Steven Losco Phone: (916) 266-1075 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stevenlosco.com
Education
2015 M.S. Science, Technology, and Society, Drexel
University
2011 B.A. Sociology and Anthropology of Religion, Pitzer
College
Publications
Book Reviews
Losco, Steven. (2014) The Social Machine: Designs for Living
Online by Judith Donath, for Bulletin of Science Technology &
Society
Writing Projects
Losco, Steven, Curating the Sexual: Remediation of Tumblr Porn
Blogs and the Drive of Loss
Presentations
2015 Adams, Dorian & Losco, Steven (contributed theory on
virality), Viral Martyrs: Gender Identity, Race, and the Digital
Construction of Victimhood Theorizing the Web 2015, New York, NY,
http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/
2014 Losco, Steven, Headless Horseman and Mobile Gay Men: The
disciplining of masculinity on Grindr, Growlr and Scuff.
International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and
Mobility: Spinoffs of Mobility, Philadelphia, PA,
http://t2m.org/conferences/2014-philadelphia-spinoffsof-mobility/program-philadelphia/
2014 Losco, Steven, (2014): Tag, you are it!: Using Tags to
Solidify the Fragmented Through Assemblages, Communication and
Information Technology Section of ASA Symposium: [New] Media
Cultures, Berkeley, CA www.citasasymposium.info
Invited Guest Lectures
2014 Losco, Steven, A Brief History of HIV/AIDS in the LGBT
Community. In-class lecture and discussion leader for HIST 298:
LGBT in American Society, Dr. Kevin Egan, November 12, 2014
Positions Held
2014 Graduate Research Assistant, Alison Kenner, History and
Politics & Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Drexel
University
Mapping Perceptions of Environmental Health Risk: A Comparison
of Three Philadelphia Communities
2011 Assistant, Karen Yonemoto, Religious Studies, Claremont
McKenna College
Syllabus Construction for CMC RSLT 084 Religion, Race and the
Civil Rights Movement Spr. 12
Page 2
2009 Research Assistant, Phil Zuckerman, Sociology, Pitzer
College
Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion, Oxford University
Press Nov 11, Experience credited in Acknowledgements
Professional Service 2014 Presider, Theorizing the Web 2014, New
York, NY, theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com
Moderating the panel: The New Flesh: Bodies and Biopolitics
2010 2011 Student Senator for Campus Life Committee
n Appropriating funds for academic and recreational events for
the Pitzer community along with general Student Senate duties
2010 - 2011 College Council Voting Member as Student
Representative of Campus Life Committee,
Pitzer College governance board made up of Faculty, Staff, and
Student Senators
Teaching Experience
2010 Citizenship Coaching, SOC 112: Contemporary Social Theory,
Pitzer College
n Working with ESL residents of Monterey Park, CA and
surrounding areas to obtain U.S. citizenship
2008 2009 Biological Anthropology Tutoring, Sacramento City
College,
n Working with students in introduction level Biological
Anthropology course
n Including tutoring for study and test taking skills.
Professional Membership
American Anthropological Association
Society for Social Studies of Science
Honors
2011 Theta Alpha Kappa, Religious Studies Honors Society, The
Claremont Colleges
2009 Honors Scholar, Sacramento City College
2007 2009 Highest Honors, Sacramento City College
2006 Deans List, Wagner College
2006 California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Member
2006 National Honor Roll
