Daniel Trottier
PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
Queen's University

Research Interests

My doctoral research focuses on the emergence of new surveillancepractices through social media. Under Dr. David Lyon’s supervision, I have conducted a series of semi-structured interviews to assess the impact of sites like Facebook on relations between individuals, institutions, and corporations. I am currently writing my dissertation and have presented my findings to several international conferences as well as national news outlets. I anticipate graduating in mid-2010, when I shall be seeking suitable employment. While at Queen’s I have taught undergraduate courses on information and communication technologies as well as surveillance studies. I have also organized the Surveillance Studies Centre’s yearlong seminar series since 2006.

Education

• Doctorate in Sociology (anticipated graduation August 2010)
  Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
  Dissertation: “Emergent Surveillances on Social Networking Sites”
  (Supervisors: David Lyon, Martin Hand, and Vincent Mosco)
• Master of Arts in Sociology, Thesis Option (2006)
  Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
  MA Thesis: “Surveillance, Reality Television, and the Cultivation of Savvy Audiences”
  (Supervisors: Bart Simon, Valérie de CourvilleNicol, and AnoukBélanger)
• Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Honours) and Psychology (Major) (2004)
  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
  Honours Thesis: “Juvenile Delinquency as a Form of Pro-Social Behaviour”
  (Supervisor: Lucia Benaquisto)

Publications

• (in submission) Trottier, D. (2010) “Towards a (Ubiquitous) Surveillance Account of Social Networking Sites.”
• Trottier, D. (2006) “Watching Yourself, Watching Others: Popular Representations of Panoptic Surveillance in Reality TV Programs”, in How Real Is Reality TV?: Representations and Reality Television. D. Escoffery (ed.), McFarland and Company.

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Fellow: “Sociology of Communication and Information Technologies” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (Fall 2009)
• Teaching Fellow: “Surveillance and Visibility” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (Winter 2009)
• Teaching Fellow: “Sociology of Communication and Information Technologies” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (Winter 2009)
• Instructor: “Introduction to Sociology” Enrichment Studies Unit, Queen’s University (May 2009)
• Instructor: “Introduction to Criminology” Enrichment Studies Unit, Queen’s University (February 2009)
• Teaching Assistant: “Sociology of Communication and Information Technologies” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Taught by Prof. Martin Hand (Winter 2010)
• Teaching Assistant: “Introduction to Sociology” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Taught by Prof. Rob Beamish (Fall 2008 – Winter 2009)
• Teaching Assistant: “Social Psychology” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Taught by Jason Pridmore (Fall 2007 – Winter 2008)
• Teaching Assistant: “Introduction to Sociology” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Taught by Prof. Rob Beamish (Fall 2006 - Winter 2007)
• Teaching Assistant: “Introduction to Society” Department of Sociology, Concordia University, Taught by Prof. Avi Goldberg (Winter 2005)
• Teaching Assistant: “Sociology of Cyberspace” Department of Sociology, Concordia University, Taught by Prof. Bart Simon (Fall 2004)

Guest Lectures

• “Social Networking and Everyday Surveillance”, for Prof. Martin Hand’s Sociology of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (March 2008)
• “Erving Goffman, Cyberselves, and (the return of) Social Networking”, for Prof. Jason Pridmore’s Social Psychology, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (October 2007)
• “Reality TV, Audiences, and Surveillance” For Prof. Shawn Berry’s Sociology of the Media, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University (November 2005)
• “Mass Media and Society” For Prof. Avi Goldberg’s Introduction to Society, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University (April 2005)
• “Reality TV, Audiences, and Surveillance” For Prof. AnoukBélanger’s Sociology of the Media, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University (November 2004)

Selected Conference Presentations

• “Novel Media: The Wire and Collaborative Viewership” Panel presenter, The Wire as Social Science Fiction, Leeds (November 2009)
• “Theorizing Everyday Surveillance: Facebook and Ubiquitous Media” Panel presenter, Canadian Sociological Association 43rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver (June 2008)
• “Theorizing Everyday Surveillance on Facebook” Panel presenter, Interface Colloquium 2008: Culture and Technology. Carleton University, Ottawa (May 2008)
• “Theorizing Everyday Surveillance on Facebook: Assemblages and (Mutual) Augmentations” Panel presenter, Invisibilities: 3rd Annual Surveillance & Society Conference, Sheffield (April 2008)
• “Social Networking Sites, Ubiquity, and Surveillance (2.0?)" Panel presenter at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Montreal (October 2007)
• "Towards a Ubiquitous Surveillance: Facebook and Peer-to-Peer Monitoring" Paper delivered at the Surveillance Project Seminar Series, Queen's University, Kingston (October 2007)
• "Lateral Surveillance and Social Networking Sites: The case of Facebook" Panel presenter at "Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0" Conference, University of York, U.K. (September 2007)
• "Social Networking Sites: A Surveillance Studies Primer" Panel presenter at "CITASA Mini-Conference 3.0", American Sociological Association (August 2007)
• "Lateral Surveillance and Social Networking Sites: The Case of Facebook" Panel presenter at Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Association's annual conference, Concordia University, Montreal (March 2007)

Public Lectures and Media Engagements

• “Swine Flu: Ready or Not.” Ontario Today, CBC Radio One Ottawa, Thursday, September 17th, 2009
• “Facebook and privacy settings.” Ontario Morning, CBC News, CBC Radio One Ottawa, Monday, June 29th, 2009
• Three-part series on social networking, by Liz Cook. CKWS 6 O’clock News, Wednesday, February 18th – Friday, February 20th, 2009
• “Do you want Google tracking your every move?” by Josh Visser. CTV.ca, Sunday, February 8th, 2009
• “Social Networking and Privacy” by Rita Celli, Ontario Today, CBC Radio One Ottawa, Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 12:30pm – 1:00pm
• “The (sometimes ugly) truth is out there: The Internet has made our personal lives public – and we’re to blame, experts say” by Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen, Monday, February 2nd, 2009
• “Internet ‘Friends’: Fact, Fantasy, or Fear Factor”, Communications and Public Affairs Media Fellowship: Weird Wired World: Surveillance, Security and Society. Queen’s University, May 1st - 2nd 2008
• “The Spy Who Blogged Me: How we learned to stop worrying and love surveillance”, by Hal Niedzviecki, The Walrus, May 2008, pp. 36-42
• “Science et société - Les amis de monordisontmesamis”, by GaëlleLussiaà-Berdou, Les AnnéesLumière, Radio-Canada (Première Chaine), Sunday, April 20th, 2008 12:15pm – 2:00pm
• “A lesson in integrity”, by Jordan Press, The Kingston Whig-Standard, Thursday, March 13th, 2008, p. 1-2
• “Facebook poses risk to privacy”, by Frank Armstrong, The Kingston Whig-Standard, Thursday, November 29th, 2007, p. 1, 8
• “Facebook and Online Surveillance: It Could Happen to You (and it probably does!)” Surveillance Awareness Week, Queen’s University, Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
• “Facebook and Surveillance”, thoughtcrime, CFRC 101.9 FM, Monday, November 26th, 2007

Research Assistantships

• “The Surveillance Studies Centre” – Dr. David Lyon, Queen’s University (2006-)

Coordinator for the yearlong Surveillance Studies Centre seminar series
Prepared forthcoming edited collection based on international survey
Generated executive summary of international survey data

• “Canadian Sociological Traditions Project” – Dr. Jean Philippe Warren, Concordia University (2005-2006)

Coordinated, conducted, and edited interviews with prominent Canadian sociologists
Produced a DVD as well as a website from which selections from these interviews were made available to the public

• “Fear and governmentality: contemporary self-help manuals.” – Dr. Valérie de CourvilleNicol, Concordia University (2005-2006)

Conducted an extensive discourse analysis of self-help literature

Academic Service

• Submission Reviewer – Time and Society (2009-)
• Submission Reviewer – The Sociological Quarterly (2009-)
• Submission Reviewer – Surveillance and Society (2009-)
• Submission Reviewer - Information, Communication & Society (2007-)
• Graduate Student Representative – Graduate Student Selection Committee (2008-2009)
• Graduate Student Representative – Graduate Studies Committee (2008-2009)
• Graduate Student Representative - Privacy and Access Committee, Queen’s University (2006-2007; 2007-2008; 2008-2009)
• Graduate Student Representative – Departmental Committee, Queen’s University (2006-2007; 2007-2008)
• Graduate Student Representative – Committee for the Selection of Department Chair, Concordia University (2006)
• VP Communications – Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Association, Concordia University (2004-2005)
• Sociology Graduate Student Representative – Departmental Assembly, Concordia University (2004-2005)

Awards

• SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and umanities Research Council (2009-2010)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship – OSAP (2007-2008)
• Queen’s Graduate Award (2006-2007; 2008-2009)

Contact
Daniel Trottier
Macintosh-Corry Hall, C-501
(613)533-6000 x74680
5dt14@queensu.ca