This page is intended to provide information regarding Russell Cole's work in the field of sociology. Through this webpage, I hope to facilitate networking with people of similar intellectual interests, with whom I might forge collaborative relationships.
Profile
Sociologist with ABD: in the process of completing Doctoral Dissertation, with specializations in Social Theory and Culture, as well as, a methodological concentration in ethnographic research. Research is primarily devoted to ethnography conducted upon sociopolitical organizations and their use of Information Technology. Teaching experiences include exposure to diverse environments, including public and private schools. All appointments are accompanied by student and peer evaluations and indicate success when executing the responsibilities of the courses instructed, which range from community college environments to first tier state universities.
Contact Information
E-mail:
russell-cole@comcast.net
Address
apt 3 building 8 Farnsworth Drive
Slingerlands, NY 12159
Home Phone:
518-452-5720
Cell Phone:
815-931-8022
Personal Information
Date of Birth:
9/29/1976
Citizenship:
United States
Academic Positions:
09/07 to present
Adjunct Professor Sociology Siena College
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Siena College
8/07 – 12/07
Adjunct Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Lewis University
9/06 to 12/06
Adjunct Instructor Applied Political Science and Sociology
Department of Advanced and Accelerated Studies
Lewis University
10/06 to 12/06
Adjunct Professor of Sociology
Department of Social Sciences
Prairie State College
04 to 05
Lecturer of Sociology
Department of Sociology
State University of New York at Albany
01 to 04
Graduate Assistant
Department of Sociology
State University of New York at Albany
Education
ABD: Sociology, State University of New York at Albany {2004 to Present}
Dissertation topic:
Study in the sociology of democracy, which integrates into a critical analysis the technological developments in communications and their impact upon the prospects for American third party sociopolitical movements to successfully transform social conditions, in order to enact the reforms that define the teleology of their movements. Research involves ethnographic study of third party political movements in the United States, as well as, empirical research conducted on the technological transformations taking place in computer programming and Website design in the context of the social forces driving the current transformation of these technologies under the auspices of the Web 2.0 paradigm
BA: Anthropology and Sociology, Lafayette College {2000}
Thesis topic: The application of Kuhn's historicist theory of science to explain the inability of sociology to develop into a state reflecting the characteristics typically attributed to Normal science
Accomplishments 2000 to Present
• Successfully hiked in Alaska backcountry for 30 days
• Awarded an assistantship in the Department of Sociology PHD program at SUNY at Albany
• Graduated Lafayette College, Cum Laude
• Studied for one semester in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Publications
• Multiple publications for the Populist Party of America
• Selected as Editor for regional publication sponsored by the Populist Party of America
• Three featured articles in the Populist Party of America publication: The Populist Quarterly
• Multiple articles for technology publications, such as Lockergnome dot com, oriented toward journalism and commentary pertaining to Information Technology
Invited Paper/Presentations:
• Rutgers University: Radicalized Sociopolitical Movements in Informationalism and the Network Society: Report of working paper derived from ethnographic research conducted upon the Green Party and the Populist Party of America. This study came to include research performed on Internet communications and their relevancy to third party political organizations and their ability to effect change via networked politics.
• Eastern Sociological Society: Scientific Condition of Sociology; a presentation of senior thesis written for Lafayette College: A look at the institutional conditions that might be cited as the ultimate causation of sociology's inability to develop from a field qualifying as Pre-scientific, to one that is marked by Normal Science.
• New York Sociological Conference: The Art of Smoking Crack; product of ethnographic research conducted among urban underclass residents. Paper focused upon the concept introduced by Foucault “techniques of the Self” – and their development among crack users in order to manage and control the consumption of crack in a manner that exacerbated the pleasures experienced through the consumption of the drug while mitigating the adverse effects resulting from the expenditure of money and possible interdiction by law enforcement.
• Association of Black Sociologists: Critique of Iris Young; an analysis of her model for the provisioning of group rights for historically marginalized groups in American society and its possible consequences upon traditional American political conventions, which are structured according to Liberalism and its emphasis upon individual rights
Classes Instructed
• Political Sociology
• Cultural Anthropology
• Sociology of Family
• Sociology of Culture
• Introduction to Sociology
• Social Problems
• Multiculturalism and Intergroup Relations Political Sociology
Professional Membership
Association of Humanist Sociologists
Interests
• Volunteered for Grassroots Org, designing Websites for charitable institutions, which involves site design as well as Search Engine Optimization.
• Volunteers as the regional coordinator of the Midwest for the Populist Party of America
• Served as the Bylaws Chairperson for the Illinois Green Party