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Torin Monahan is Associate Professor of Human & Organizational Development and Associate Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He is editor of Surveillance and Security: Technological Politics and Power in Everyday Life (2006) and author of Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education (2005). His main theoretical interests are in social control and institutional transformations with new technologies. Additional interests include globalization, urban studies, social inequality, and contemporary social and cultural theory.
Monahan's current research is on the social implications of surveillance and security systems. Projects include (1) an ethnographic study of the effects of RFID technologies on organizational dynamics in hospitals, (2) collaborative research on the surveillance modalities and ethical dimensions of human implants, (3) inquiry into Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the USA, and (4) research on activist counter-surveillance movements.
Recent Media / Press / Blogs
Spring, 2008: Story about RFID research project with Jill A. Fisher in ASU annual report on research.
Summer, 2007: Story about my research on Public Surveillance in the ASU Alumni Magazine for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Summer, 2007: Review of my book Surveillance & Security by Mary C. Ingram-Waters in the newsletter of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology (SKAT) section of the ASA.
July 1, 2007: Naked Security. Guest blog posting on Surveillance Studies blog.
April 19, 2007: Review of my book Surveillance & Security by Catherine Panosh on the Uncovering Information Labor blog.
March 12, 2007: Guest on KAZG's Scott Anderson Show (East Valley Radio Network), speaking about the surveillance society.
March 11, 2007: Quoted in an East Valley Tribune article on public surveillance in Phoenix: "Ever get the feeling you're being watched?"
March 9, 2007: Guest on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show (NPR-syndicated radio program), speaking about the social implications of electronic surveillance: "Please Explain: Electronic Identification."
May 30, 2006: Quoted in a New York Times article on identity theft: "Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge."
May 21, 2006: Op-Ed in The Arizona Republic: "Data Vulnerability is a Systemic Problem."