Matt Price

 Matt Price

Matt Price

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Biography

University of Toronto St. George Campus - History

Lecturer at University of Toronto Faculty of Information
Research
Matt
Price
Toronto, Canada Area
I am an educator with an interdisciplinary background who has spent the last 10 years engaged in a series of pedagogical experiments, bring technical education to to a series of places it does not normally go -- University-level humanities classrooms, elementary schools, social housing computer centres, and other places.

My principal academic interest is in the history and philoosphy of science and technology, and especially the interplay between technologies and social, cultural, and political phenomena. My main passion, though, is for the transformative effects of education, especially as they are related to social change, social justice, governance issues, and the environment.

I am always looking for ways to combine these interests in my work life -- finding projects that bring technology and the public good together, and make use of my unique constellation of technical and non-technical skills.


Experience

  • University of Toronto

    Assistant Professor

    I was a professor: I taught classes, helped students, organized lectures, wrote about science and technology, their histories, and some philosophical problems they throw up.

  • Mercey Family

    Supermom

    Hang out the laundry, make breakfast, get the kids out the door, go shopping, get the kids to climbing/music/art class/skating/birthday parties/&c., bring in the laundry, bake muffins/cookies/cinnamon buns, make dinner, read to the li'l one, pass out.

  • Upcycle Community Computing

    Founder/Chief Instructor

    I run a variety of computer education projects centred on computer recycling and Free Software. Among other things, I build computers from salvage with primary school kids and tenants of social housing, build computer centres for the same, teach basic computer skills to very low-income people from diverse backgrounds, and teach programming (mostly using Scratch or its derivatives) to kids.

  • University of Toronto Department of History

    Lecturer

    I teach digital history methods and currently lead the "History and its Publics" initiative at the Department, which seeks to enhance the use of new media in the classroom while simultaneously reaching out much more broadly to engage diverse communities through the web and in physical space.

  • University of Toronto Faculty of Information

    Lecturer

    I teach the core courses in the "Culture and Technology" stream in the Master's of Information program. This very diverse group of students seek preparation for a wide range of careers in fields such as design, marketing, knowledge architecture, and librarianship,for which I prepare them with an innovative curriculum based around cultural studies of technology..

Education

  • Stanford University

    PhD

    History and Philosophy of Science

  • Stanford University

    A.B.

    History, Philosophy, History of Science

HIS 241

3.3(9)

HISH 2411

2.5(1)

HIS 324

4.5(2)

HISHS 3891

4.5(2)

HIS 495

4.5(1)

HISYY 4951

4.5(1)

HPS 241

1.5(1)

RLG 231

4.3(3)