A Microanalysis of Doctoral Dissertations & Committees
Within the RPI Department of Science & Technology Studies
Lane DeNicola

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Dissertations

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Author: Allen, Barbara L.
Date: Dec 1999.
Title: Uneasy Alchemy : Dissonance, Resistance, Justice, And Change In Louisiana's Industrial Corridor.
Number of Pages: viii, 230 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9958508.
Committee: David Hess, Frances Bronet; Kim Laughlin-Fortun; Langdon Winner

Author: Amir, Sulfikar.
Date: Aug 2005.
Title: Power, Culture, And The Airplane : Technological Nationalism In The New Order Indonesia
Number of Pages: x, 219 p. :
ISBN: 054225123X
Notes: UMI no. 3183611
Committee: Langdon Winner, Kim Fortun, David Hess, Steve Breyman, George Lewis

Author: Asrat, Msmaku.
Date: May 2003.
Title: Modernity And Change In Ethiopia: 1941-1991, From Feudalism To Ethnic Federalism (A Fifty Year Political And Historical Portrait Of Ethiopia) ; A Participant-Observer Perspective.
Number of Pages: v, 297 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Brian Lonsway; Mike Fortun

Author: Bauchspies, Wenda K.
Date: Dec 1998.
Title: Togolese Female Science Educators : Innovators, Bridges Or Instruments?
Number of Pages: x, 344 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 9918372.
Committee: Sal Restivo, John Schumacher, Kim Fortun, Michael Zenzen

Author: Bennett, Michael G.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Techne De Jure.
Number of Pages: ix, 291 p.
ISBN: 9780542865008
Notes: UMI no. 3232600
Committee: Langdon Winner, Sharon Anderson-Gold, Rayvon Fouché, Edward Woodhouse, Gary Merchant

Author: Blanchette, Jean-Francois.
Date: May 2002.
Title: "Dematerializing" Written Proof : French Evidence Law, Cryptography, And The Global Politics Of Authenticity.
Number of Pages: xii, 473 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3045371.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Ron Eglash, Mike Fortun, Boleslaw Szymanski

Author: Blizzard, Deborah L.
Date: Dec 2000.
Title: The Socio-Cultural Construction Of Fetoscopy.
Number of Pages: xxi, 323 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9992599.
Committee: Linda Layne, Lynn Morgan, Sal Restivo, Harry Roy, Andrea Rusnock

Author: Chen, Hsin-Hsing.
Date: Aug 1999.
Title: Man, Machine And The Gods : Skill Hegemony And Culture In The Making Of Taiwanese Machinists.
Number of Pages: viii, 323 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Langdon Winner, David Hess, Kim Fortun, Tamar Gordon

Author: Cherkasky, Todd D.
Date: Aug 1999.
Title: Design Style : A Method For Critical Analysis Of Design Applied To Workplace Technologies.
Number of Pages: x, 282 p.
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Langdon Winner, Kim Fortun, John Schumacher, Edward Woodhouse, Ken Warriner

Author: Croissant, Jennifer L.
Date: Dec 1994.
Title: Bodies, Movements, Representations: Elements Toward A Feminist Theory Of Knowledge.
Number of Pages: xvii, 405 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9526374.
Committee: Sal Restivo, P. Thomas Carroll, Linda Layne, Michael Zenzen

Author: DeNicola, Lane A.
Date: Aug 2007.
Title: Techniques Of The Environmental Observer: Indias Earth Remote Sensing Program In The Age Of Global Information
Number of Pages: xi, 216
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Michael Fortun, Steve Breyman, Kim Fortun, Paul Robbins, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Diaz-Torres, Camar.
Date: Aug 2007.
Title: Stabilizing Technologies, Configuring An Armed Social Self: Firearms In Postauthoritarian, Postwar Guatemalan Democracy
Number of Pages: xi, 175
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Edward J. Woodhouse, Tamar Gordon

Author: Dulgeroglu Yavuz, Seval.
Date: Aug 2003.
Title: Technological Representation In Advertisements : Restructuring Meaning And Culture.
Number of Pages: xiii, 330 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3098894.
Committee: Linnda Caporael, Audrey Bennett, David Hess, Sal Restivo, Elizabeth B-N Sanders

Author: Eng, Lawrence.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Otaku Engagements : Subcultural Appropriation Of Science And Technology.
Number of Pages: x, 239 p.
ISBN: 9780542865497
Notes: UMI no. 3232607
Committee: Ron Eglash, Rayvon Fouché, Linda Layne, Langdon Winner, Patrick Carroll

Author: Eubanks, Virginia.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Popular Technology : Citizenship And Inequality In The Information Economy.
Number of Pages: ix, 245 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 3140942
Committee: Nancy Campbell, Rayvonne Fouche, Davydd Greenwood, David Hess, Langdon Winner

Author: Farina, Blaise.
Date: Aug 2005.
Title: Discerning Socio-Ecological Degradation As A World-Historical Event : Some Reconsiderations Of The Saga Of The Khian Sea From A World-Systems Perspective.
Number of Pages: vi, 232 p.
ISBN: 054225137X
Notes: UMI no. 3183625
Committee: Steve Breyman, Dale Tomich, Rayvon Fouche, Sharra Vostral, Langdon Winner

Author: Farkas, Nicole Elisabeth.
Date: May 2002.
Title: Bread, Cheese And Expertise : Dutch Science Shops And Democratic Institutions.
Number of Pages: xi, 281 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3045378.
Committee: Steve Breyman, Kim Fortun, Rob Hagendijk, David Hess, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Feng, Patrick.
Date: Dec 2002.
Title: Designing A "Global" Privacy Standard : Politics And Expertise In Technical Standards-Setting.
Number of Pages: x, 272 p. :
ISBN: 0493920013
Notes: UMI no. 3072198.
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Lorrie Cranor, Kim Fortun, David Hess, Langdon Winner

Author: Fisher, Jill A.
Date: Aug 2005.
Title: Pharmaceutical Paternalism And The Privatization Of Clinical Trials.
Number of Pages: xi, 333 p.
ISBN: 0542251388
Notes: UMI no. 3183626
Committee: David Hess, Sharon Anderson-Gold, Michael Kalsher, Sal Restivo, Sharra Vostral

Author: Fitzgerald, Jenrose Dawn.
Date: Dec 2005.
Title: Citizens, Experts And The Economy : The Grassroots Takeover Of Kentucky's Agricultural Future.
Number of Pages: vi, 189 p.
ISBN: 0542496763
Notes: UMI no. 3201877
Committee: Nancy Campbell, Dwight Billings, Steve Breyman, Kim Fortun, David Hess

Author: Fleischmann, Kenneth R.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Exploring The Design-Use Interface : The Agency Of Boundary Objects In Educational Technology.
Number of Pages: xii, 213 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 3140945
Committee: David Hess, Ron Eglash, Nancy Campbell, William Wallace

Author: Foltz, Franz. A.
Date: May 1996.
Title: Increasing Participation In Science : Agenda Setting In Global Warming Research.
Number of Pages: xi, 308 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9635669.
Committee: Susan E. Cozzens, P. Thomas Carroll, Bruce Piasecki, Langdon Winner

Author: Fricke, Arthur C.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Seti Science : Managing Alien Narratives.
Book Title: Search for extra-terrestrial intelligence science
Number of Pages: vii, 473 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3140946
Committee: Kim Fortun, Michael Fortun, Edward Woodhouse, Heidi Newberg

Author: Howard, Jeffrey L.
Date: Dec 2004.
Title: Toward Intelligent, Democratic Steering Of Chemical Technologies : Evaluating Industrial Chlorine Chemistry As Environmental Trial And Error.
Number of Pages: x, 279 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3157092
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Steve Breyman, Langdon Winner, John Gowdy

Author: Kim, Eun-Sung.
Date: May 2006.
Title: Impure Bioethics : Social And Policy Studies Of Bioethics Regarding Stem Cell Research In The United States And South Korea.
Number of Pages: ix, 286 p.
ISBN: 054269722x
Notes: UMI no.3220194
Committee: Michael Fortun, Linda Layne, Nancy Campbell, Lois Peters

Author: Lettis, Natasha.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: "Big 'p' Politics, Small 'p' Advocacy": Political Participation, Intersectionality, And Information Technology In Northern Ireland.
Number of Pages: vii, 289 leaves bound :
Notes: UMI no.3249591
Committee: David Hess, Kim Fortun, Ron Eglash, June Deery

Author: Levinger, David Delbridge.
Date: Dec 2002.
Title: Pedestrian Technologies : Redesigning Citizens, Organizers, And Technical Professionals.
Number of Pages: x, 241 p. :
ISBN: 0493920390
Notes: UMI no. 3072208.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Frances Bronet, David Hess, Edward Woodhouse

Author: McLoughlin, Lisa A.
Date: Aug 2003.
Title: Spotlighting : Emergent Gender Bias In Undergraduate Engineering Education.
Number of Pages: x, 303 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3098873.
Committee: David Hess, Linda Layne, Nancy Campbell, Deborah Kaminski

Author: Monahan, Torin.
Date: May 2003.
Title: Designing Flexible Futures : Globalization, Technological Change, And Institutional Conflict In The Los Angeles Public School System.
Number of Pages: x, 269 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: David Hess, Kim Fortun, Mike Fortun, Ken Warriner

Author: Monberg, John.
Date: Jan 1998.
Title: Making The Public Count : A Comparative Case Study Of Emergent Information Technology-Based Publics.
Number of Pages: iv, 278 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Langdon Winner, Deborah Johnson, Kim Fortun, Teresa Harrison

Author: Nanda, Meera.
Date: May 2000.
Title: Prophets Facing Backwards : Postmodern Critiques Of Science And New Social Movements In India.
Number of Pages: xiv, 302 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9969163.
Committee: Langdon Winner, Deborah Johnson, Andrea Rusnock, David Ellison, Stephen Bronner

Author: Nieusma, Dean.
Date: May 2004.
Title: The Energy Forum Of Sri Lanka : Working Toward Appropriate Expertise.
Number of Pages: xi, 226 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 31223000
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Nancy Campbell, Kim Fortun, Mike Fortun, Gary Downey

Author: Patton, Jason W.
Date: May 2004.
Title: Transportation Worlds : Designing Infrastructures And Forms Of Urban Life.
Number of Pages: ix, 226 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 3123004
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Ken Warriner, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Pierce, Steve.
Date: Aug 2002.
Title: The Community Teleport : Participatory Media As A Path To Participatory Democracy.
Number of Pages: viii, 291 p.
ISBN: 0493731687
Notes: UMI no. 3057681.
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Steve Breyman, Nancy Campbell, David Hess, Mary Anne Staniszewski

Author: Postigo, Hector R.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: The Digital Rights Movement : The Role Of Technology In Subverting Digital Copyright.
Number of Pages: xiii, 283 p.
ISBN: 9780542865787
Notes: UMI no. 3232621
Committee: Rayvon Fouché, Langdon Winner, David Hess, Sharon Anderson-Gold, Bruce Parker

Author: Rarieya, Marie J.
Date: Aug 2007.
Title: Environmental Degradation, Food Security, And Climate Change: An Sts Perspectives On Sustainable Development In Western Kenya
Number of Pages: xx leaves, bound :  ill. ;  29 cm.
ISBN:
Notes: UNI no.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Mike Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Leslie King

Author: Ronald, Lorna M.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Empowered To Consume : Direct-To-Consumer Advertising And Pharmaceutical Governance.
Number of Pages: x, 514 p.
ISBN: 9780542865794
Notes: UMI no. 3232622
Committee: Nancy Campbell, David Hess, Michael Kalsher, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Schienke, Erich W.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Greening The Dragon: Environmental Imaginaries In The Science, Technology, And Governance Of Contemporary China.
Number of Pages: xvi, 493 leaves, bound :
UMI no.3249607
Committee: Kim Fortun, Michael Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Tamar Gordon, David Stern, Laura Kate Boyer

Author: Shichtman, Diane Claire.
Date: Dec 1996.
Title: Modes Of Understanding :  A Study Of Perception And Action.
Series Editor: Dept., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Science & Technology Studies
Number of Pages: viii, 224 p.
Committee: Susan Cozzens, Sal Restivo, Steve Breyman, Alan Meltzer

Author: Sokoloff, Alex.
Date: Dec 2006.
Title: Informating Greenpeace: Material Practice, Work Culture, And Global Organization.
Number of Pages: xi, 188 leaves, bound :
Committee: Kim Fortun, Atsushi Akera, Steve Breyman, Alfred Essa, Langdon Winner, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Sundberg, Ann.
Date: May 2002.
Title: Grasping Technology : Jump-Starting Grassroots Web Production.
Number of Pages: v, 205 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3045404.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Ron Eglash, Theresa Harrison

Author: Vanderwolk, Martha Lacy.
Date: May 1996.
Title: Losing Our Places. : The Nature Of Knowing In The Northern Forest.
Number of Pages: ix, 533 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9635700.
Committee: P. Thomas Carroll, Susan Cozzens, Louis Z. Hammer, Langdon Winner

Author: Varma, Roli.
Date: May 1993.
Title: Managing Industrial Science Effectively.
Number of Pages: xv, 213 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9325272.
Committee: Richard Worthington, David J. Hess, Lois S. Peters, Sal Restivo, Michael J. Zenzen

Author: Weiss, Andrew E.
Date: May 1996.
Title: Shaping Sensible Systems. Politics, Organizations, And The Construction Of Technology.
Number of Pages: x, 282 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9635702.
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Susan E. Cozzens, Edward J. Hackett, Bruce W. Piasecki

Author: Wooddell, Margaret J.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Codes, Identities And Pathologies In The Construction Of Tamoxifen As A Chemoprophylactic For Breat Cancer Risk Reduction In Health Women At High Risk.
Number of Pages: viii, 272 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3140974
Committee: David Hess, Linda Layne, Sharra Vostral, Nancy Campbell, Robert Millikan

Author: Xie, Bo.
Date: May 2006.
Title: Growing Older In The Information Age : Civic Engagement, Social Realtionships, And Well-Being Among Older Internet Users In China And The United States.
Number of Pages: xiv, 370 p. ;
ISBN: 0542709538
Notes: UMI no. 3220221
Committee: Kim Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Atsushi Akera, Junho Choi

Author: Xie, Xuemei.
Date: May 1999.
Title: Brain, Gender, Culture, And The Neurosciences In The United States And China.
Number of Pages: vi, 289 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9925279.
Committee: Susan E. Cozzens, P. Thomas Carroll, Deborah Kaminski, Sal Restivo, Andrea Rusnock


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Author: Varma, Roli.
Date: May 1993.
Title: Managing Industrial Science Effectively.
Number of Pages: xv, 213 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9325272.
Committee: Richard Worthington, David J. Hess, Lois S. Peters, Sal Restivo, Michael J. Zenzen

Author: Croissant, Jennifer L.
Date: Dec 1994.
Title: Bodies, Movements, Representations: Elements Toward A Feminist Theory Of Knowledge.
Number of Pages: xvii, 405 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9526374.
Committee: Sal Restivo, P. Thomas Carroll, Linda Layne, Michael Zenzen

Author: Foltz, Franz. A.
Date: May 1996.
Title: Increasing Participation In Science : Agenda Setting In Global Warming Research.
Number of Pages: xi, 308 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9635669.
Committee: Susan E. Cozzens, P. Thomas Carroll, Bruce Piasecki, Langdon Winner

Author: Vanderwolk, Martha Lacy.
Date: May 1996.
Title: Losing Our Places. : The Nature Of Knowing In The Northern Forest.
Number of Pages: ix, 533 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9635700.
Committee: P. Thomas Carroll, Susan Cozzens, Louis Z. Hammer, Langdon Winner

Author: Weiss, Andrew E.
Date: May 1996.
Title: Shaping Sensible Systems. Politics, Organizations, And The Construction Of Technology.
Number of Pages: x, 282 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9635702.
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Susan E. Cozzens, Edward J. Hackett, Bruce W. Piasecki

Author: Shichtman, Diane Claire.
Date: Dec 1996.
Title: Modes Of Understanding :  A Study Of Perception And Action.
Series Editor: Dept., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Science & Technology Studies
Number of Pages: viii, 224 p.
Committee: Susan Cozzens, Sal Restivo, Steve Breyman, Alan Meltzer

Author: Monberg, John.
Date: Jan 1998.
Title: Making The Public Count : A Comparative Case Study Of Emergent Information Technology-Based Publics.
Number of Pages: iv, 278 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Langdon Winner, Deborah Johnson, Kim Fortun, Teresa Harrison

Author: Bauchspies, Wenda K.
Date: Dec 1998.
Title: Togolese Female Science Educators : Innovators, Bridges Or Instruments?
Number of Pages: x, 344 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 9918372.
Committee: Sal Restivo, John Schumacher, Kim Fortun, Michael Zenzen

Author: Xie, Xuemei.
Date: May 1999.
Title: Brain, Gender, Culture, And The Neurosciences In The United States And China.
Number of Pages: vi, 289 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9925279.
Committee: Susan E. Cozzens, P. Thomas Carroll, Deborah Kaminski, Sal Restivo, Andrea Rusnock

Author: Cherkasky, Todd D.
Date: Aug 1999.
Title: Design Style : A Method For Critical Analysis Of Design Applied To Workplace Technologies.
Number of Pages: x, 282 p.
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Langdon Winner, Kim Fortun, John Schumacher, Edward Woodhouse, Ken Warriner

Author: Chen, Hsin-Hsing.
Date: Aug 1999.
Title: Man, Machine And The Gods : Skill Hegemony And Culture In The Making Of Taiwanese Machinists.
Number of Pages: viii, 323 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Langdon Winner, David Hess, Kim Fortun, Tamar Gordon

Author: Allen, Barbara L.
Date: Dec 1999.
Title: Uneasy Alchemy : Dissonance, Resistance, Justice, And Change In Louisiana's Industrial Corridor.
Number of Pages: viii, 230 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9958508.
Committee: David Hess, Frances Bronet; Kim Laughlin-Fortun; Langdon Winner

Author: Nanda, Meera.
Date: May 2000.
Title: Prophets Facing Backwards : Postmodern Critiques Of Science And New Social Movements In India.
Number of Pages: xiv, 302 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9969163.
Committee: Langdon Winner, Deborah Johnson, Andrea Rusnock, David Ellison, Stephen Bronner

Author: Blizzard, Deborah L.
Date: Dec 2000.
Title: The Socio-Cultural Construction Of Fetoscopy.
Number of Pages: xxi, 323 p.
Notes: UMI no. 9992599.
Committee: Linda Layne, Lynn Morgan, Sal Restivo, Harry Roy, Andrea Rusnock

Author: Sundberg, Ann.
Date: May 2002.
Title: Grasping Technology : Jump-Starting Grassroots Web Production.
Number of Pages: v, 205 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3045404.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Ron Eglash, Theresa Harrison

Author: Blanchette, Jean-Francois.
Date: May 2002.
Title: "Dematerializing" Written Proof : French Evidence Law, Cryptography, And The Global Politics Of Authenticity.
Number of Pages: xii, 473 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3045371.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Ron Eglash, Mike Fortun, Boleslaw Szymanski

Author: Farkas, Nicole Elisabeth.
Date: May 2002.
Title: Bread, Cheese And Expertise : Dutch Science Shops And Democratic Institutions.
Number of Pages: xi, 281 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3045378.
Committee: Steve Breyman, Kim Fortun, Rob Hagendijk, David Hess, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Pierce, Steve.
Date: Aug 2002.
Title: The Community Teleport : Participatory Media As A Path To Participatory Democracy.
Number of Pages: viii, 291 p.
ISBN: 0493731687
Notes: UMI no. 3057681.
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Steve Breyman, Nancy Campbell, David Hess, Mary Anne Staniszewski

Author: Levinger, David Delbridge.
Date: Dec 2002.
Title: Pedestrian Technologies : Redesigning Citizens, Organizers, And Technical Professionals.
Number of Pages: x, 241 p. :
ISBN: 0493920390
Notes: UMI no. 3072208.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Frances Bronet, David Hess, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Feng, Patrick.
Date: Dec 2002.
Title: Designing A "Global" Privacy Standard : Politics And Expertise In Technical Standards-Setting.
Number of Pages: x, 272 p. :
ISBN: 0493920013
Notes: UMI no. 3072198.
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Lorrie Cranor, Kim Fortun, David Hess, Langdon Winner

Author: Asrat, Msmaku.
Date: May 2003.
Title: Modernity And Change In Ethiopia: 1941-1991, From Feudalism To Ethnic Federalism (A Fifty Year Political And Historical Portrait Of Ethiopia) ; A Participant-Observer Perspective.
Number of Pages: v, 297 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Brian Lonsway; Mike Fortun

Author: Monahan, Torin.
Date: May 2003.
Title: Designing Flexible Futures : Globalization, Technological Change, And Institutional Conflict In The Los Angeles Public School System.
Number of Pages: x, 269 p. :
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: David Hess, Kim Fortun, Mike Fortun, Ken Warriner

Author: Dulgeroglu Yavuz, Seval.
Date: Aug 2003.
Title: Technological Representation In Advertisements : Restructuring Meaning And Culture.
Number of Pages: xiii, 330 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3098894.
Committee: Linnda Caporael, Audrey Bennett, David Hess, Sal Restivo, Elizabeth B-N Sanders

Author: McLoughlin, Lisa A.
Date: Aug 2003.
Title: Spotlighting : Emergent Gender Bias In Undergraduate Engineering Education.
Number of Pages: x, 303 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3098873.
Committee: David Hess, Linda Layne, Nancy Campbell, Deborah Kaminski

Author: Nieusma, Dean.
Date: May 2004.
Title: The Energy Forum Of Sri Lanka : Working Toward Appropriate Expertise.
Number of Pages: xi, 226 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 31223000
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Nancy Campbell, Kim Fortun, Mike Fortun, Gary Downey

Author: Patton, Jason W.
Date: May 2004.
Title: Transportation Worlds : Designing Infrastructures And Forms Of Urban Life.
Number of Pages: ix, 226 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 3123004
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Ken Warriner, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Wooddell, Margaret J.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Codes, Identities And Pathologies In The Construction Of Tamoxifen As A Chemoprophylactic For Breat Cancer Risk Reduction In Health Women At High Risk.
Number of Pages: viii, 272 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3140974
Committee: David Hess, Linda Layne, Sharra Vostral, Nancy Campbell, Robert Millikan

Author: Eubanks, Virginia.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Popular Technology : Citizenship And Inequality In The Information Economy.
Number of Pages: ix, 245 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 3140942
Committee: Nancy Campbell, Rayvonne Fouche, Davydd Greenwood, David Hess, Langdon Winner

Author: Fleischmann, Kenneth R.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Exploring The Design-Use Interface : The Agency Of Boundary Objects In Educational Technology.
Number of Pages: xii, 213 p. :
Notes: UMI no. 3140945
Committee: David Hess, Ron Eglash, Nancy Campbell, William Wallace

Author: Fricke, Arthur C.
Date: Aug 2004.
Title: Seti Science : Managing Alien Narratives.
Book Title: Search for extra-terrestrial intelligence science
Number of Pages: vii, 473 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3140946
Committee: Kim Fortun, Michael Fortun, Edward Woodhouse, Heidi Newberg

Author: Howard, Jeffrey L.
Date: Dec 2004.
Title: Toward Intelligent, Democratic Steering Of Chemical Technologies : Evaluating Industrial Chlorine Chemistry As Environmental Trial And Error.
Number of Pages: x, 279 p.
Notes: UMI no. 3157092
Committee: Edward Woodhouse, Steve Breyman, Langdon Winner, John Gowdy

Author: Farina, Blaise.
Date: Aug 2005.
Title: Discerning Socio-Ecological Degradation As A World-Historical Event : Some Reconsiderations Of The Saga Of The Khian Sea From A World-Systems Perspective.
Number of Pages: vi, 232 p.
ISBN: 054225137X
Notes: UMI no. 3183625
Committee: Steve Breyman, Dale Tomich, Rayvon Fouche, Sharra Vostral, Langdon Winner

Author: Amir, Sulfikar.
Date: Aug 2005.
Title: Power, Culture, And The Airplane : Technological Nationalism In The New Order Indonesia
Number of Pages: x, 219 p. :
ISBN: 054225123X
Notes: UMI no. 3183611
Committee: Langdon Winner, Kim Fortun, David Hess, Steve Breyman, George Lewis

Author: Fisher, Jill A.
Date: Aug 2005.
Title: Pharmaceutical Paternalism And The Privatization Of Clinical Trials.
Number of Pages: xi, 333 p.
ISBN: 0542251388
Notes: UMI no. 3183626
Committee: David Hess, Sharon Anderson-Gold, Michael Kalsher, Sal Restivo, Sharra Vostral

Author: Fitzgerald, Jenrose Dawn.
Date: Dec 2005.
Title: Citizens, Experts And The Economy : The Grassroots Takeover Of Kentucky's Agricultural Future.
Number of Pages: vi, 189 p.
ISBN: 0542496763
Notes: UMI no. 3201877
Committee: Nancy Campbell, Dwight Billings, Steve Breyman, Kim Fortun, David Hess

Author: Kim, Eun-Sung.
Date: May 2006.
Title: Impure Bioethics : Social And Policy Studies Of Bioethics Regarding Stem Cell Research In The United States And South Korea.
Number of Pages: ix, 286 p.
ISBN: 054269722x
Notes: UMI no.3220194
Committee: Michael Fortun, Linda Layne, Nancy Campbell, Lois Peters

Author: Xie, Bo.
Date: May 2006.
Title: Growing Older In The Information Age : Civic Engagement, Social Realtionships, And Well-Being Among Older Internet Users In China And The United States.
Number of Pages: xiv, 370 p. ;
ISBN: 0542709538
Notes: UMI no. 3220221
Committee: Kim Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Atsushi Akera, Junho Choi

Author: Bennett, Michael G.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Techne De Jure.
Number of Pages: ix, 291 p.
ISBN: 9780542865008
Notes: UMI no. 3232600
Committee: Langdon Winner, Sharon Anderson-Gold, Rayvon Fouché, Edward Woodhouse, Gary Merchant

Author: Eng, Lawrence.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Otaku Engagements : Subcultural Appropriation Of Science And Technology.
Number of Pages: x, 239 p.
ISBN: 9780542865497
Notes: UMI no. 3232607
Committee: Ron Eglash, Rayvon Fouché, Linda Layne, Langdon Winner, Patrick Carroll

Author: Lettis, Natasha.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: "Big 'p' Politics, Small 'p' Advocacy": Political Participation, Intersectionality, And Information Technology In Northern Ireland.
Number of Pages: vii, 289 leaves bound :
Notes: UMI no.3249591
Committee: David Hess, Kim Fortun, Ron Eglash, June Deery

Author: Postigo, Hector R.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: The Digital Rights Movement : The Role Of Technology In Subverting Digital Copyright.
Number of Pages: xiii, 283 p.
ISBN: 9780542865787
Notes: UMI no. 3232621
Committee: Rayvon Fouché, Langdon Winner, David Hess, Sharon Anderson-Gold, Bruce Parker

Author: Ronald, Lorna M.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Empowered To Consume : Direct-To-Consumer Advertising And Pharmaceutical Governance.
Number of Pages: x, 514 p.
ISBN: 9780542865794
Notes: UMI no. 3232622
Committee: Nancy Campbell, David Hess, Michael Kalsher, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Schienke, Erich W.
Date: Aug 2006.
Title: Greening The Dragon: Environmental Imaginaries In The Science, Technology, And Governance Of Contemporary China.
Number of Pages: xvi, 493 leaves, bound :
UMI no.3249607
Committee: Kim Fortun, Michael Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Tamar Gordon, David Stern, Laura Kate Boyer

Author: Sokoloff, Alex.
Date: Dec 2006.
Title: Informating Greenpeace: Material Practice, Work Culture, And Global Organization.
Number of Pages: xi, 188 leaves, bound :
Committee: Kim Fortun, Atsushi Akera, Steve Breyman, Alfred Essa, Langdon Winner, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Rarieya, Marie J.
Date: Aug 2007.
Title: Environmental Degradation, Food Security, And Climate Change: An Sts Perspectives On Sustainable Development In Western Kenya
Number of Pages: xx leaves, bound :  ill. ;  29 cm.
ISBN:
Notes: UNI no.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Steve Breyman, Mike Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Leslie King

Author: DeNicola, Lane A.
Date: Aug 2007.
Title: Techniques Of The Environmental Observer: Indias Earth Remote Sensing Program In The Age Of Global Information
Number of Pages: xi, 216
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Michael Fortun, Steve Breyman, Kim Fortun, Paul Robbins, Edward Woodhouse

Author: Diaz-Torres, Camar.
Date: Aug 2007.
Title: Stabilizing Technologies, Configuring An Armed Social Self: Firearms In Postauthoritarian, Postwar Guatemalan Democracy
Number of Pages: xi, 175
Notes: UMI no.
Committee: Kim Fortun, Nancy Campbell, Edward J. Woodhouse, Tamar Gordon

How to Get an Updated List of RPI/STS Dissertations

Since the maintenance of dissertation lists by the department is generally treated as an ancillary task, while for RPI's Folsom Library it's really a more central task, it makes sense to rely on the latter.  Their lists will be 12-18 months behind what has actually been deposited (the gears turn slowly), but they're still likely to be more accurate and up-to-date than anyone else's.  More significantly, since this solution relies on an online catalog, not only are the resulting lists themselves available online, but links to PDF versions of individual dissertations (when available) are incorporated into the list, significantly improving accessibility (though currently PDF access is restricted to the campus network).

Easy way to generate the list: click on this link.  This produces a list of RPI/STS doctoral dissertations sorted on date, from most to least recent. The interface does not (currently) require an RPI account OR being connected via the campus network, getting around any potential difficulties introduced by RPI's predilection for stymying access to institute resources at every available opportunity.  Here is an analogous link for the master's theses to come out of the department.

Slightly harder way: go to the Folsom Library OPAC Advanced Keyword Search page (OPAC is a generic term for Online Public Access Catalog).  Perform a search specifying Thesis (Ph.D.) in Any Field and science and technology studies in the Author field.  This is the manual way of doing the same thing the link above does.

Even more generally: there are basically two bits of info involved here: first, the folks at Folsom put the thesis/dissertation advisor's department in the Added Author field (this seems to have been done with good uniformity). Second, they put Thesis (MS) or Thesis (Ph.D.) in the Notes field. However, these flags are not at all formalized or uniformly maintained, e.g. sometimes it's Dept. of Science and Technology Studies, other times it's Science and Technology Studies Dept., sometimes it's M.S., sometimes MS, sometimes masters, etc. The attractive alternative of the Subject: field (wherein the department can sometimes be found) seems to be even less uniformly maintained, so (like earlier techniques) this remains an imperfect solution. Accolades will go to anyone who can pass along a legit RPI/STS dissertation that does NOT show up under these searches as specified!

Further, as of this writing RPI's Folsom Library uses WebPAC Pro, a commercial OPAC produced by Innovative Interfaces.  It's possible that the folks at Folsom will eventually see the light and realize the sense of using a free/open source alternative (e.g. Fac-Back-OPAC), or they may just stick with RPI's modus operandi and decide to switch to another proprietary product out of feature-fascination, financial-misdirection, or nepotism.  Regardless, while the catalog data is likely to retain its format (one would hope), the rules for how to do a search could change quite easily, pulling the plug on both the interface-specific solutions for generating a list that I give above (at which point someone else will hopefully pass along a fix or notice to myself and/or any new students).

Regardless, once you have the list, bound hardcopies of every item on that list are kept in the stacks; currently they're in the southwest quandrant (upper left) of the third floor of Folsom (excepting those not yet returned from UMI).