer…prosumer?
American Sociological Association, April 2007: “Relating
Anti-Intellectualism to Political Behavior: A Survey Approach.” Midwest
Sociological Society meetings,
grants
and awards: Fall
2009:
Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, May
2009:
Fellowship for the Summer of 2009, Department of Sociology, April 2007: Frances Rowe Katz Award for
Outstanding Graduate Research in the Field of Sociology, Northern April 2007: Graduate Student Paper
Competition, April 2007: Travel Grant, Department of
Sociology, Northern academic service: Spring 2009 to
Present: Founder, The Prosumer Studies
Working Group Founded a research group on the topics
surrounding the implosion of production consumption, especially with respect to
the rise of social media. Organized meetings, brought in members locally and
internationally, created a website, helped organize a conference, and much more. Fall 2008 to Present: Morris Rosenberg Foundation, Foundation
Administrator Manage inquiries from an international
research audience regarding permission, use of, and questions regarding the Rosenberg
Self-Esteem Scale and other related topics. Fall 2008
to Present: News Editor and
Commissioning Assistant for Sociology Lens, the community site for the
Sociology Compass journal of Wiley-Blackwell. Fall 2008 to Present: President, Graduate Student Forum for
the Department of Sociology, University of Summer
2009: Peer reviewer for Sociological
Forum 2007- 2008:
Peer
reviewer for The Journal of Consumer Culture. Spring 2007: Graduate Colloquium Committee,
Department of Sociology Representative, Northern 2006 to 2007: Graduate Student
Representative, Department of Sociology, Northern teaching experience: Teaching Assistant, Department of
Sociology, Duties
include preparing multiple weekly lectures as well as developing and grading
materials in support of an introductory social statistics course.
Seminar Instructor, Sociology
Quantitative Research Laboratory, Northern Duties
include preparing and implementing instructional seminars for students on the
following computer programs: SAS, SPSS, ArcGIS, Ci3, Sensus, Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Word.
Teaching
Assistant,
Departments of Sociology and Political Science, Duties
include assignment development and grading, individual tutoring, managing
online gradebooks, and presenting course material in lecture format.
Curriculum Development, Sociology Quantitative Research Laboratory, Northern Duties include assignment development, presentation, and
administration for the following courses: Introduction to Sociology, Marriages and Family, Contemporary Social Institutions, Social Problems, Foundations of Sociology, and
Qualitative Methods. computer skills: High Proficiency: SAS,
SPSS, STATA, ArcGIS, Sensus, Ci3, HyperResearch, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
Word, MicroCase, Dreamweaver, Blackboard, Adobe Professional, and the Microsoft
Office Suite. professional associations: American Sociological
Association Eastern Sociological
Society The Consumer Studies
Research Network
academic interests: Primary
interest is in social theory, particularly thought on science and technology,
postmodernism, consumption, feminism, and the sociology of knowledge. Other
interests include globalization, survey research methodology, self-concept and
identity, examined by way of theory as well as quantitative and qualitative
methodologies. My
current research focuses on the bottom-up turn the Internet has taken -what has
come to be known as Web 2.0. Amongst other topics, I have focused on the
changing nature of production and consumption, especially the focus on both
together as “prosumption”. |