CURRICULUM VITAE Jason Radford Doctoral Student Department of Sociology University of Chicago 1126 E. 59 th St. Chicago, IL 60637 jsradford@uchicago.edu EDUCATION 2010-Present University of Chicago, Department of Sociology Degree: Ph.D. in Sociology, Anticipated June 2016 Major Fields: Methodology, Organizational Sociology, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Gender, Theory Dissertation: Reinventing the Wheel: Innovation and Change in an Urban Charter School 2008-2009 University of Chicago, Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences Degree: A.M. in Social Sciences, June 2009 Thesis: A Neo-Institutionalist View of Social Movement Influence: The Case of the Student Anti-Sweatshop Movement 2003-2007 Appalachian State University, Department of Philosophy, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies Degree: B.A. in Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Social Philosophy, Minor in Psychology, December 2007 Theses: Gangs as Institutions: An Institutional Approach (Interdisciplinary Studies) and Institutions and Justice: Resolving the Redistribution/Recognition Debate (Philosophy) Awards: Summa Cum Laude, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi, ASU Prestigious Scholars Program Research Grant, Lee McCaskey Scholarship, Chancellor s Scholar Scholarship RESEARCH Papers Under Review Radford, Jason. The Mechanisms and Structure of Gender Discrimination in a Crowdfunding Market. Submitted to American Sociological Review Working Papers
Radford, Jason. From Emic to Etic: The Performance of Organizational Culture in an Urban Charter School. Job Market Paper Radford, Jason and Betsy Sinclair. Electronic Homestyle: Using Twitter to Estimate Partisan Ideal Points for Members of Congress. Radford, Jason, Jefferson Hoye, Ceyhun Karbeyaz, Katherine Ognyanova, Brooke Foucault Welles, Waleed Meleis, and David Lazer. Validating a Citizen Science Model for Online Social and Behavioral Experiments Using Volunteer Science. Keegan, Brian; Jason Radford, Jefferson Hoye, Ceyhun Karbeyaz, Katherine Ognyanova, Brooke Foucault Welles, Waleed Meleis, and David Lazer Volunteer Science: A Web-based Laboratory for Massively Open Online Social Experiments. Presentations 2015 From Emic to Etic: The Performativity of Organizational Culture in an Urban Charter School. February. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. New York City. A Framework for Laboratory Experiments in Social Organization. February. Roundtable Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. New York City. (With David Lazer) 2014 Conducting Massively-Open Online Social Experiments with Volunteer Science. November: Invited Talk. Citizen+X Workshop, Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing, Pittsburgh, PA (with David Lazer, Brooke Foucault-Wells, Brian Keegan, Christoph Riedl, M. Scott Poole, and Jefferson Hoye) A Theory-Driven Approach to the Textual Analysis of Gender. July: Poster presented at the Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Social Dynamics at the Association for Computational Linguistics meeting, Baltimore, MD. Architectures of Virtual Decision-Making: The Emergence of Gender Discrimination on a Crowdfunding Website June: Oral Presentation, Collective Intelligence 2014, Cambridge, MA 2013 Emergence of Gender Inequality on a Crowd-Funding Website
August: Regular Session, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, New York. April: Gender Matters, Annual Conference, DePaul University, Chicago. February: Social Theory and Evidence Workshop, University of Chicago. 2012 Being a Man, Talking Like a Woman: Separating Sex and Gender Using Computational Content Analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN and the Engendering Change: Chicago Area Graduate Gender/Sexualities Conference, Chicago, IL. 2012 Algorithms in Strategic Action: Knowledge, Reactivity, and Feedback. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN. 2010 A Neo-Institutionalist View of Social Movement Influence: The Case of the Student Anti-Sweatshop Movement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. (Master's Paper) 2010 Gangs and the Dark Side of Civil Society. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. 2010 Standards of a Theory of Agency: Reflective Equilibrium in an Adequate Pragmatist Theory of Agency. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. 2008 Gangs as Institutions: A Model for Understanding and Managing Gangs in Prison. Paper presented at the American Correctional Association Winter Conference, Grapevine, TX. Award: First Place Student Poster, Undergraduate Division Publication: Accepted for publication in The State of Corrections 2008. 2007 Where are the Men in Service: A Community-Based Research Project. Presented at the Community Service and Service Learning Directors Conference; Concord, NC and at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research; San Rafael, CA. RESEARCH POSITIONS 2014-Present Project Manager, Volunteer Science, Lazer Lab, Northeastern University 2013-2014 Intern, IBM Center for Advanced Learning 2010-2011 Research Assistant, Professor Elisabeth Clemens, University of Chicago 2009-2011 Volunteer Researcher; Neighborhood Writing Alliance
2008-2010 Research Assistant, University of Chicago Survey Lab 2010 Research Assistant, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 2009-2010 Research and Development Consultant, Center for What Works 2006-2007 Researcher/Coordinator, Appalachian and Community Together, Appalachian State University Public Service Research Program TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2013 Teaching Assistant Global Society, Global Culture; Professor Karin Knorr Crime and the City, Professor Forest Stuart 2012-2013 Teaching Intern Social Sciences Inquiry Core (3 Quarters) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Professional Associations Activities 2014 Conference Program Committee Member, World Congress on Social Simulation 2014 2012-2013 Member, Communication Committee, Midwestern Sociologists for Women in Society 2011-2013 Member, Book Review Board, American Journal of Sociology University Service 2012-2013 Co-Founder, Coordinator, Computational Social Sciences Workshop, University of Chicago 2007-2008 Committee Chair, Violence Awareness Week, ASU Women s Center 2005-2006 Academic Policies and Procedures Committee member 2005-2006 University Honors Task Force member Extramural Service 2010 Community Manager, Chicago Nonprofit 2007-2008 Founding Member, ASU Students Against Sweatshops 2005-2006 Student Government Association, Positions: Director of External Affairs, Candidate for Student Body Vice-President, Senator 2005 Steering Committee Member, Boys & Girls Club of North Central North Carolina 2005 Member, Vance Organization to Implement Community Excellence
2005 Member, Vance County Coalition Against Violence ACADEMIC AWARDS 2007 Grant recipient, Appalachian State University Prestigious Scholars Program 2007 Outstanding Senior, determined by faculty vote for both Philosophy & Religion and Interdisciplinary Studies department 2006 Graduation Marshal, determined via recommendation by the Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Religion 2006 Inductee, Pi Gamma Mu Social Sciences Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi Senior Honor Society 2005 Lee McCasky Scholarship, awarded by the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society 2003-2007 Chancellor s Scholar, most prestigious merit-based scholarship awarded by Appalachian State University