Employment Information about the Author
JENNIFER BRAYTON
- Assistant Professor at Ryerson Unviersity, Department of Sociology, started August 2003
- PAR-L Technical Consultant/Web Administrator
- Sociological Research Consultant, specializing in human-technology social relationships
- Free-lance Writer, Editor and Web Designer
- Former part-time Sessional Lecturer at the University of New Brunswick, 1998-2001
- Former Academic Advisor, Department of Sociology and Faculty of Arts
EDUCATION
1996 - 2003: Ph.D. (Sociology, University of New Brunswick). Completed all required components for a Sociology Ph.D. degree. Doctoral dissertation entitled, "The Meanings and Experiences of Virtual Reality".
1993-1995: M. A. (Sociology, Queen's University). Completed required course work and thesis entitled, "The Social Shaping of Virtual Reality: A Feminist Analysis".
1992-1993: ZBASC post degree studies (Sociology, Queen's University). Finished the course work equivalent to an undergraduate Honours Sociology degree.
1986-1990: B. A. H. (Film Studies, Queen's University). Finished undergraduate Honours degree in Film Studies. Completed thesis documentary (63 minutes, VHS format), "Katherine Melville, CKWS News" under the supervision of Peter Watkins, a noted independent film-maker.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
My career as an undergraduate level university Sessional Lecturer allowed me to develop my own teaching and evaluation style as an educator. My teaching philosophy emphasizes the development of critical analytical skills, and proper research and writing skills, in students.
As a Web Administrator, I have developed my own design aesthetics and style, and increased my technical knowledge of web administration. I have formally taught web management, design and evaluation to university students. I have designed sites for academic and non-profit organizations.
SELECTED EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS
August 2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University. Accepted a tenure-stream appointment as a new faculty member at Ryerson University.
September 1997 - present: Technical Support and Web Administrator, PAR-L on-line discussion group, Department of English, University of New Brunswick. Technical maintenance for the web site and listserv discussion group of a Canadian electronic feminist research organization. Designed and currently manage the English portion of the PAR-L web site. Web author of "The Help Desk", a collection of technical articles on using listservs, PAR-L, and the Internet. Assist in moderating the discussion group. Participate in management, policy formation and information exchange with the moderators, and partner organizations. Currently assisting in the coding of survey research data for the PAR-L 2002 Participant Survey.
January 1998 - November 2001: Sessional Lecturer at the University of New Brunswick. Have taught numerous undergraduate level courses in the Faculty of Arts for ARTS 1000, the Multimedia Studies program, the Women's Studies program, and the Department of Sociology. Responsible for all aspects of curriculum development, lectures, learning assessment and evaluation. All courses included instruction on formal grammar, writing styles, and bibliographic referencing. For ARTS 1000, responsibilities also included academic advising with each student for their first two years at the University of New Brunswick. Assisted with course selection, on-line registration, and choosing an Arts Major.
September 1997 - August 2000: Academic Advisor, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick. Primary duties entail academic supervision of all Sociology undergraduate students through course selection and registration, and declaring a degree within the program. Creation of the undergraduate brochure and the graduate handbook. Designed and managed the web site.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Brayton, J. (2004). Getting It On in Virtual Reality: Sex in The Matrix and Other Films. In M. Pomerance & J. Sakeris (Eds.) Popping Culture (2nd edition), Boston: Pearson Education. 109 – 122.
White, K., Regan Shade, L., & Brayton, J. (2001). Lives and Livelihoods in the Technological Age. In A. Adam & E. Green (Eds.) Virtual Gender. London: Routledge Press. 45-62.
White, K., Regan Shade, L., & Brayton, J. (2000). Lives and Livelihoods in the Technological Age. In E. Balka & R. Smith (Eds.) Women, Work and Computerization: Charting a Course to the Future. CD-ROM. Proc. of IFIP TC9 WG9.1 Seventh International Conference on Women, Work and Computerization. Vancouver, BC, 2000.Massachusetts: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Brayton, J. (2000). Constructing the Course Outline: A Social Contract Between Student and Instructor. Teaching Voices 29 (January), 15-16.
Brayton, J. (1999). Zenski volim/mrzim odnos prema Internetu. In I. Markovic (Ed.) Cyberfeminizam [ver 1.0]. Zagreb: Centar za zenske studije. 193-202.
TRANSLATION: Brayton, J. (1999). Women's Love/Hate Relationship with the Internet. In I. Markovic (Ed.) Cyberfeminism [ver 1.0]. Zagreb: Centre for Cultural Studies. 193-202.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA)
Canadian Women's Studies Association (CWSA)
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