Epistemographer

Joshua M. Greenberg

Center for History and New Media
George Mason University | 4400 University Drive | Fairfax, VA 22030
phone: (202) 577-4902 | fax: (703) 993-4585
email: josh@epistemographer.com | AOL IM: STSJosh
web: http://www.epistemographer.com

Education

• PhD, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University (August, 2004). Dissertation: “From Betamax to Blockbuster: Mediation in the Consumption Junction.” (Committee members: Ron Kline (chair), Bruce Lewenstein, Trevor Pinch)
• M.A., Dept. of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University (January 2002). Masters-level project on public representations of the Y2K problem that involved the development of a system to parse the closed-captioning of broadcast television for relevant content (funded by NSF grant #9907984)

• B.A., History of Science, Medicine and Technology, minor in Writing Seminars/Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University (May 1998). Honors Thesis: “From Primers to Prime Time: The Presentation of Experiment in Print and on Television”

Academic Positions

• 2004 – present: Research Assistant Professor, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University; Associate Director, Research Projects, Center for History and New Media.

Areas of Expertise/Interest

• History and Sociology of Information Technology
• Amateurs and Technology
• Public Understanding of Science | Science Writing
• Digital Tools for Scholarship | Humanities Computing
• Film and Media Studies

• Writing Across the Disciplines

• Between Expert and LayIEEE Annals of the History of Computing27.2April 2005
• Creating the Pillars: Multiple Meanings of a Hubble ImagePublic Understanding of Science13.1January 2004

• Wasser, Frederick. Veni, Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the VCRTechnology and Culture45.1January 2004

• Digital Preservation and Blogs Panel DiscussionSouth by Southwest Interactive FestivalAustin, TexasMarch 23, 2006
• “Web Archiving – A User’s Perspective,” presented to the (September, 2005)Library of Congress Web Archiving GroupWashington, DCSeptember 15, 2005
• Hackers and Tinkerers: Amateurs and Video TechnologyUniversity of Virginia Science, Technology and Society colloquiumCharlottesville, VANovember 18, 2004
• 'Going Broke on Blank Tape and Phone Calls': Videophiles and BetamaniaSociety for Social Studies of ScienceParis, FranceAugust 2004
• “Piracy, Pornography, and Liberty: Moral Controversies and the VCRSociety for the History of TechnologyAtlanta, GAOctober 2003
• Retailers, Distributors, and Enthusiasts: Mediating Home VideoSociety for Social Studies of ScienceAtlanta, GAOctober 2003
• Writing as TechnologyCornell Consortium for Writing across the Disciplines, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NYJune 2003
• The Coproduction of Medium and MessageSociety for Social Studies of ScienceMilwaulkee, WISeptember 2002
• S&TS and Media Ecology: How they might talk to each other more (and why they should)Media Ecology AssociationNew York, NYJune 2002
• Is There a 'Public' for Technology?Society for the History of TechnologySan Jose, CASeptember 2001
• Using closed captioning to archive science and technology on TV: a case study6th International Conference on Public Communication of Science & TechnologyGeneva, SwitzerlandFebruary 2001
• Hardware, Software, and Video Retail in the 1970’s and 1980’sScience Studies Reading Group, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY2000