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Kimberley De Wolff

Kimberley De Wolff

Email Address: kdewolff@ucsd.edu

Website: Kimberley's Website

Education

  • Ph.D. Student, Communication and Science Studies, University of California San Diego
  • MA Sociology, Queen's University, 2007
  • Bachelor of Music, University of British Columbia, 2003

Research Interests

I am interested in relationships between consumption, technology and the environment. My dissertation project focuses on the materiality of plastic waste, investigating the science of the Pacific Garbage Patch and how it might be connected to changing consumption and disposal practices. In considering how power works through materials, meanings and practices, I hope to better understand both attempts to manage flows of materials and how ‘things’ communicate in everyday life.

Publications and Presentations

  • (2011). Review of Small Tech: the Culture of Digital Tools, edited by Byron Hawk, David M. Rieder and Ollie Oviedo. International Journal of Communication 5.
  • (Forthcoming). “Water Treatment.” In Bill Rathje and Geoffrey J. Golson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste. Sage.
  • (2010). “Number 7 Plastic: Recycling, classification and the politics of material others.” Paper presented at the Society for the Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting. University of Tokyo, Japan. August.
  • (2010) “H2O to Go: Marketing and Materiality in the Normalization of Bottled Water.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Congress of the Humanities. University of British Columbia, Vancouver. June.
  • (2007). “H2O to Go: Marketing and Materiality in the Normalization of Bottled Water.” Master’s Thesis. Queen’s University, Kingston.

Work Experience

  • Teaching Assistant. University of California, San Diego. 2008-present.
    • COCU 125, How to Read a Film, Spring 2011
    • COGN 20, Introduction to Communication, Winter 2011
    • COHI 100, Introduction to Communication and the Person, Fall 2010
    • COSF 100, Introduction to Communication as a Social Force, Summer 2010
    • COGN 20, Introduction to Communication, Spring 2010
    • COSF 100, Introduction to Communication as a Social Force, Winter 2010
    • COHI 100, Introduction to Communication and the Person, Fall 2009
    • COCU 140, Television, Culture and the Public, Summer 2009
    • COCU 100, Introduction to Communication and Culture, Spring 2009
    • COSF 100, Introduction to Communication as a Social Force, Winter 2009
    • COHI 100, Introduction to Communication and the Person, Fall 2009
  • Research Assistant. Queen’s University. 2006-2010.
    • Analogue to Digital Project. PI: Dr. Martin Hand
  • Teaching Assistant. Queen’s University, Kingston. 2005-2007.
    • SOCY 211, Social Statistics, Winter 2007
    • SOCY 210, Social Research Methods, Fall 2006
    • SOCY 122. Introduction to Sociology, Fall/Winter 2005-2006
  • Assistant English Teacher. Yubara Board of Education, Japan. 2003-2004.