KirkJalbert
CurriculumVitae,December2015
FracTrackerAlliance
4600PennAve.
Pittsburgh,PA15224
EDUCATION
2015Ph.D.
2005M.F.A.
1998B.S.
Email:kirkjalbert@gmail.com
Web:www.fractracker.org
www.kirkjalbert.com
RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,ScienceandTechnologyStudies
Dissertation:PromisingDataforPublicEmpowerment:AStudyofGrassroots
WaterMonitoringforPollutionfromtheNaturalGasIndustry
CommitteeChair:AbbyJ.Kinchy
SchooloftheMuseumofFineArts,ConcentrationsinMediaArtsandTheory
WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute,ComputerScience,ConcentrationinHCI
PROFESSIONALAPPOINTMENTS&EMPLOYMENT
FracTrackerAlliance,PittsburghPA
2015-present
ManagerofCommunity-BasedResearch&Engagement
DrexelUniversity,PhiladelphiaPA
2015-present
VisitingResearchProfessor,CenterforScience,TechnologyandSociety
BostonArchitecturalCollege,BostonMA
2015-present
ProjectAdvisor,DesignStudiesProgram
FracTrackerAlliance,PittsburghPA
2013-2015
VisitingResearchScientist
RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,TroyNY
2011-2013
ResearchAssistantforProfessorAbbyJ.Kinchy
DepartmentofScienceandTechnologyStudies
Spring2011
TeachingAssistantforProfessorEdwardJ.Woodhouse
DepartmentofScienceTechnologySociety
Fall2010-
ProjectManager,CulturallySituatedCommunitySensing
Summer2011 SupervisedbyProfessorRonEglash&TheGK-12Triple-HelixProgram
DepartmentofScienceandTechnologyStudies
Fall2010
TeachingAssistantforProfessorRonEglash
DepartmentofScienceandTechnologyStudies
Summer2010 ResearchAssistantforProfessorRonEglash
CulturallySituatedDesignTools
DepartmentofScienceandTechnologyStudies
ClarkUniversity,WorcesterMA
2004-2009
Instructor,CultureStudiesandCommunicationProgram
2002-2009
Instructor,DepartmentofVisualandPerformingArts
2007-2009
Director,SchiltkampGallery,TrainaCenterfortheArts
SchooloftheMuseumofFineArts,BostonMA
2005-2007
Instructor,SculpturalArtsStudios
2003-2005
TeachingAssistant,MediaArtsStudios
PUBLICATIONS
RefereedJournalArticles
Forth-
Kinchy,AbbyJ.,SarahParks,andKirkJalbert.“FracturedKnowledge:Mappingthe
coming
GapsinPublicandPrivateWaterMonitoringEffortsinAreasAffectedbyShaleGas
Development.”EnvironmentandPlanningC.
Under
Jalbert,Kirk.“GrassrootsInfrastructuresforCivilSocietyScience:ACaseStudyof
Review
theMarcellusShaleWaterMonitoringCommunity.”KnowledgeInfrastructures.Ed.Helena
Karasti,FlorenceMillerand,ChristineM.Hine,GeoffreyC.Bowker.Science&Technology
Studies.
2015
Jalbert,Kirk,andAbbyJ.Kinchy.“SenseandInfluence:EnvironmentalMonitoring
ToolsandthePowerofCitizenScience.”JournalofEnvironmentalPolicy&Planning.
2015
Malone,Samantha,MatthewKelso,TedAuch,KarenEdelstein,KyleFerrar,and
KirkJalbert.“InconsistencieswithDatafromUnconventionalGasandOilBasins.”Journalof
EnvironmentScienceandHealth,PartA,50(5):489-498.
2014
Kinchy,AbbyJ.,KirkJalbert,andJessicaLyons.“WhatisVolunteerWaterMonitoringGood
For?FrackingandthePluralLogicsofParticipatoryScience.”FieldsofKnowledge:Science,
Politics,andPublicsintheNeoliberalAge.Ed.ScottFrickelandDavidHess.PoliticalPower
andSocialTheory,27:259-289.
2014
Jalbert,Kirk,AbbyJ.Kinchy,andSimonaPerry.“CivilSocietyResearchandMarcellusShale
NaturalGasDevelopment:ResultsofaSurveyofVolunteerWaterMonitoring
Organizations.”ExploringtheImpactsofMarcellusShaleDevelopment.Ed.BethKinneand
MichaelFinewood.JournalofEnvironmentalStudiesandSciences.Volume4(1):78-86.
2014
Wylie,Sara,KirkJalbert,ShannonDosemagen,andMattRatto.“InstitutionsforCivic
Technoscience:HowCriticalMakingisTransformingEnvironmentalResearch.”Critical
MakingasResearchProgram.Ed.MattRatto,SaraWylie,andKirkJalbert.TheInformation
Society,30:2.
2014
Ratto,Matt,SaraWylie,andKirkJalbert.“IntroductiontotheSpecialForumonCritical
MakingasResearchProgram.”CriticalMakingasResearchProgram.Ed.MattRatto,Sara
Wylie,andKirkJalbert.TheInformationSociety,30:2.
OtherPublications
2011
Jalbert,Kirk.“CulturallySituatedSensing:PeerInnovationandCitizenSensinginNative
AmericanCommunities.”CommissionedpaperonTechnologyandSocialParticipation.Intel
CorporationExperienceInsightLab,PortlandOR.
ManuscriptsinPreparation
(Book)
Jalbert,Kirk,DavidCasagrande,StephaniePaladino,AnnaWillow(eds.)“ExtrACTION:
Impacts,ResponsesandAlternativeFutures,”forpublicationbyLeftCoastPress.
(Journal) Brasier,Kathy,KirkJalbert,AbbyJ.Kinchy,ColleenUnroe,SusanBrantley.Candie
Wilderman.“SharingWaterQualityDataamongPublicAgencies,CitizenScientists,
Researchers,andPrivateIndustry:ExperiencesfromtheShaleNetwork.”
(Journal) Jalbert,Kirk,SamanthaMalone-Rubright."MediatorsforMakingOilandGasDataPublic:
AssistingFracturedCommunitiesinDataTransparencyProjectsthroughtheFracTracker
Alliance.”Specialissue:MakingandDoingPoliticsThroughGrassrootsScientificResearchon
theEnergyandPetrochemicalIndustries.Ed.SaraWylie,MaxLiboiron,andNickShapiro.
EngagingScience,Technology,andSociety(ESTS).
GRANTS&FELLOWSHIPS
AuthoredGrants&Fellowships
“DrillingintoMonitoring:BuildingaWatershed-BasedFracTrackerInteractiveMap,”TheColcom
Foundation,$53,000,awardedtoTheFracTrackerAlliance.ProjectDirectorstipend:$5,000,July2014–
August2015.
“PromisingDataforPublicEmpowerment:AStudyofGrassrootsWaterMonitoringPracticesfor
PollutionfromtheNaturalGasIndustry,”RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,SchoolofHumanities,Arts,&
SocialSciencesFellowship,$49,000,September2013–August2015.
“Socio-TechnicalPracticesintheContextofMarcellusShaleWater-QualityScience,”NationalScience
Foundation,DoctoralDissertationImprovementGrant,Award#1331080,$15,000.September2013–
August2014.
“CulturallySituatedSensing:PeerInnovationandCitizenSensinginNativeAmericanCommunities,”
IntelCorporation,ExperienceInsightLab,Technology&SocialParticipationWritingCommission,$2,500,
March2011.
ResearchSupport
“MappingKnowledgeInvestmentsduringtheMarcellusShaleGasRush:AStudyofPublic,Private,and
AcademicWaterQualityMonitoringEfforts,”NationalScienceFoundation,StandardGrant,Award
#1126235,$398,337,PI:AbbyJ.Kinchy.ResearchAssistantFellowship:$48,000,September2011–
August2013.
INVITEDTALKS
2015
“FracTrackerToolsforCommunity-BasedResearchandEngagement,"SierraClubWater
SentinelsCampusSpeakingTour,NewYorkSouthernTier,November2015.
2015
“EnergyWise:CitizenScientistsandOpenData,”ShiftingEnergyCulturesSeries,Centerfor
Science,Technology&Society,DrexelUniversity,Philadelphia,PA,May2015.
2014
“WorkingwithData,Maps,andParticipatoryGISResearchtoUnderstandtheImpactsofOil
andGasExtraction,”DemocratizingTechnologies:AssessingtheRolesofNGOsinShaping
TechnologicalFutures,CenterforNanotechnologyinSociety,UniversityofCalifornia,Santa
Barbara,CA,November2014.
2014
“BuildingInfrastructuresforCivilSocietyScience:AStudyofDataandEmpowerment,”
ColloquiumSpeakerSeries,DepartmentofScienceandTechnologyStudies,Rensselaer
PolytechnicInstitute,Troy,NY,September2014.
2014
“KnowingourWaters:MakingsSenseofDataNarrativesintheMarcellusShaleWater
MonitoringCommunity,”TheWesternPennsylvaniaConservancy,Pittsburgh,PA,August
2014.
2014
“CollaborativeEffortsforCapacityBuildingAcrosstheMarcellusShaleWaterMonitoring
Community,”SecondAnnualSierraClubNYWaterSentinelsSummit,BinghamtonUniversity,
Binghamton,NY.April2014.
2013
“WatershedKnowledgeMappingProject:InvestigatingEffortstoMonitortheWaterQuality
ImpactsofMarcellusShaleDevelopment,”FirstAnnualSierraClubNYWaterSentinels
Summit.BinghamtonUniversity,Binghamton,NY,January2013.
CONFERENCESESSIONSORGANIZED
2015
“NarrativesofEmpowermentintheScientificGovernanceofEnvironmentalRisk,”Session
organizedattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation,Denver,CO,
November2015.
2015
“Extraction:Impacts,EngagementsandAlternativeFutures,”Roundtablesessionorganizedat
theannualmeetingoftheAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation,Denver,CO,November
2015.
2015
“CommunicatingtheImpactsofGasExtractioninFilm,Photography,andDigitalStorytelling,”
SessionorganizedattheannualmeetingoftheSocietyforAppliedAnthropology,Pittsburgh,
PA,March2015.
2013
“NewDataRelationalities:Publics,Practices,andSubjectivitiesinPublicHealthand
EnvironmentalGovernance,”SessionorganizedattheannualmeetingoftheSocietyforSocial
StudiesofScience,SanDiego,CA,November2013.
2011
“DigitalSTS,”Sessionco-organizedwithSaraAnneWylieattheannualmeetingsoftheSociety
forSocialStudiesofScience,Cleveland,OH,November2011.
REFEREEDCONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS
2015
“DataCultureandtheProblemsofRepresentationsinParticipatoryEnvironmentalScience,”
PresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation,Denver,CO,
November2015.
2015
“DataPublicsasInformationAdvocates:DemandingTransparencyintheManagementofthe
OilandGasIndustry,”PresentedattheannualmeetingoftheSocietyfortheSocialStudiesof
Science,Denver,CO,November2015.
2015
2014
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2013
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2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
“KnowingOurWaters:CitizenScienceandDigitalStorytelling,”Presentedattheannual
meetingoftheSocietyforAppliedAnthropology,Pittsburgh,PA,March2015.
“GrassrootsInfrastructuresforCivilSocietyScience:ACaseStudyoftheMarcellusShale
WaterMonitoringCommunity,”PresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAmerican
AnthropologicalAssociation,Anthropology&EnvironmentSection’sRappaportPrizePanel,
Washington,DC,December2014.
“ScientificCitizenshiporInstrumentalEnvironmentalism:InterventionsofTechnoscientificvs.
SociopoliticalKnowledgeinWorkingtoUnderstandNaturalGasExtractionImpacts,”
PresentedatthebiennialmeetingsoftheSocietyforCulturalAnthropology,Detroit,MI,May
2014.
“ScientificNarrativesforPublicEmpowerment:InstitutionalReconstructionsofVolunteer
WaterMonitoringKnowledgeinNaturalGasExtractionCommunities,”Presentedatthe
annualmeetingofAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation.Chicago,IL,November2013.
“PromisingDataforPublicEmpowerment:GrassrootsWaterMonitoringforPollutionfrom
theNaturalGasIndustry,”PresentedattheannualmeetingofSocietyforSocialStudiesof
Science.SanDiego,CA,October2013.
“WhatisVolunteerWaterMonitoringGoodFor?FrackingandthePluralLogicsof
ParticipatoryScience.”Co-presentedwithAbbyJ.KinchyattheannualmeetingsoftheSociety
forSocialStudiesofScience.SanDiego,CA,October2013.
“IgnoranceabouttheImpactsofShaleGasDevelopment:AStudyofSpatialKnowledgeGaps.”
Co-presentedwithAbbyJ.KinchyattheannualmeetingofAmericanSociologicalAssociation,
NewYork,NY,August2013.
“VolunteerMonitoringforWatershedSustainability:MakingEnvironmentalSenseofNatural
GasExtractionImpactsintheMarcellusShale,”PresentedattheSensingEnvironments
Festival,RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,Troy,NY,April2013.
“CivicTechnoscienceforSurfaceWaterQuality:TheRiseofVolunteerWatershedMonitoring
intheMarcellusShaleNaturalGasBoom,”PresentedattheannualmeetingoftheSocietyfor
AppliedAnthropology,Denver,CO,March2013.
“SociopoliticalDynamicsofVolunteerWatershedMonitoringintheMarcellusShaleNatural
GasBoom,”PresentedattheBoom&BustSymposium,DuquesneUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA,
November2012.
“Frames,Layers,andSubjectiveEcologies:CinematicConstructionsandGeographic
InformationSystems,”PresentedattheHighTechHeritageConference,Universityof
Massachusetts,Amherst,MA,May2011.
“WaysofPracticeinParticipatorySensing:IndigenousKnowledgeSystemsandCulturally
SituatedDesign,”PresentedattheAnnualMeetingofSocietyforSocialStudiesofScience,
Cleveland,OH,November2011.
“SocialNetworkingNature:PubliclyDefinedEnvironmentsinPrivatizedParticipatorySensing,”
PresentedattheannualmeetingofAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation,Montreal,QC,
November2011.
“CulturallySituatedSensing:ParticipatoryDesignandCitizenSensinginNativeAmerican
Communities,”PresentedatthePoliticalSociologyofScienceandTechnologyConference,
RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,Troy,NY,April2011.
OTHERCONFERENCE&WORKSHOPACTIVITIES
2015
“EngagingthePublic:BestPracticesforCrowdsourcingAcrosstheDisciplines.”Invited
WorkshopParticipant.TheCrowdConsortium.UniversityofMaryland.May6-8,2015.
2015
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2014
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2013
ExtrACTIONTopicalInterestGroup,ConferenceSpecialTrackConvener,SocietyforApplied
Anthropology,Pittsburgh,PA.March,2015.
“BuildinganAppalachianAgendaforEconomicandEnvironmentalJustice,”Roundtable
Discussant,SocietyforAppliedAnthropology,Pittsburgh,PA.March,2015.
“GrassrootsNetworkWorkshops.”Invitedworkshopparticipant.CaryInstituteofEcosystem
Studies.Millbrook,NY.November2014.
“FrackinginPennsylvania.“DiscussionPanelist.NEWLeadershipInstitute.CenterforAmerican
WomenandPolitics,ChathamUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA.June,2014.
“Analyzingappropriatedata,andwhatshouldbetheroadmapforthefuture.”Discussion
panelist.ShaleNetworkWorkshops,PennStateUniversity.May,2014.
“ConceptualizingEnvironmentalExposure:FromDatatoDecisions.”Invitedworkshop
participant.DrexelUniversityCenterforScience,Technology&SocietyandtheChemical
HeritageFoundation.Philadelphia,PA.April,2014.
“InfrastructuralWorlds:AWorkshoponEthnographicStudiesoftheBuiltEnvironment.”
Invitedworkshopparticipant.DukeUniversity,CulturalAnthropologyDepartment.Durham,
NC.March,2014.
“ExtrActionRoundtable:Anthropology,ExtractiveIndustries,andUnconventionalEnergy.”
Discussionpanelist.AnnualMeetingofAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation.Chicago,IL.
November,2013.
“LivinginaFrackedWorld:Differentialeffectsofshalegasdevelopmentonrural,peri-urban
andurbanecologies.”Discussionpanelist,AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfor
EnvironmentalStudiesandSciences.DuquesneUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA.June,2013.
MEDIACOVERAGE
2014
2013
Schiffman,Richard.“TrackingFrackersFromtheSky:CitizenscientistseyeingPennsylvania's
naturalgasdrillersinaerialimagesmayhelpdetermineifthereisalinkbetweenfrackingand
certainillnesses,”Smithsonian.com.November10,2014.
Thomason,Robert.“Collectionof‘BigData’byCitizensHelpsShapeDebateonMarcellus
ShaleFracking,”BloombergWaterLaw&PolicyMonitor.January17,2014.
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,ScienceandTechnologyStudies
(TA)Science,TechnologyandSociety(Spring2011)
(TA)DesignandInnovationStudioV(Fall2010)
ClarkUniversity,CultureStudiesandCommunication
ImageTheory(Springsemesters2005-2009)
AnimationinFilmSeminar(Spring2009)
ComputerMediatedCommunications(Fallsemesters2005-2008)
HistoryofAmericanBroadcastingandElectronicMedia(Fall2007,Fall2008)
ClarkUniversity,VisualandPerformingArts
StudioArtSeniorThesisSeminar(Fall2009)
DigitalImaging(Fall&Springsemesters2004-2009)
IntroductiontoPhotography(Fall&Springsemesters2002-2008)
SchooloftheMuseumofFineArts
Electronic/KineticSculpture(Fall2004,Spring2005,Spring2006)
(TA)AdvancedNewMediaSeminar(Fall2003,Spring2004)
(TA)Remade,Recycled,Reconfigured(Fall2003)
PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS
SocietyforSocialStudiesofScience
AssociationforEnvironmentalStudies&Sciences
AmericanSociologicalAssociation(SectiononScienceKnowledgeandTechnology)
AmericanAnthropologicalAssociation(SectiononAnthropology&Environment)
SocietyforAppliedAnthropology(ExtrACTIONTopicalResearchInterestGroup)
PROFESSIONALSERVICE&COMMUNITYOUTREACH
2015-present
2014-present
2012-present
2013-present
2013-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
2006-2009
2006-2009
TechnicalAdvisor
ProgramCommittee,SocietyforAppliedAnthropology
ScientificAdvisoryCommittee,SierraClubNewYorkWaterSentinels
WaterMonitoringCoordinatorGroup,FoundationforPAWatersheds
PlanningCommittee,PennStateUniversityShaleNetwork
PublicationsCommittee,ScienceKnowledgeandTechnologySection,American
SociologicalAssociation
Member,SustainabilityTaskForce,RPI
FacultyAdvisor,CaesuraLiteraryMagazine,ClarkUniversity
FacultyAdvisor,MediaArtsResidenceHouse,ClarkUniversity