Steven Losco

Phone: (916) 266-1075 Email: steven.losco@gmail.com

Website: www.stevenlosco.com

Education
2015 M.S. Science, Technology, and Society, Drexel University
2011 B.A. Sociology and Anthropology of Religion, Pitzer College

Publications
Book Reviews
Losco, Steven. (2014) The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online by Judith Donath, for Bulletin of Science
Technology & Society
Writing Projects
Losco, Steven, Curating the Sexual: Remediation of Tumblr Porn Blogs and the Drive of Loss

Presentations
2015

Adams, Dorian & Losco, Steven (contributed theory on virality), Viral Martyrs: Gender Identity, Race,
and the Digital Construction of Victimhood Theorizing the Web 2015, New York, NY,
http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/

2014

Losco, Steven, Headless Horseman and Mobile Gay Men: The disciplining of masculinity on Grindr,
Growlr and Scuff. International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility: Spinoffs of
Mobility, Philadelphia, PA, http://t2m.org/conferences/2014-philadelphia-spinoffsof-mobility/programphiladelphia/

2014

Losco, Steven, (2014): Tag, you are it!: Using Tags to Solidify the Fragmented Through Assemblages,
Communication and Information Technology Section of ASA Symposium: [New] Media Cultures,
Berkeley, CA www.citasasymposium.info

Invited Guest Lectures

2014

Losco, Steven, A Brief History of HIV/AIDS in the LGBT Community. In-class lecture and discussion
leader for HIST 298: LGBT in American Society, Dr. Kevin Egan, November 12, 2014

Positions Held
2014 Graduate Research Assistant, Alison Kenner, History and Politics & Center for Science, Technology, and
Society, Drexel University
Mapping Perceptions of Environmental Health Risk: A Comparison of Three Philadelphia Communities
2011 Assistant, Karen Yonemoto, Religious Studies, Claremont McKenna College
Syllabus Construction for CMC RSLT 084 Religion, Race and the Civil Rights Movement Spr. 12

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2009 Research Assistant, Phil Zuckerman, Sociology, Pitzer College

Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion, Oxford University Press Nov 11, Experience credited in
Acknowledgements

Professional Service
2014 Presider, Theorizing the Web 2014, New York, NY, theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com
Moderating the panel: The New Flesh: Bodies and Biopolitics
2010 2011 Student Senator for Campus Life Committee
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Appropriating funds for academic and recreational events for the Pitzer community along with general
Student Senate duties

2010 - 2011 College Council Voting Member as Student Representative of Campus Life Committee,
Pitzer College governance board made up of Faculty, Staff, and Student Senators

Teaching Experience
2010 Citizenship Coaching, SOC 112: Contemporary Social Theory, Pitzer College
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Working with ESL residents of Monterey Park, CA and surrounding areas to obtain U.S. citizenship

2008 2009 Biological Anthropology Tutoring, Sacramento City College,

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Working with students in introduction level Biological Anthropology course

Including tutoring for study and test taking skills.

Professional Membership
American Anthropological Association
Society for Social Studies of Science

Honors
2011 Theta Alpha Kappa, Religious Studies Honors Society, The Claremont Colleges
2009 Honors Scholar, Sacramento City College
2007 2009 Highest Honors, Sacramento City College
2006 Deans List, Wagner College
2006 California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Member
2006 National Honor Roll