Contact Information

Peter L. Kantor business@daaq.net
56 South Main #3L, Albany, NY 12208 (518) 334-3690

Statement of Interest

Interests
General design theory, social theory, and critical theory as they apply to the manifestation of form and structure. Better integration of the disparate talents, skill-sets, and philosophies that go into the design of complex projects both informational and material.
Long Term Goals
Addressing issues of design, especially as they pertain to globalization, internationalization, universal access, sustainability and development. Coming to a better understanding of non-Western perspectives these issues.

Skillsets

Academic foci
Web development: standards, accessibility, internationalization, open source technologies, information architectures, e-commerce trends;
General: design theory, philosophy of technology, technology and society, technology and environment, technology policy, environmental policy, globalization
Current skill acquisition targets
Integrated Web development with AJAX, RSS, and podcasting. Learning Japanese.
Computing skills
Windows and Macintosh platforms; Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks; XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML; Blackboard, eCollege
Soft skills
graphic design, Web design, information architecture, information design, technical writing, Web project management, team leadership, public speaking and presentation, curriculum development, asynchronous curriculum development
Occasional use
Unix/Linux platforms; Flash, Freehand, Dreamweaver; MySQL, XSL, XSD
Ancient history
COBOL II, IDMS ADS/O, MVS/JCL, TSO, SGML, AutoCAD, Sunrise;

Professional Experience

Associate Professor: Web Programming and Design Aug 06 to Curr.

Department of Media Arts/SWE
University of Advancing Technology, 2625 West Baseline Road, Tempe, AZ 85283

Foci

Web develoment and design, graphic arts, technology and society.

Positions Held:

Courses Taught

All courses taught in a hybrid modality using eCollege. Courses noted in green are those which I was responsible for developing.

Assistant Professor: Web Programming and Design Aug 99 to Dec 06

Department of Computer Information Systems
Hudson Valley Community College, 80 Vandenburgh Avenue, Troy, New York 12180

Web Site

http://www.daaq.net/old/ ⇔ Includes content for most of the courses I developed.

Foci

Web development and design. Strict adherence to standards and best practices with a focus on WAI and Section 508 compliance, universal design, W3C Guidelines, usability, information architectures, and project management skills. Coverage of both client-side and server-side programming with a strong emphasis on hand coding. Expanding emphasis on XML-based network applications.

Positions Held:

Courses Taught

[DL] some sections taught in a distant learning modality through Blackboard. Courses noted in green are those which I was responsible for developing.

Reviewer: Choice Magazine 2005 to Curr.

Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
100 Riverview Center, Middleton, CT 06457

Reviewer: Choice Magazine
Provide reviews of new publications for use by libraries to plan purchases. Normally review one title a month. Primary field: history and philosophy of science and technology (Science and Technology Studies).

ESL Instructor: JapanAug 04 to Aug 05

Ashiya-machi Kyoikuiinkai-sama (Ashiya-machi Board of Education)
Fukuoka-ken, Onga-gun, Ashiya-machi, Nakanohama 11-6, Japan 807-0113

2004/2005 JET Participant (Japan Exchange and Teaching Program)
Develop lesson plans, activities and resources (unassisted). Teach English language lessons to elementary school students (grades 1-5). Responsible for roughly 1000 students across three schools on a full-time basis. Occasional work with 6th graders and junior high classes.

Technical Consultant Sep 98 to May 99

Eliassen Group, Inc,
30 Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880

(Boston Edison)
JCL, IDMS ADS/O maintenance, legacy inventory / purchasing control system.
IDMS COBOL based conversion to NT database package.

Technical Consultant Sep 97 to Jul 98

Genesys Consulting Services, Inc.,
11 Computer Drive West, Albany, New York 12205

(General Electric: Plastics Division)
JCL/COBOL maintenance on a legacy accounting system
(MetLife)
Application Recovery analysis/implementation with Sunrise. Mainframe applications analysis. Documentation database management.

Research Assistant Aug 96 to Dec 96

Museum of History and Industry,
2700 24th Avenue East, Seattle, Washington 98112

Research/exhibit development on the nature of invention and technology at the beginning of the 20th century in relation to the mechanization of salmon canning in the Pacific.

Technical Consultant Aug 96 to Dec 96

BDM Technologies,
10900 NE 4th Street, Suite 810, Bellevue, Washington 98004

(Holland America Cruise Lines - part-time)
Conversion to new booking interface for nationwide system with IDMS ADS/O.

Programmer/Analyst May 92 to Aug 96

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance,
W.A. Harriman Campus, Bldg. 8, Albany, New York 12227-0001

Full life cycle maintenance, database applications, ongoing system conversion in IDMS MVS/JCL for Taxpayer Indicative Data unit of NYS DTF. COBOL II and ADS/O programming. New employee training in TSO. Disaster recovery documentation of unit responsibilities.

Academic

Ph.D xxxx

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York 12180

Ph.D. — Science and Technology Studies
Not completed due to the unfortunate passing of my advisor.
Focus in technology theory and policy in relation to sustainability and development. Primary research interest: the manifestation of social ideas about technology, movement and place in the built environment.

Masters 1997

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York 12180

M.S. — Science and Technology Studies
Focus in technology theory and policy in relation to sustainability and development. Primary research interest: the manifestation of social ideas about technology, movement and place in the built environment.

Bachelors 1992

State University of New York at Albany,
Albany, New York 12222

Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504

B.A. — Psychology
Focus in general psychology.

Publications, Papers and Conferences

2005-Curr: Choice Magazine reviewer
  • Berg Olsen, Jan-Kyrre and Selinger, Evan (eds). Philosophy of technology: 5 questions. (Sep 2007)
  • Burgess, Colin. Animals in space: from research rockets to the space shuttle. (Aug 2007)
  • Witten, Ian H. Web dragons: inside the myths of search engine technology. (Jun 2007)
  • Goldsmith, Jack. Who controls the Internet?: illusions of a borderless world. (Jan 2007)
  • Dusek, Val. Philosophy of technology: an introduction. (Nov 2006)
  • Buckland, Michael. Emanuel Goldberg and his knowledge machine: information, invention, and political forces. (Sep 2006)
  • Kleinman, Daniel Lee. Science and technology in society: from biotechnology to the Internet. (Jun 2006)
Pre-publication Reviews for the following publishers:
  • Wiley (2004)
  • Prentice Hall (2006)
2006: Desert Code User's Conference, Phoenix
XHTML: Coding to the New Standards
The PowerPoint version can be found at: http://www.daaq.net/desertcode/
2006: Course Technologies Conference for Information Technology Educators
Web Design is a Discipline
1999: In-house research report for RPI Department of STS
A Report on Spousal Hiring Policies in Academe
The electronic version can be found at: http://www.daaq.net/folio/spouse/spousal_review.html
1998: Mephistos Conference
Technologies of Power / Technologies of Transcendence

Interests & Activities

Professional Memberships
  • Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
  • Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
Personal Interests
  • Community Theatre
    Active participant with sporadic (and highly suspect) acting, costume design, set design and construction. I design and build sets for an average of 2 shows a year.
  • Japanese history and culture
  • Environmental and eco-friendly design
  • History of architecture and urban form
  • Utopian theory

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