Jeff Ginger
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| Phone Numbers | 630.464.0047 (cell) |
217.333.1950 (Sociology department office) |
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| Electronic Address | ginger@illinois.edu |
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| Mailing Address | Department of Sociology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 702 S. Wright St., Rm 326 Urbana, IL 61801 |
| Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel Street, Room 112 Champaign, IL 61820-6211 |
Education
Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, expected 5/2012.
Area of Interest: Social and Community Informatics.
M.A., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, expected 5/2008.
Masters Paper: The Facebook Project: Performance and Construction of Digital Identity.
B.A. Honors, Sociology; Minor, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2006.
Senior Projects: New Revolutions: Integrating Information Technology into Contemporary Civil Rights Movements and Facebook.com: Social Computing Phenomena.
Academic Employment
Teaching Assistant, “Social Research Methods,” Department of Sociology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2007.
www.jag85.com/classes/soc380
Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator, “Race and Ethnicity,” Program on Intergroup Relations,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2007.
www.eol199ig5.blogspot.com
Teaching Assistant, “Introduction to Sociology,” Department of Sociology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2007 - Spring 2008.
Teaching Assistant, "Social Perceptions of the Family," Department of Sociology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2007.
www.jag85.com/classes/soc273
Awards and Honors
The List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent By Their Students,
Spring 2007, Social Research Methods (Soc 380), outstanding (top 10%) qualification
Fall 2007, Introduction to Sociology (Soc 100)
Expected Spring 2008, Introduction to Sociology (Soc 100)
Service
Association of Undergraduate Sociologists, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-8.
Helped to found and later serve as president of the University’s only Sociology registered student organization.
Beckwith Hall Training and Web Accessibility, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.
Constructed a new accessible training web site for Beckwith Hall, the assisted living residence hall on campus. Helped to integrate accessibility for people with disabilities into numerous web resources.
Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-8.
Served as an executive officer and coordinated the Faces of Feminism discussion panel as well as helped to represent the group at the Midwest Feminist Majority Conference.
Sexual Health Peers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-6.
Volunteered as a Sexual Health coordinator and workshop presenter for the Peer Education Unit of the McKinley Health Foundation.
Avalanche, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2004-5.
Founded and led the Housing Student Organization Avalanche – A program intensive community based solution to the social problem of college age drinking.
I made websites for most of these organizations. You can see demos of many of them in my web portfolio.
Special Skills
Computer/Network Technician, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Housing Division, 2003-2008.
Extensive computer technician experience, also includes work for CDW during the summer.
Web Designer/Developer, ROC Group Chicago and numerous University groups, 2002-7.
Comprehensive web design, development and deployment experience for student, professional and academic organizations.
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Information Science and Technology | http://www.asis.org
Academic Portfolio
A collection of my teaching, research, and academic service credentials is available online.
