Sasha
Costanza-Chock
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
PhD candidate, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, 2005-present
MA, University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication; Communications, 2003
A.B. Magna Cum Laude, Harvard College; Music, Technology, and Culture, 1999
International Association for Media and Communication Research [iamcr.net]
OURmedia/NUESTR@Smedios [ourmedianet.org]
Allied Media Conference [alliedmediaconference.org]
Independent Media Center Network [indymedia.org]
Transmission Network [transmission.cc]
Project Leadership, Vóces Moviles / Mobile Voices, HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition, 2009 [http://www.dmlcompetition.net/winnerDetail.php?x=voces]
Research assistant to Dr. Ernest Wilson, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, 2008-2009
Research assistant to Dr. Holly Willis, Associate Director, Institute for Multimedia Literacy, University of Southern California, 2008
Co-P.I. (with Dr. François Bar, Raúl Añorve, and Amanda Garcés), Social Science Research Council Large Collaborative Grant, “Mobile Voices: Participatory Action Research for Mobile Community Among Immigrants in Los Angeles,” 2008
Principal Investigator, Social Science Research Council grant, “Migrant Voices: Applying Communication for Social Change Methodology with Garment Workers and Day Laborers in Los Angeles,” 2007
Research assistant to Dr. Jonathan Aronson, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, 2006-2007
Research assistant to Dr. Manuel Castells, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, 2005-2006
Research assistant to Seán O Siochrú, Social Science Research Council, Program on Information Technology and International Cooperation, 2003
Research assistant to Dr. Larry Gross, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Comm 366: Multimedia for Social Change, University of Southern California, 2009 [Syllabus: http://ln-s.net/4:8J]
Co-teacher (with Dr. Steve Anderson), Annenberg Summer Institute for Methods and Statistics (ASIMS), Methods in Multimedia Scholarship, University of Southern California, 2009 [Syllabus: http://ln-s.net/4:8C]
Co-teacher (with Dr. Steve Anderson), Annenberg Summer Institute for Methods and Statistics (ASIMS), Methods in Community-Based Multimedia, University of Southern California, 2008 [Syllabus: ln-s.net/2SSe]
Teaching assistant to Jonathan Taplin, Comm Management 549: Digital Political Communication, University of Southern California, 2007
Teaching assistant to Jonathan Taplin, Comm 306: The Communications Revolution, Entertainment and Art, University of Southern California, 2006
Teaching assistant to Dr. Jay Douglas, Comm 202: Introduction to Communication Technology, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, 2006
Teaching assistant to Carrie Rickey, Comm 140: Film Forms and Contexts, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2003
Teaching assistant to Dr. Vincent Price, Comm 125: Introduction to Communication Behavior, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
POLICY WORK
California Emerging Technology Fund Board of Expert Advisors, 2009
Contributor, USC Annenberg Technology and Media Policy Watch, 2008
Member, Future of Public Media Whitepaper Working Group, 2008 [cyber.law.harvard.edu/mediarepublicforum/WhitePaper]
Project Manager, Access to Knowledge portal, a project of Knowledge Ecology International, 2005-2007
U.S. Liaison to International Organizing Committee, Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS), 2004-2006
Project Manager, Media Trade Monitor, a project of Free Press, CRIS, and the INCD, 2003-2006
Coordinator, Global Communication Project, Free Press, 2003-2005
SERVICE
Community Board Member, Vóces Moviles / Mobile Voices, Los Angeles, 2007-present [vozmob.net]
Volunteer, Garment Worker Center Radio Project, Los Angeles, 2006-present [garmentworkercenter.org/audio]
Member, Beyond Broadcast 09 conference planning group, Los Angeles, 2009 [bb2009.uscannenberg.org]
How-To Track Adviser, Allied Media Conference, Detroit, 2009 [alliedmediaconference.org]
Project Manager, FilmForge, 2007-2008 [filmforge.koumbit.net]
Videographer, Video the Vote, Los Angeles, 2008 [videothevote.org]
Strategic Communications Adviser, Fast for Our Future, Los Angeles, 2008 [fastforourfuture.com]
Editor, Videographer, i-Witness Video, Republican National Convention, St. Paul, 2008 [iwitnessvideo.info]
Workshop facilitator, Transmission Asia-Pacific, Sukabumi, Indonesia, 2008 [transmission.cc/txap]
Member, 24/7 DIY Video Summit conference planning group, Los Angeles, 2007 [video24-7.org]
Adviser, Media Justice Network delegation to the World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia, 2005 [cultureisaweapon.org]
Conference consultant, 2nd Free Press National Conference on Media Reform, Global Communication strand, St. Louis, 2005 [freepress.net/conference/=2005]
Member, Working Group on Media Diversity, campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society, 2003-2005 [crisinfo.org]
Member, Civil Society Plenary, World Summit on the Information Society, 2002-2005 [worldsummit2005.org]
Producer, Unembedded Film Series, San Francisco, 2004 [unembedded.org]
Conference organizing committee and Polymedia Lab working group, OURmedia IV, Porto Alegre, 2004 [ourmedianet.org/om2004/]
Conference consultant, Free Press National Conference on Media Reform, Global Communication strand, Madison, 2003 [freepress.net/conference/2003/]
Working group, World Forum on Communication Rights, Geneva, 2003 [communicationrights.org]
Working group, Geneva03 Collective, WSIS? We Seize! conference and Polymedia Laboratory, Geneva, 2003 [geneva03.org]
Organizer, Free Trade Area of the Americas Independent Media Center, Miami, Florida, 2003 [www.ftaaimc.org]
Organizer, Cancún Independent Media Center, and working group member, Alternative Media-Tech Convergence, Cancún, México, 2003 [cancun.mediosindependientes.org]
Organizer, Show the World the Bodies, New York City, 2002
Organizer, March on the Media, Philadelphia, 2002
Cofounder, Free Palestine Action Network, University of Pennsylvania, 2001-2003
Mentor, Boston Center for the Arts Teen Mentors Program, 2000-2001
Assistant Director, Boston Cyberarts Festival, 2000-2001
Board Member, Education for Action at Radcliffe College, 1998-2000
CONFERENCES AND PANELS
“The Political Economy of Social Movement Application Service Providers.” International Association for Media and Communication Research, Mexico City, Mexico, 2009
“Mobile Voices: Cell phone based community journalism.” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michegan, 2009 [http://ln-s.net/4:9P and http://vozmob.net/amc09]
“Panel Discussion: Mobile Voices.” Beyond Broadcast 09, Los Angeles, California, 2009 [ Video: Part 1 | Part 2 ]
“VozMob.” Voces Inmigrantes Latinas, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009.
“The Future of Public Media: The US Context.” Media Convergence and the Future of Community Media, Seoul, South Korea, 2008 [http://diy2.usc.edu/wordpress/?p=47]
“New Social Movements in the Network Society: Implications for Democratic Processes.” Invited presenter, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency conference, Big Brother and Empowered Sisters: The Role of New Technologies in Democratic Processes, Uppsala, Sweden, 2008
“Free and Open Source Video Tools.” Transmission Asia-Pacific, Sukabumi, Indonesia, 2008
“Popular communication on the Net.” Invited panelist, Funding Exchange Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, 2008
“E-Communication Strategies for Organizers: What Works.” Invited panelist, Liberty Hill Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 2008
“Communication for Social Change Methodology with Garment Workers and Day Laborers in Los Angeles” (with Amanda Garcés). Paper presented at the Social Science Research Council grantees convening, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008
“Migrant Voices: Towards A Stronger Communication Ecology Among Immigrant Worker Organizations In Los Angeles.” DIY Speaker Series, Annenberg Center for Communication, Los Angeles, California, 2007 [ln-s.net/2STI]
“¡Gigante: Despierta!” Antioch University, Los Angeles, California, 2007
“Community Media and the Global Public Sphere.” Invited panelist, with Murali Shanmugavelan, Ethan Zuckerman, Natasha Primo, and Wijayananda Jayaweera, Access to Knowledge Conference 2007 (A2K2), Yale Information Society Project, Yale Law School, New Haven, 2007 [research.yale.edu/isp/eventsa2k2.html]
“Common Cause: Resistance to Intellectual Property Rights” (with Christine Schweidler). OurMedia VI conference, Sydney, Australia, 2007 [ourmedia07.net]
“New Media and Youth.” University of Southern California Spectrum Panel Discussion, with Cory Doctorow, danah boyd, and Justin Hall, USC, Los Angeles, California, 2007
“The Indymedia Video Distribution Network.” DIY Video planning conference, Los Angeles, California, 2006
Panel organizer, “Social Movements and Horizontal Communication.” Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, High-level Workshop on Horizontal Communication, Los Angeles, California, 2006 [arnic.info/workshop06.php]
“Independent Media Centers.” Asia Commons conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006 [www.asia-commons.net/]
“Freedom of Movement and Freedom of Information: Indymedia's Fight against Informatized Borders, Surveillance, and Server Abductions,” Media Justice Network panel “Break the Silence: Community Security and Self Defense: U.S. Communities Fight Back against Surveillance, Political Imprisonment, and Harassment.” World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia, 2005
“A Flotilla of post-WSIS Civil Society Projects.” World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia, 2005
“Autonomous Tools and Communications Democracy.” Social Science Research Council, NY, NY, 2005 [programs.ssrc.org/media/publications/costanza-chock.7.final.doc]
Panel organizer and moderator, "Globalizing Media Policy Activism.” 2nd Free Press National Conference for Media Reform, St. Louis, MO, 2005 [audio: freepress.net/conference/audio05/sat-1100-globalizing.mp3]
“ALCA contra Derechos a la Comunicación.” Americas Social Forum, Quito, Ecuador, 2004 [www.forosocialamericas.org/index.phtml.en]
“La Batalla de 2003 contra el FCC en los EEUU.” Americas Social Forum, Quito, Ecuador, 2004 [forosocialamericas.org/index.phtml.en]
“Tactical Wiki Activism.” OURmedia/NUESTR@Smedios IV, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2004 [docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NossoMidiaLabEn]
“The Convention on Cultural Diversity: Resisting the 'Free Trade' attack on Our Media." Action Coalition for Media Education Declarations of Media Independence Summit, San Francisco, 2004 [acmecoalition.org]
“Media Convergence Spaces: Key Nodes in the Globalization of Media Activism.” MediACT conference, Seoul, Korea, 2004 [mediact.org]
“Weaving the Web: Threads of Resistance to Corporate Control of Communication.” MediACT conference, Seoul, Korea, 2004 [mediact.org]
“Global Media Policy Reform.” LaborTech, San Francisco, 2004 [www.labortech.net]
“Our Media are Not for Sale!” Socialist Scholars Conference, NYC, 2003
Panel organizer, “Global Trade Agreements and Communications Control.” Free Press National Conference on Media Reform, Madison, 2003 [audio: freepress.net/conference/2003/audio/MR_334.mp3]
“Communication Rights inside the WSIS.” Davies Forum on Digital Democracy, University of San Francisco, 2003 [ln-s.net/XlM]
“Free Trade vs. Communication Rights.” Hurakán Cancún Alternative Media-Tech Convergence, Cancún, 2003
“WSIS, the Neoliberal Agenda, and Counterproposals from Civil Society.” OURmedia/NUESTR@Smedios III, Barranquilla, 2003 [greenpeppermagazine.org/archives.html]
“The Campaign for Communication Rights.” Break the Media Blackout II, Philadelphia, 2002 [kwru.org/conference/index.html]
“Mapping the Repertoire of Electronic Contention.” IAMCR, Barcelona, 2002 [portalcomunicacion.com/bcn2002/n_eng/programme/prog_ind/asp4.asp?id_pre=1420]
“Holler With Your Dollar: A Preliminary Study of Boycott Activity Against Top Brands.” Capitalism and Communication in the 21st Century, University of Westminster, London, England, 2002 [nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0307/msg00090.html ]
“Netstrikes and Electronic Contention.” World Summit on the Information Society, Prepcom 1, Geneva, 2002
“The Communication Rights Campaign and the WSIS.” Community Media Association conference, Leeds, England, 2002 [commedia.org.uk]
“Arts & Media in CTCs.” Invited panelist, US Department of Education's Community Technology Centers Network/America Connects Consortium, 2001 [americaconnects.net/field/F1artspanel.asp]
“Art and Technology: Policy Pitfalls and Parameters.” Invited artist/panelist, Harvard-Radcliffe Arts Policy Forum, 1999 [hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1999/04.15/radcliffe.arts.policy.html]
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS
Project Leadership, Vóces Moviles / Mobile Voices, HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition, 2009 [http://www.dmlcompetition.net/winnerDetail.php?x=voces]
University of Southern California Graduate School Fellowship in Digital Scholarship, 2007-2008
Co-P.I. (with Dr. François Bar, Raúl Añorve, and Amanda Garcés), Social Science Research Council Large Collaborative Grant, “Mobile Voices: Participatory Action Research for Mobile Community Among Immigrants in Los Angeles,” 2008 [http://ln-s.net/2SRh]
P.I., Social Science Research Council Small Collaborative Grant, “Migrant Voices: Applying Communication for Social Change Methodology with Garment Workers and Day Laborers in Los Angeles,” 2007 [http://ln-s.net/2SRe]
Graduate Fellowship, Annenberg Center for Communication, 2006-2007
IAMCR Herbert Schiller Prize, Inaugural Recipient, 2002
Education for Action Social Action Grant, “EducArte,” 1999
Education for Action Social Action Grant “ACT of Lynn,” 1998
Harvard Office For the Arts Grant, “Concerto for Electronic Noise Toys,” 1996
Ford Foundation Research Grant at Harvard University, “Syncretic Aspects of Rave Culture,” 1995
Harvard Office for the Arts Grant, “Manipulating the Built Sonic Environment,” 1995
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Mobile Voices,” (coauthored with 12 members of the VozMob project) in Minna Aslama and Phil Napoli (eds.), Communications Research in Action: Scholar-Activist Collaborations for a Democratic Public Sphere. Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, in press.
“Common Cause: Global Resistance to Intellectual Property Rights,” (coauthored with Christine Schweidler) in Dorothy Kidd, Clemencia Rodriguez, and Laura Stein (eds.), Making Our Media: Mapping Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere. Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press, in press.
“New Social Movements in the Network Society,” in Lars Rudebeck, Johan Hellström, and Mia Melin (eds.), Big Brother and Empowered Sisters: The Role of New Communication Technologies in Democratic Processes. Uppsala, Sweden: Collegium for Development Studies / Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development, 2009.
“The Globalization of Resistance to Capitalist Communication,” in Graham Murdock and Janet Wasko (eds.), Media in the Age of Marketization. Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007. [Download and view with OpenOffice: docs.indymedia.org/pub/Global/InfoSocVideo/Globalize_Resistance.sxw]
“Piracy,” (coauthored with Christine Schweidler) in Alain Ambrosi, Valerie Peugeot, and Daniel Pimienta (eds.), Word Matters: Multicultural Perspectives on Information Societies. Caen, France: C&F Editions, 2005.
“The Globalization of Media Policy,” in Robert McChesney, Russell Newman, and Ben Scott (eds.), The Future of Media: Resistance and Reform in the 21st Century. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005.
“The Whole World is Watching: Online Surveillance of Social Movement Organizations,” in Pradip Thomas and Zaharom Nain (eds.), Who Owns the Media? Global Trends and Local Resistance. London: WACC & Southbound, 2004. [Book link: southbound.com.my/SB_WhoOwnstheMedia.htm]
“The West and The Rest: A Drama in Two Acts and an Epilogue,” (coauthored with Larry Gross) in Peter van der Veer and Shoma Munshi (eds.), After September 11: Media and Public Debate in Asia. London: Routledge-Curzon, 2004. [Book link: routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=9780415331401]
“Mapping the Repertoire of Electronic Contention,” in Andrew Opel and Donnalyn Pompper (eds.), Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience and the Global Justice Movement. NJ: Greenwood, 2003. [Earlier version available online at: www-scf.usc.edu/~costanza/electronic_rep_draft.pdf. Or book link: greenwood.com/catalog/GM2385.aspx]
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“The Immigrant Rights Movement on the Net: Between 'Web 2.0' and Comunicación Popular,” in American Quarterly: The Journal of the American Studies Association, 60 (3): 851-864. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
“The CRIS campaign: Mobilizations and Blind Spots,” in Media Development, Issue 4. London: WACC, 2002.
“Land Warrior: Resisting the Neoliberal Discourse of Technology," in CTheory: A Journal of Culture and Technology, 1999.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Copyright, Patents, Access to Knowledge.” In Campaign 2008: USC Annenberg Technology and Media Policy Watch. Annenberg Research Network on International Communication. [arnic.info/policywatch.php]
“Autonomist Tools and Communications Democracy," Background Paper for the Social Science Research Council's Program on Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere. New York: SSRC, 2005. [ssrc.org/programs/media/publications/costanza-chock.7.final.doc]
“Global Governance of Information and Communication Technologies: Implications for Transnational Civil Society Networking,” (with Sean O Siochru), Knowledge Report for the Social Science Research Council's Program on Information Technology and International Cooperation. New York: SSRC, 2003. [ssrc.org/programs/itic/publications/knowledge_report/osiochrureport.pdf]
“Data Slaves,” MA Thesis, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2003.
“coyBOTt: Background and Context for the Application of coyBOTt Software to Systematic Analysis of Branding, Boycott, and Cultural Sponsorship,” White Paper #1. London: MSDM/SOFT, 2002. [msdm.org.uk/strategies/outsourcing/txt04.html]
"Cybernetic Delirium: Splice Edit," in Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (eds.), Digital Delirium. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
MULTIMEDIA
Community Board Member, Mobile Voices [vozmob.net]
Project coordinator, FilmForge [filmforge.koumbit.net]
Member, Transmission Network [transmission.cc]
Member, Indymedia Video Distribution Network [video.indymedia.org]
Coproducer/Camera: “Terrorizing Dissent,” collaborative documentary on RNC 2008 (90 minutes, documentary, HD, USA 2008) [terrorizingdissent.org]
Director/Editor: “Cumbia de Obama.” Music video, 2008. [youtube.com/watch?v=reBk_vc0EC8]
Coproducer/Editor: “Discos Volantes / GWC Radio Project.” Audio compilation CD series, editions 1 and 2, produced by the Garment Worker Center (Audio CD; USA 2007). [garmentworkercenter.org]
Director/Editor: “No Borders Camp.” Promotional video, 2007. [youtube.com/watch?v=TMd176eKeDI]
Producer/Coeditor: “¡Gigante: Despierta! / Giant: Awake!” Collection of short films, produced by Indymedia (120 minutes; documentary; DVD; USA 2007) [gigantedespierta.org]
Director/Editor: “State of the Union 2007 / Iraq War Coalition Fatalities Mashup” (2 minutes; video; USA 2007) [youtube.com/watch?v=grIocpfceEs]
Coproducer/Editor/Camera: “The Miami Model” by FTAA Indymedia (92 minutes; documentary; DV; USA 2004) [ftaaimc.org/miamimodel]
Coproducer/Director/Editor (with Christine Schweidler): “The Great Communicator” (2 minutes; documentary; mixed media; USA 2004) [youtube.com/watch?v=FxkwPEAdZTw]
Coproducer/Editor/Camera (with Brandon Jourdan): “Infowar” (12 minutes; documentary; DV; USA 2003)
Camera: “Kilometer Zero – The WTO in Cancún” (50 minutes; DV; documentary; México 2003) [bignoisefilms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=27]
Editor: "Fruits of the Revolution" (66 minutes; DV; documentary; Iran 2001)
Director/Editor: "Infrasound" (mixed media; installation/performance; USA 1999)
Director/Editor: "Untitled" (3.5 minutes; animation; mixed media; USA 1998)
Director/Editor: “Circuitry” (4.5 minutes; animation; mixed media; USA 1997) [ln-s.net/2SSw]
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish: fluent speaking, reading, writing
References available upon request.
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