| Name: |
Kelly A. Gates, Assistant Professor, Communication
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| Education: | Dr.
Gates was awarded her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of
Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 2004, and taught in the Department of
Media Studies at Queens College before coming to UCSD.
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| Research: | Her research focuses on new media, science and technology studies
and cultural policy. She is currently writing a book on the use of
new information technology for purposes of surveillance, focusing
on Facial Recognition Technology. In this work, Prof. Gates explores
the social construction of facial recognition technology, focusing
both on the conceptual and cultural frameworks we use to think about
the technology, and on the constellations of interests, institutions
and social practices that shape its development and use. Her research
examines the use of facial recognition technology in urban video surveillance,
in the post-9/11 "war on terror," in video forensics and
facial expression analysis, and for consumer applications, exploring
the ways in which these technologies fix social identities. At UCSD
she will teach classes on the Internet and society and on new information
technology.
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