Work
THRILL to the details of being an Ex-pat Australian Communication Ph.D. student studying at the University at Albany, State University of New York!
- Education
- Scholarships, grants, and honors
- Publications and presentations
- Research and training
- Employment
- Professional service and membership
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy candidate (2001-present)
Sociology with a specialization in Communication,
University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)
See dissertation project overview
- MA - Master of Arts (1997-2000) Department of English, The University of Queensland, Australia
- BA (Hons) - Bachelor of Arts (1992-1994) and Postgraduate Honours in Arts (1995) Department of English, The University of Queensland, Australia
Scholarships, grants, and honors
- 2007 & 2003 - GSO Travel Grant, Graduate Student Organization, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)
- 2006 - University at Albany Dissertation Research Fellowship Award
- 2006 - ICA teaching award: Instructional and Developmental Division of the International Communication Association Award for Excellent Teaching by a Graduate Student
- 2005 - 2007 - Research partnership with Wave Three Software (see Dissertation project)
- 2001 - 2004 College Scholar - College of Arts and Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)
- 1997 - 2000 - Australian Postgraduate Award with Stipend (APA)
- 1995 - BA(Hons) - First Class Honours in English
- Current (Since 1995) - Golden Key Honour Society - The University of Queensland chapter
Publications and presentations
Journal articles and published conference proceedings
- Rintel, S. 2007. Maximizing environmental validity: Remote recording of desktop videoconferencing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Proceedings Volume 1, LNCS 4550/2007: 911-920.
- Pomerantz, A. & Rintel, E.S. 2004. Practices for reporting and responding to test results during medical consultations: Enacting the roles of paternalism and independent expertise. Discourse Studies, 6, (1): 9–26.
- Rintel, E.S., Pittam, J., & Mulholland, J. 2003.Time will tell: Ambiguous non-responses on Internet Relay Chat. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication, 13, (1) <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v13n1.htm> (Note: Click on article link on title page)
- Rintel, E.S., Mulholland, J., & Pittam, J. 2001. First things first: Internet Relay Chat openings. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6, (3). <http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue3/rintel.html>
- McKay, S., & Rintel, E.S. 2001. Online Television Forums: Interactivity, Access, and Transactional Space. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication,11, (2). <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v11n201.htm> (Note: Click on article link on title page)
- Rintel, E. S. & Pittam, J. 1997. Strangers in a strange land: Interaction management on Internet Relay Chat. Human Communication Research, 23, 507 - 534.
Guest journal editorship and associated editorials
- Denvir, P., & Rintel, E. S. 2003. 'Joke'. M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture, 6, (5). <http://media-culture.org.au/archive.html#joke>
- Mitchell, P., & Rintel, E. S. 2002. 'Loop'. M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture, 5, (4). <http://media-culture.org.au/archive.html#loop>
- Meakins, F., & Rintel, E. S. 2000. 'Chat'. M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture, 3, (4). <http://media-culture.org.au/archive.html#chat>
Other publications
- Rintel, S. 2007. SUNY Videoconferencing Project Report: Session Usability Suggestions. Usability Report prepared for Wave Three Inc. on their Session 3 Communication software.
- Rintel, E.S. 2002. User's Guide to the Visual Communication Concept Explorer (VCCE). Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS). <http://shadow.cios.org:2222/www/vcceguide/vcce-user-guide-s1.html>
- Various book, film, and music reviews at M/C
Reviews
Review of Disintegrating the Musical (Scholarly book)
Review of Karaoke Nights (Scholarly book)
Keynote presentations
- Rintel, E. S. 2007. “Circle of Friends: Technologies and practices of pervasive presence awareness in university student life”. Rivier College, Nashua, NH, Professional Development Seminar, August 30, 2007.
Referreed conference presentations
- Rintel, S. 2007. “Maximizing environmental validity: Remote recording of desktop videoconferencing.” Human Computer Interaction International (HCII) 2007, July 22 - 27, Beijing, China.
- Rintel, S. 2005. "Situated Exploratory Learning of Communication Technology: Questions Prompted by a Single Case Analysis of Personal IP Videoconferencing." 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. New York, NY, May.
- Pomerantz, A., & Rintel, E.S. 2002. Displaying deference while seeking information: Analysis of patients' information seeking strategies. 88th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, November.
- Rintel, E.S., & McKay, S. 2002. "Doing Online Fandom: Engagement with and interaction within the Official Big Brother website." Australian and New Zealand Communication Association National Conference, Gold Coast, July.
- Rintel, E.S. 2002. "Supervision at SUNY Albany." Australian and New Zealand Communication Association National Conference, Gold Coast, July.
- Rintel, E.S. 2001. "The user - researcher - designer ménage à trois: Lessons from ten years of research on interpersonal relationships in Internet Relay Chat." 51st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association panel on Mediated Communication in Relationships, jointly sponsored by the Interpersonal Communication and Communication and Technology divisions. Washington DC, May.
- McKay, S., & Rintel, E.S. 2001. "'Have a good time, make some friends, then go watch TV!': Online television forums." 51st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Washington DC, May.
- Rintel, E.S. 2000. "First things first: Internet Relay Chat openings." 50th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Acapulco, June.
- Rintel, E.S., & Pittam, J. 1998. "Beliefs about Anonymity and Identity in IRC Interactions." 4th Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists. Canberra, April.
- Rintel, E.S., & Pittam, J. 1997. "Communicative and Non-Communicative Silence on Internet Relay Chat: Management and Function." 47th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Montreal, May.
- Rintel, E.S., & Pittam, J. 1996. "Strangers in a Strange Land: Managing Interaction on Internet Relay Chat." Poster presentation. 46th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Chicago, May.
- Rintel, E.S., & Pittam, J. 1996. "The Management of Silence on Internet Relay Chat." Australian and New Zealand Communication Association National Conference, Brisbane, July.
- Pittam, J., & Rintel, E.S. 1996. "The acoustics of voice and ethnic identity." Russell, A., ed, Proceedings of the 6th Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology. Adelaide: ASSTA.
- Pittam, J., & Rintel, E.S. 1996. "Internet Relay Chat: Interpersonal or Impersonal?" 2nd Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists. Canberra, May.
Invited presentations
- Rintel, E.S. 2005. "Developing familiarity with personal videoconferencing." Invited seminar at Université de Montréal, Département de communication, Montréal, Canada, September.
- Rintel, E. S. 2002. "How ethnomethodology can inform the design of interpersonal computer-mediated communication systems." Technologies for Communities Graduate Student Regional Roundtable, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April.
- Rintel, E. S. 2001. "F(l)ashion sense: Audience-centered Macromedia Flash design." American Society for Information Science & Technology Student Chapter - School of Information Science and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY, October.
- Rintel, E. S. 1999. "Internet Relay Chat: Whose model is it anyway?" Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Postgraduate Colloquium and Workshop. Brisbane, November.
Departmental presentations
- Rintel, S. 2007. "Collecting videoconferencing data." Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, September.
- Rintel, S. 2005. "Family videoconferencing." Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, April.
- Rintel, S. 2004 . "Engaging with the affordances and constraints of interactive computer-mediated communication: Longitudinal case studies of novices' in different contexts using and subsequently evaluating personal videoconferencing." Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, October.
- Rintel, E. S. 2003. "Personal videoconferencing." Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, October.
- Rintel, E. S. 2002. "Open Source software and Computer-mediated communication system design." Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, October.
- Rintel, E. S. 2002. "Considering a design focus for the study of communication: Computer-mediated communication." Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, March.
- Rintel, E. S. 2001. "The world according to Rheingold: Definitions of 'virtual community' in computer-mediated communication research." Fall 2001 Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, October.
- Rintel, E. S. 2001. "Issues in Internet Relay Chat research" Spring 2001 Communication Department Proseminar, University at Albany, SUNY, April.
- Rintel, E. S. 1999. "The web and the university." Department of English Information Technology Sessions. The University of Queensland, November.
- Rintel, E. S. 1996. "Strangers in a strange land: Managing interaction on Internet Relay Chat." Department of English Staff and Postgraduate Seminar. The University of Queensland, April.
Scholarly representation in the media
- Cohen, J. 2002. "An E-Mail Affliction: The Long Goodbye." New York Times, May 9, 2002, Circuits section.
Research and training
Current research projects
Novices Developing Familiarity with Desktop Videoconferencing
- Status: Analyzing data on the collaborative resolution of audio and video choppiness. See videoconferencing project overview for details.
System used: Wave Three Inc. Session. Pairs of long-distance couples, family members, or friends log on to multi-party bridge, which is recorded at a third location through S-Video and audio out to EP S-VHS.
Results: Rintel, S. 2007. Maximizing environmental validity: Remote recording of desktop videoconferencing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Proceedings Volume 1, LNCS_4550, ISBN: 978-3-540-73104-7.
- 2005: Videoconferencing Research Pilot 2
System used: SightSpeed (for Microsoft Windows). Captured on DV video through S-video out on researcher's computer (clearer screen, no flickering). Subjects were family members in their respective homes in two different cities in a US state.
Results: Data mostly flawed by a sound problem. Usable observational data used to generate dissertation research questions.
- 2004: Videoconferencing Research Pilot 1
System used: Microsoft NetMeeting, captured on DV video pointed at researcher's screen. Subjects were friends, one in a US state, using the researcher's home computer, another in a foreign country, using own computer at home.
Results: Rintel, S. 2005. "Situated Exploratory Learning of Communication Technology: Questions Prompted by a Single Case Analysis of Personal IP Videoconferencing." Presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. New York, NY, May.
General research interests
- Computer-mediated communication (CMC): How the affordances and constraints of interactive CMC systems effect moment-to-moment interactional processes and hence the practical accomplishment of social action. I am currently investigating desktop videoconferencing for my dissertation and undertaking some preliminary forays into Social Network Sites. Previously I have researched Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
- Linking Ethnomethodology to CMC design/development: One way to do this is suggested by Dourish and Button's notion of "technomethodology". I'm also interested in lay vs 'theorized' models of communication, e.g. What is the relationship between CMC developers' models of communication and academic conceptions of communication. Another branch of this interest is in how novices/laypeople understand CMC technology, e.g. the moment-to-moment processes of learning a CMC system, how laypeople help other laypeople and frustrations between CMC developers' and novices/laypeople (and vice versa).
- CMC in educational settings (formal and informal).
- CMC policy development.
- Learning activities, especially physical activities, without specialized vocabularies through practices of tactile feeling transmission.
- Interaction in interpersonal relationships (romantic partners, friendships, family).
- Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis.
Specialized training
- 2005 - Rutgers CAASI Reunion participant - Summer 2005 (Three day invitation-only intensive workshop taught by Emanuel Schegloff, Gene Lerner, John Heritage, and Anita Pomerantz, hosted by Jenny Mandelbaum and Jeff Robinson)
- 2003 - Conversation Analysis Advanced Summer Institute (CAASI) participant - Summer 2003 (Two week invitation-only intensive workshop taught by Emanuel Schegloff, Gene Lerner, and John Heritage)
Employment
Teaching
Current (Since 2001): University at Albany, SUNY
- COM378 - Computer Mediated Communication
- COM203 - Speech Composition and Presentation (including special sections for Presidential Scholars)
1997 - 2000: The University of Queensland: Associate Lecturer (Contract) and Tutor (Contract):
- EN251 - Social Strategies and Language
- EN208 - Language and the Media
- EN151 - Introduction to Academic Writing and Research
Guest lectures/teaching
- 2005: BUS 523 Presentation Skills team presentation debriefs
- 2002: CCST1000 - Introduction to Communication and Cultural Studies Guest Lecture: "Questioning Culture" Department of English, The University of Queensland
- 2000: "Writing data-driven dissertations." Guest lecturer in Advanced Research Methods Seminar. Department of English, The University of Queensland, February.
- 2000: EN152 - Introduction to Communication and Cultural Studies Guest Lecture: "Functions of the Sign" Department of English, The University of Queensland
Other teaching
- Spring 2002 - 2003: Web-development training at The Ark. The Ark was an after school arts and technology program for the children of the Taylor project in Troy, NY.
Research
- Research Assistant: For Helen Gilbert and Joanne Tompkins, The University of Queensland (2002)
- Senior Research Assistant: Online Talkback Project, The University of Queensland (2000-2001)
- Research Assistant: Global Fashion Project, The University of Queensland (2000)
- Senior Research Assistant: Voice and Ethnic Identity Project, The University of Queensland (1996-1998)
- Research Assistant: Voice and Ethnic Identity Project, The University of Queensland (1995)
Website development
- Current (Since 2003): Developer and Consultant: Department of Communication, SUNY Albany
- Current (Since 2003): Developer: Albany Aikido
- Current (Since 2008): Co-Developer: Albany Swing Dancing
- 2003 & 2005: Developer: Academic Serials in Communication Unified System (ASCUS) information site.
- 2003: Consultant: CIOS (Design now superceded)
- 2002: Developer: Burden, Benefit, Trace: The Legacies of Benevolence conference
- 2002: Developer: Postcolonial Research Group
- 2002: Consultant: Ark Community Charter School (Design now superceded)
- 2000 - 2002: Developer: lovewise.com (Offline)
- 1999 - 2000: Developer: The University of Queensland. UQ Research; Office of Research and Postgraduate Studies; Department of English - englishweb 3.0; EN151, EN208, EN251 course websites; Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies - Television: Past, Present and Futures conference; Cultural Studies Association of Australia - On The Beach conference. Most sites no longer operative.
- 1999- 2000: Developer: Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre Company (Offline)
Professional service and membership
Professional Service
- Current (Since 2002): Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS/Comserve) (Associate Director for Technical Development)
- 2002 - 2003: M/C: media-culture.org.au (Advisory Editor)
Journals and Conferences reviewed for
- JoBC (Journal of Business Communication)
- JCMC (Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication)
- EJC/REC (The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication)
- M/C (M/C: AJournal of Media and Culture)
- HICSS42 (Hawai'i International Conference on System Services)
Membership
- Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) SIG: (Computer-Human Interaction) CHI
- Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR)
- International
Communication Association (ICA)
Divisions: Language and Social Interaction; Communication and Technology - National
Communication Assocation
Divisions: Language and Social Interaction; Ethnography; Human Communication and Technology Commission.
University and departmental service
- Current (Since 2006): CIO IT Student Advisory Board inaugural member (University at Albany, SUNY)
- 2003 - 2005: Institutional Review Board member (University at Albany, SUNY)
- 2000: Technical Resources Advisory Committee (Department of English, The University of Queensland)
Student organizations/service
- 2005 (Fall), 2002 (Spring, Summer): Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Grants Committee member (University at Albany, SUNY)
- 2002 - 2003: Students of Sociology (SOS) Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Representative (University at Albany, SUNY)
- 2002: Information Technology Strategy Framework Development, Stakeholder's workshop (University at Albany, SUNY)
- Graduate Student Organization (GSO) (University at Albany, SUNY) (Member)
- English Postgraduates Society (The University of Queensland) (Past Member)