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CURRICULUM VITAE

Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Ph.D.

 

Educational Background:

 

2004    Ph.D., Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

            Doctoral Dissertation: Exploring the Design-Use Interface: The Agency of Boundary Objects in Educational Technology

 

            Committee: David J. Hess (Chair), Ron Eglash, Nancy Campbell, William A. (Al) Wallace

 

2002    M.S., Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

1999    B.A., Computer Science and Anthropology (Summa Cum Laude, with Honors), Case Western Reserve University

 

Employment Background:

 

Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, January 2007 – present.

 

Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006 – December 2006.

 

Assistant Professor, College of Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, August 2004 – May 2007 (on leave August 2006 – May 2007)

 

Funded Research Grants:

 

National Science Foundation, $150,000 (total value of collaborative award: $300,000).

Program in Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, “Collaborative Research: Educational Simulation for Computing and Information Ethics,” PI: K.R. Fleischmann (in collaboration with R.W. Robbins of Marist College and W.A. Wallace of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – the University of Maryland is the lead institution), January 1, 2008-December 31, 2010.

 

National Science Foundation, $700,000.

Program in Dynamics of Human Behavior, “DHB: Scalable Computational Analysis of the Diffusion of Technological Concepts,” PI: P. Wang, Co-PIs: D.W. Oard and K.R. Fleischmann, September 15, 2007-August 31, 2010.

 

University of Maryland, $40,421.

Office of the Vice President for Research. “Community Response Grid: Building Emergency Response Infrastructure.” PI: Y. Qu. Co-PIs: P.T. Jaeger, J. Preece, B. Shneiderman, K.R. Fleischmann, & P.F. Wu, June 1, 2007-May 31, 2008.

 

National Science Foundation, $106,667 (total value of collaborative award: $160,000).

SES-0646392, Program in Ethics and Values of Science, Engineering, and Technology, “Collaborative Research: Ethical Implications of Values in Computational Modeling,” PI: K.R. Fleischmann (in collaboration with W.A. Wallace of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – the University of Maryland is the lead institution), March 1, 2007-February 28, 2009.

 

National Science Foundation, $15,000.

SES-0639897, Program in Social Studies of Science, Engineering, and Technology, “SGER: Past Futures and Technoscientific Innovation: Science Fiction in the Lives of Scientists and Engineers,” PI: K.R. Fleischmann, August 15, 2006-July 31, 2008.

 

National Science Foundation, $60,517 (total value of collaborative award: $90,000).

SES-0521117, Program in Ethics and Values of Science, Engineering, and Technology, “Collaborative Research: An Exploratory Study of the Ethical Implications of Embedding Values in Computational Models,” PI: K.R. Fleischmann (in collaboration with W.A. Wallace of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – the University of Maryland is the lead institution), September 1, 2005-August 31, 2008.

 

Florida State University, $14,000.

Council on Research and Creativity, “Comparing 3D and 2D Displays in Educational Software,” PI: K.R. Fleischmann, Summer 2005.

 

National Science Foundation, $7,990.

SES-0217996, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, “Dissertation Research: Designing from Below: Embedding Knowledges and Values in Educational Simulations,” PI: D.J. Hess, Co-PI: K.R. Fleischmann, July 15, 2002-June 30, 2004.

 

Published and In-Press Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

 

Fleischmann, K.R. & Wallace, W.A. In Press. “Ensuring Transparency in Computational Modeling: How and Why Modelers Make Models Transparent.” Forthcoming in Communications of the ACM.

 

Jaeger, P. T., Fleischmann, K. R., Preece, J., Shneiderman, B., Wu, F., & Qu, Y. 2007. “Community Response Grids: Facilitating Community Response to Biosecurity and Bioterror Emergencies through Information and Communication Technologies. Forthcoming in Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science.

 

Kelton, K., Fleischmann, K.R., & Wallace, W.A. 2008. “Trust in Digital Information.” Forthcoming in Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 

 

Jaeger, P. T., & Fleischmann, K.R. 2007. “Public Libraries, Values, Trust, and E-Government.” Information Technology and Libraries 26(4): 35-43.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2007. “Standardization from Below: Science and Technology Standards and Educational Software.” Educational Technology & Society 10(4): 110-117. 

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2007. “The Evolution of Agency: Spectra of Bioagency and Cyberagency.” The Information Society 23(5): 361-371.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2007. “Digital Libraries with Embedded Values: Combining Insights from LIS and Science and Technology Studies.” Library Quarterly 77(4): 409-427.

 

Jaeger, P.T., Shneiderman, B., Fleischmann, K.R., Preece, J., Qu, Y., & Wu, F.P. 2007. “911.gov: Harnessing e-government, mobile communication technologies, and social networks to promote community participation in emergency response. Telecommunications Policy 31(10-11): 592-604.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2006. “Do-It-Yourself Information Technology: Role Hybridization and the Design-Use Interface.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 57(1): 87-95.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2006. “Boundary Objects with Agency: A Method for Studying the Design-Use Interface.” The Information Society 22(2): 77-87.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. & Wallace, W.A. 2005. “A Covenant with Transparency: Opening the Black Box of Models.” Communications of the ACM 48(5): 93-97.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2005. “Virtual Dissection and Physical Collaboration.” First Monday 10(5).

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2003. “Frog and Cyberfrog are Friends: Dissection Simulation and Animal Advocacy.” Society and Animals 11(2): 123-143.

 

Willemain, T.R., Wallace, W.A., Fleischmann, K.R., Waisel, L.B., & Ganaway, S.N. 2003. “Bad Numbers: Coping with Flawed Decision Support.” JORS: The Journal of the Operational Research Society 54(9): 949-957.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2002. "Cadaver Use and Coping Mechanisms in a Biomechanics Laboratory.” Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying 46(2): 117-135.

 

Published and In-Press Book Chapters:

 

Robbins, R.W., Fleischmann, K.R., & Wallace, W.A. 2008. “Computing and Information Ethics: Challenges, Education, and Research.” In Handbook of Research on Technoethics, Edited by R. Luppicini & R. Adell. The Idea Group.

 

Wallace, W.A. & Fleischmann, K.R. 2005. “Models and Modeling.” In Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, Edited by C. Mitcham. Macmillan Reference.

 

Published Book Review:

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2006. “Book Review: The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 57(7): 989-990.

 

Refereed Conference Papers Published in Proceedings:

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2007. “Digital Libraries and Human Values: Human-Computer Interaction Meets Social Informatics.” Proceedings of the 70th Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. & Wallace, W.A. 2006. “Ethical Implications of Values Embedded in Computational Models: An Exploratory Study.” Proceedings of the 69th Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

 

Refereed Conference Presentations (without proceedings):

 

Fleischmann, K.R., Robbins, R.W., & Wallace, W.A. 2008. “Educational Simulation for Information Ethics.” Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2006. “Values Embedded in IT: Applying a Research Agenda to Education and Practice.” Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

 

Wallace, W.A. & Fleischmann, K.R. 2006. “The Ethical Implications of Designing Computational Models to be Transparent,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Crapo, A., Fleischmann, K.R., & Wallace, W.A. 2006. “Implementing Transparency in Computational Models,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Zhou, Y., Wallace, W.A., Fleischmann, K.R., Baumes, J., Magdon-Ismail, M., & Goldberg, M. 2006. “Exploration of Values and Group Formation Using the Enron Email Corpus,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Pittsburgh, PA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2005. “Past Futures and Technoscientific Innovation: Science Fiction in the Lives of Scientists and Engineers.” 29th Annual Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Pasadena, CA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2004. “Knowledges and Values in Educational Computer Simulations.” 2nd Annual HumaniTech Conference, Albany, NY.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2003. “The Ethics of Virtual Bodies.” 1st Annual HumaniTech Conference, Albany, NY.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2001. “Simulating Surgery: Travels in CorpoReality.” 15th Annual Society for Literature and Science (SLS) Conference, Buffalo, NY.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2000. “Dissecting Cyberfrogs: Computer Simulations and the Animal Rights Movement. Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing, St. Paul, MN.

 

Conference Panels Organized:

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2008. “Social and Ethical Implications of Digital Libraries: Community Engagement, Learning, and Human Values.” Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2003. “IT and Education.” 27th Annual Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Atlanta, GA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. & Eglash, R. 2001. “The Mutual Construction of Virtual and Physical Worlds.” 25th Annual Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Cambridge, MA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2000. Technoscience and the Agency of the Dead. 24th Annual Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference (co-organized with the European Society for Studies of Science and Technology), Vienna, Austria.

 

Presentations for Conference Panels:

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2008. “Digital Libraries and Human Values.” Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2005. “Comparing 3D and 2D Displays in Educational Software.” 68th Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), Charlotte, NC.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2003. “Exploring the Design-Use Interface: Knowledges and Values Embedded in Educational Computer Simulations.” 27th Annual Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Atlanta, GA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2001. “Boeing Meets Baudrillard: Simulation in a Hyperreal World.” 25th Annual Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Cambridge, MA.

 

Fleischmann, K.R. 2000. “Designing the Digital Dead: Medical Education in the 21st Century.” 24th Annual Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference (co-organized with the European Society for Studies of Science and Technology), Vienna, Austria.

 

Fellowships, Prizes, and Awards:

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Founders Award of Academic Excellence, October 2003.

 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1999-2002, $81,300.

 

Callender Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in anthropology, May 1999.

 

Susie Scott Christopher Prize for excellent contributions to the French program, May 1999.

 

Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, May 1998.

 

Inducted into Phi Sigma Iota (International Foreign Language Honor Society), May 1998.

 

Inducted into Golden Key National Honor Society, February 1997

 

President’s Scholarship, Case Western Reserve University, 1995-1999, $50,400.

 

Reviewing for Peer-Reviewed Journals:

 

Human Factors in 2006 and 2007

 

The Information Society in 2005

 

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction in 2007

 

New Review of Multimedia and Hypermedia in 2007

 

Journal of Educational Technology and Society in 2007

 

Transactions on Information Systems in 2007

 

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology in 2007

 

Reviewing for Edited Books:

 

The Handbook of Computer Networks in 2006

 

Other Honors:

 

Selected and funded to participate in and present at the First Annual Graduate Webshop, hosted by the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of California, Berkeley, and funded by the National Science Foundation (IIS-0086143), June 2001.

 

Courses Taught:

 

Course Title

 

University

UG/Grad

Off/Online

Term

Enrollment

Information Ethics

 

Maryland

Graduate

Offline

Spring 2008

 

Transformational Information Technologies

Maryland

Graduate

Offline

Spring 2008

 

Information Ethics

 

Maryland

Graduate

Offline

Fall 2007

6

Information Technology in Social Context

Maryland

Undergrad

Offline

Fall 2007

36

Information Ethics

 

Drexel

Graduate

Online

Winter 2007

19

Analysis of Interactive Systems

Drexel

Graduate

Offline

Fall 2006

10

Societal Implications of the Information Age

Florida State

Undergrad

Offline

Fall 2005

24

Interface Design

 

Florida State

Undergrad

Offline

Fall 2005

48

Societal Implications of the Information Age

Florida State

Undergrad

Offline

Spring 2005

28

Interface Design

 

Florida State

Undergrad

Offline

Spring 2005

48

Societal Implications of the Information Age

Florida State

Undergrad

Offline

Fall 2004

15

Interface Design

 

Florida State

Undergrad

Offline

Fall 2004

50

Medicine and Society

 

Rensselaer

Undergrad

Offline

Fall 2003

31

 

Current Doctoral Student Advising:

 

An-Shou Cheng

 

Reviewer for events included within the following conferences:

 

International Conference on Information Systems in 2006 (3)

Americas Conference on Information Systems in 2007 (2)

 

Other professional service activities:

 

Co-Organizer, Working Boundaries Graduate Conference, hosted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, spring 2001.

 

College service activities:

 

In 2007-2008, I am serving on the Faculty Search Committee of the College of Information Studies of the University of Maryland.

 

In the spring of 2007, I served on the Curriculum Committee and the Undergraduate Planning Committee of the College of Information Studies of the University of Maryland.

 

In 2005-2006, I served on the doctoral program team of the College of Information of Florida State University.

 

In 2004-2005, I served on the undergraduate program team and the information services team of the College of Information of Florida State University. As a member of the information services team, I was involved in writing part of the report for the College of Information’s successful American Library Association accreditation review.

 

In 1998-1999, I served on the Committee on Educational Programs of the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.

 

University service activities:

 

In the spring of 2007, I served as the Liaison of the College of Information Studies to the University of Maryland Libraries.

 

In the fall of 2003, I served as an Ambassador to Potential Donors for Institute Advancement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

 

In the spring of 1999, I served as a Selection Committee Member for the Carl F. Wittke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching at Case Western Reserve University.