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EDUCATION

  • The Graduate Center of The City University of New York
    • 2004 to Present, Ph.D. Program in Psychology (Environmental Psychology Subprogram)
    • 2005 to Present, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program
    • 2007 M.Phil., With Distinction
  • Hunter College of The City University of New York
    • 2007 M.A., Department of Psychology
  • Marymount Manhattan College
    • 2004 B.A., Department of Psychology, Cum Laude
    • 2004 Professional Certification in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2009 Donovan, G.T., and Katz, C. “Cookie Monsters: Seeing Young People’s Hacking As Creative Practice.” Children, Youth and Environments 19(1): 198-223. Special issue on Children and Technological Environments, (eds) N. Freier and P. Kahn.
  • 2007 Donovan, G.T. “Repurposing the Square: Digital Symptoms of a Park’s Privatization.” The Urban Reinventors, Issue 1, June.
  • 2007 Low, S.M., Donovan, G.T., and Gieseking, J. “Shoestring Democracy: Private Governance in Co-ops and Gated Communities in New York City.” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the Private Urban Governance & Gated Communities Research Network.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • 2006– Marymount Manhattan College, Part-time Faculty.
    • Courses: Social Psychology (Fall 06); General Psychology: Social & Clinical Processes (Spring 07, Fall 08); Cyber Psychology: Digital Media, Society, & the Self (Summer 08, Summer 09); Environmental Psychology (Spring 09, Spring 10)
  • 2007– William E. Macaulay Honors College, Instructional Technology Fellow.
    • Campus: Hunter College

SELECTED RESEARCH & CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

  • 2003– Sesame Workshop, Researcher.
  • 2006– Public Space Research Group, Co-Principle Investigator.
  • 2008 MediaKidz Research and Consulting, Researcher.
  • 2008 Nordic Urban Design Association, Consultant.
  • 2006-08 Strategic Insight Research, Project Manager.
  • 2005-07 Project Stretch, Technology & Literacy Specialist.
  • 2005-07 Curious Pictures, Researcher.
  • 2006 The CUNY New Media Lab, Summer Resident.
  • 2006 The Michael Cohen Group, Researcher.
  • 2005-06 Housing Environments Research Group, Research Assistant.
  • 2005 Youth Studies Research Group, Research Assistant.
  • 2004 CT Corsearch, Intellectual Property Researcher.

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2010-11 Doctoral Student Research Grant (Competition #5), The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2009-10 City University of New York Student Leadership Award, The Malave Leadership Academy.
  • 2007-08; 2008-09; 2009-10 Instructional Technology Fellowship, William E. Macaulay Honors College.
  • 2009 Participant, Surveillance and Empowerment Workshop, Vanderbilt University, Nashville.
  • 2008 Participant, European Summer School on Internet Governance, St. Afra Academy, Germany.
  • 2008-09 Doctoral Student Research Grant (Competition #3), The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2007-08 Graduate Student Fellowship, Center for Place, Culture and Politics, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2007-08 CUNY Tuition Fellowship, The City University of New York.
  • 2007 Participant, Young People, New Technology and Political Engagement Workshop, University of Surrey UK.
  • 2007 Distinguished Honors for Second Doctoral Exam, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2005-06; 2006-07 Fellowship, Stanton/Heiskell Telecommunications Policy Center, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2004-05; 2005-06; 2006-07 University Fellowship, The City University of New York.
  • 2005-06; 2006-07 Graduate Center Fellowship, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009 Sue Rosenberg Zalk Student Travel & Research Award, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009 Lee Rivlin Travel Scholarship Fund, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2004 Student Research Award, Marymount Manhattan College.
  • 2002 Induction to Psy-Chi National Honor Society, Marymount Manhattan College.

REVIEWER

  • 2010 Surveillance & Society, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
  • 2007 New Media & Society, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
  • 2006 Children, Youth and Environments, Peer-Reviewed Journal.
  • 2005 Environmental Design Research Association, Conference Proceedings.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

  • 2009-10 Environmental Psychology Representative, The Doctoral Students Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2009-10 Student Election Review Committee, The Doctoral Students Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2009-10 Committee on Committees, Graduate Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2009-10 Curriculum Committee, Sub-Program in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2009– Founder and Coordinator, OpenCUNY.org Student Medium, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2008-10 Steering Committee, Middle States Commission on Higher Education Accreditation Self-Study, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2007-08; 2008-09 Co-Chair for Student Affairs, The Doctoral Students Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2008-09 Search Committee, Vice President for Information Technology, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2008-09 Search Committee, Associate Provost and Dean for Humanities and Social Sciences, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2008-09 Search Committee, Associate Provost and Dean for Sciences, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2008-09; 2009-10 Information Technology Committee, Graduate Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2007– Founder and Member, Space-Time Research Collective, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2007-08; 2008-09; 2009-10 Media Board, The Doctoral Students Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2006-07; 2007-08; 2008-09 At-Large Representative, The Doctoral Students Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2007-09 Executive Committee, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Doctoral Certificate Program, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2007-08; 2008-09 Graduate Council, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2006-07; 2007-08; 2009-10 Student Technology Fee Committee, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2008-09 Faculty/Student Disciplinary Panel, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2006-07 Academic Appeals, Sub-Program in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2004-05; 2005-06 Admissions Committee, Sub-Program in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • 2003-04 Executive Board, Psychology Club, Marymount Manhattan College.

INVITED TALKS & PRESENTATIONS

  • March 2009 “Seeing Hacking As Creative Practice.” Guest lecture in Critical Perspectives in Media, Society and the Arts, Prof. Shaka McGlotten. SUNY Purchase, New York.
  • July 2008 “Digital Youth and Internet Governance.” European Summer School on Internet Governance. Meissen, Germany.
  • June 2008 “What is Environmental Psychology,” and “The Social and Human Dimensions of the Urban Condition.” NUDA Summer School. The Nordic Urban Design Association, Norway.
  • March 2008 “Whose Safety, Whose Security?” Guest lecture in Computers and Culture, Prof. Shaka McGlotten. SUNY Purchase, New York.
  • February 2008 “Passive Park: Space, Communication and Citizen Power in Union Square Park.” Guest lecture in Urban Design and Implementation, Prof. Elliot Maltby. Pratt Institute School of Architecture, New York. August
  • August 2007; 2008 Welcoming Remarks, Graduate Student Orientation Assembly. The Graduate Center CUNY.
  • April 2007 “Psychology and Social Justice.” Guest Speaker, The Psy-Chi National Honor Society’s Annual Introduction Ceremony. Marymount Manhattan College, New York.
  • December 2006 “Stereotypes and the Semantic Web.” Live Feed. The Graduate Center CUNY, New York.
  • September 2005 “Part 2: Two Developments, then and now.” Policy and Design for Housing: Lessons of the Urban Development Corporation 1968–1975. American Institute of Architecture, New York.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • April 2010 “Cyberdominance and the Digital Footprint: Young People as Objects of Domination and Subjects of Power in the Cybercity.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.
  • July 2009 “The Medium is the Method: Towards a Topography of Young People’s informational Geographies.” Second International Conference on Geographies of Children, Youth and Families. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalonia.
  • April 2009 “I Spy Surveillance: Young People’s Environmental Consciousness in Cyberspace.” Surveillance Societies: What Price Security? Conference. New York.
  • March 2009 “Environmental (Un)consciousness: Engaging Young People’s Informational Geographies.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Las Vegas.
  • March 2009 Panelist, “Geopolitics and Insecurity II: Encountering Productions of State Security.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Las Vegas.
  • October 2008 “Whose Safety, Whose Security? Situating Young People in Cyberspace.” Internet Research 9.0 Conference. IT-Universitetet i København, Denmark.
  • April 2008 “Passive Park: Space, Communication and Citizen Power in Union Square Park.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Boston.
  • November 2007 Panelist, “The Instructional Technology Fellowship as a Model for Teaching and Learning.” The 6th Annual CUNY IT Conference. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York.
  • July 2007 “n3w $0Ci4l rE@l1+Y: Young People, Political Engagement and the Semantic Web.” Young People, New Technology and Political Engagement Conference. University of Surrey, UK.
  • June 2007 “Shoestring Democracy: Private Governance in Co-ops and Gated Communities in New York City.” 4th International Conference of the Private Urban Governance & Gated Communities Research Network. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. France.
  • April 2007 “Campaign-casting & Commodified Participation: An Evaluation of Candidates’ Online Spaces In the 2005 NYC Election.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco.
  • April 2007 Panelist, “Being Virtually There: Roundtable on Virtual Methodologies.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco.
  • March 2007 Panelist, “The Future of Environmental Psychology.” Environmental Psychology: Past, Present and Future Conference. The Graduate Center CUNY. New York.
  • December 2006 Panelist, “Expanding Learning Environments: Creative Use of Interactive Media.” The 5th Annual CUNY IT Conference. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York.
  • October 2006 “Repurposing the Square: Digital Symptoms of a Park’s Privatization.” The Transatlantic Graduate Research Program’s Divided Cities Conference. Columbia University. New York.
  • May 2006 “Constructing Place Online: A Critical Look at How Cyberspace Was Used in the 2005 NYC Mayoral Election.” Environmental Design Research Association Conference. Atlanta.
  • March 2006 Panelist, “Unfiltered: Podcasting, Blogging and Knowledge Transmission.” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Chicago.
 

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