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Kendall L Roark

University Title:

Assistant Professor

Division/Unit(s):

Research Data

Location(s):

Stewart Center

174B

Personal Website:

http://kendallroark.wordpress.com

Professional Information

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Liaison Areas:

Anthropology

Sociology

Courses Taught:

ILS 230 (ILS 295/ CS 290) Data Science & Society: Ethical Legal Social Issues

ILS 595 Open Seminar in Critical Data Studies

ILS 595/ANTH 592 Data Management & Curation for Qualitative Research

HONR 399/395 Critical Data Studies

WGSS 499 Feminist Archives - Amelia Earhart (Directed Research)

WGSS 599 Feminst Digital Activism (Independent Study)

WGSS 682, Feminist Research & Methodology

ANTH 699 Research PhD Thesis (directed research)

Research Areas:

science & technology studies (STS); data & algorithm ethics; anthrodesign; visual anthropology

Education:

PhD/MA, Anthropology (Temple University)

Grad Certificate, Women's Studies (Temple University)

Grad Certificate, Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture & Society (University of Amsterdam)

Grad Certificate, Media Arts Preservation Institute (Danube University Krems)

BA, Anthropology & minor, Women's Studies (Northern Arizona University)

Honors and Awards:

Purdue LIbraries Dean's Individual Award for Advancing a Libraries Strategic Initiative (Digital Humanities) - 2018

Purdue Libraries Scholars Grant (for research at the Arizona Queer Archives for a book chapter) - 2018

Purdue University International Travel - Research Grant (to meet with University of Alberta research collaborators) - 2017

Purdue Mellon Global Grand Challenges Grant for Big Data Ethics: Detecting Bias in Data Collection, Algorithmic Discrimination and ‘Informed Refusal'. Chris Clifton (PI), Dan Kelly (co-PI) and Kendall Roark (co-PI), 2017 – 2018

CLIR Cataloging Hidden Special Collections & Archives Grant for Bridging the Research Data Divide: Rethinking Long-term Value and Access for Historical and Contemporary Maternal, Infant and Child Health Research. K. Hammond-Baker/Emily Gustainis (Harvard, PI); Sharon Farnel (University of Alberta, co-PI); Kendall Roark (co-PI), 2015 - 2017

CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Sciences (University of Alberta), 2013 - 2015

Memberships and Service:

American Anthropological Association / Society for Visual Anthropology
American Library Association / ACRL
Society of American Archivists
Society for Applied Anthropology
4S - Society for Social Studies of Science
Society for Applied Anthropology