JARED M. WRIGHT curriculum vitae Email: wrigh245@gmail.com Website: https://bio.site/jaredmwright Education 2020 Ph.D. in Sociology (With Honors), Purdue University, IN, USA Dissertation: Digital Contention: Collective Action Dynamics in Social Movements for Internet Freedom 2012 M.A. in Sociology (Dean’s List), University of Houston, TX, USA Thesis: Digital Contention: Anonymous and the Freedom of Information Movement 2006 B.A. in General Studies (Cum Laude), Lamar University, TX, USA Employment 2021-present 2016-2020 2013-2020 2010-2012 Assistant Professor, TED University (Ankara, Türkiye) Independent Instructor (Purdue University, IN) Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant (Purdue University, IN) Graduate Teaching Assistant (University of Houston, TX) Additional Professional Development 2020-present Director, The Center for Digital Social Science (CDSS) 2019 Summer Doctoral Programme, Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford, UK) 2018 WikiEducation Fellow, Wikipedia (American Sociological Association) 2017 Research Fellow, Purdue Research Foundation (Purdue University, IN) Awards and Honors 2023 2017-2018 2017 2017 2017 2016 2015-2019 2015 2015 2014-2017 2014 TEDU-IRF Project Grant Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship Grant Walter Hirsch Dissertation Award Purdue Summer Research Training Support Awards Purdue Digital Humanities Travel Award Purdue Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion (CRDI) Graduate Research Award Purdue PROMISE Awards for Graduate Research (x4) Purdue Dept. of Sociology, Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Prestage-Cook Travel Award Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grants (x2) American Sociological Association (ASA) Travel Grant CV | 1 Research and Teaching Interests Digital Sociology New Media and Communications Dis/Misinformation Online Political Sociology Social Movements Hacktivism Computational Methods Qualitative Methods Text Analysis Publications Peer Reviewed Journals Wright, Jared M. 2022. “‘The Future of the Internet Hangs in the Balance’: The Perception and Framing of Political Opportunity and Threat in the Contentious Politics of Data.” Social Movement Studies. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2022.2123313 Wright, Jared M., Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, S. Laurel Weldon, Dan Goldwasser, Rachel L. Einwohner, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, and Fernando Tormos-Aponte. 2022. “Drive-By Solidarity: Conceptualizing the Temporal Relationship between #BlackLivesMatter and Anonymous’s #OpKKK.” Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest. 10(2): 25-55. https://doi.org/10.3167/cont.2022.100203 Einwohner, Rachel L., Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Fernando Tormos, S. Laurel Weldon, Jared M. Wright, and Charles Wu. 2021. “Active Solidarity: Intersectional Solidarity in Action.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 28(3): 704-729. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxz052 Wright, Jared M. 2019. “Review of ‘The Cultural Production of Intellectual Property Rights: Law, Labor, and the Persistence of Primitive Accumulation’ by Sean Johnson Andrews (Temple University Press).” Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association 8.2. https://doi.org/10.25158/L8.2.16 Book Chapters Wright, Jared M., and Stuart A. Wright. 2023. “The Future of QAnon: Emergent Patterns of Social Movement Adaptation and Change.” In The Social Science of QAnon: A New Social and Political Phenomenon, edited by Monica Miller. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781009052061. Web-based Writing Wright, Jared M. 2021. “From Digital Sociology to Data Science: Bridging the Divide between Social and Technical Sciences.” Applied Worldwide. May. Wright, Jared M. 2020. “Exploring Your Own Culture Abroad: An Account of an American Sociologist in Turkey.” Applied Worldwide. February. Wright, Stuart A., and Jared M. Wright. 2018. “Threat and Mobilization: Contention in Spatial and Political Context.” Mobilizing Ideas. The University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Social Movements. August 31. CV | 2 Works in Progress Wright, Jared M. “Diversity and Inclusion in Data Activism: Frame Resonance and the Barrier of Problem Recognition” Under Review. Wright, Jared M. “The New Era of Hacktivism: Blurring the Line between Violence and Nonviolence in the Russia-Ukraine Cyberwar” Wright, Jared M., and Gulcin Con Wright. “Home is Where My Kids (Sh)Are?: Changing Intergenerational Relationships in the Digital Age” Kelly-Thompson, Kaitlin, Jared M. Wright, S. Laurel Weldon, Rachel L. Einwohner, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Fernando Tormos, and Dan Goldwasser. “Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name: How Intersectional Solidarity Strengthens Movements for Social Justice” Presentations Wright, Jared M. “Diversity and Inclusion in Data Activism: Frame Resonance and the Barrier of Problem Recognition.” International Sociological Association XX World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia. 2023. Wright, Jared M. “Diversity and Inclusion in Data Activism: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Framing and Organizational Strategies in Technology-Focused Social Movements.” Turkey Computational Social Sciences Conference: Understanding Society with Data, Istanbul, Türkiye. 2023. Wright, Jared M. “‘The Future of the Internet Hangs in the Balance’: The Perception and Framing of Political Opportunity and Threat among Social Movements in Digital Space.” European Communication Research and Education Association, 2021. Wright, Jared M., Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, S. Laurel Weldon, Dan Goldwasser, Aviral Sandeep Mansingka, Ammar Husain, Rachel L. Einwohner, Valeria SinclairChapman, and Fernando Tormos. “Drive-By Solidarity: Online Relationships between Twitter Campaigns of #BlackLivesMatter and Anonymous’ #OpKKK.” International Sociological Association IV Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 2021. Wright, Jared M. and Gulcin Con Wright. “Home is Where My Kids (Sh)Are?: Changing Intergenerational Relationships in the Digital Age.” International Sociological Association IV Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 2021. Wright, Jared M. and Gulcin Con Wright. “Home is Where My Kids (Sh)Are?: Changing Intergenerational Relationships in the Digital Age.” European Sociological Association's Research Network on Ageing in Europe (RN01) Midterm conference. Jyväskylä, Finland. 2021. Wright, Jared M., Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, S. Laurel Weldon, Dan Goldwasser, Aviral Sandeep Mansingka, Ammar Husain, Rachel L. Einwohner, Valeria SinclairChapman, and Fernando Tormos. “Drive-By Solidarity: Online Relationships between Twitter Campaigns of #BlackLivesMatter and Anonymous’ #OpKKK.” 114th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, 2019. CV | 3 Wright Jared M. “Digital Contention: Collective Action Processes in Social Movements for Internet Rights and Freedom.” Oxford Internet Institute, Summer Doctoral Programme, University of Oxford, UK. 2019. Wright, Jared M. “The Perception and Framing of Political Opportunity and Threat among Social Movements in Online Space.” International Sociological Association XIX World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada. 2018. Wright, Jared M., Dan Goldwasser, Aviral Sandeep Mansingka, and Ammar Husain. “Drive-By Solidarity: Online Relationships between Twitter Campaigns of #OpKKK and #BlackLivesMatter.” 76th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. 2018. Kelly-Thompson, Kaitlin, Jared M. Wright, S. Laurel Weldon, Dan Goldwasser, Aviral Mansingka, Amar Hussein, Rachel L. Einwohner, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, and Fernando Tormos. “Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name: How Intersectional Solidarity Strengthens Movements for Social Justice.” 76th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. 2018. Weldon, S. Laurel, Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, and Jared M. Wright. “Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name: How Active Solidarity Strengthens Social Movements.” From Margins to Center: Social Movements, Liberation, and Black Lives, Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion Symposium, Purdue University. 2018. Kelly-Thompson, Kaitlin, Jared M. Wright, S. Laurel Weldon, Dan Goldwasser, Aviral Mansingka, Amar Hussein. “Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name: Opportunities for Strengthening Resistance to State Violence.” Assessing the Ferguson Effect, Scholars Strategy Network, Ferguson, MO. 2018. Wright, Jared M. “The Technological Knowledge Gap and Frame Resonance in Digital Social Movements.” 112th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, QC. 2017. Wright, Jared M. “Internet Mobilizations and the Hybridization of E-Tactics: A Social Media Analysis of Two Campaigns of the Anonymous Movement.” Mobilization, San Diego, CA. 2017. Weldon, S. Laurel, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Rachel L. Einwohner, Mangala Subramaniam, Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, Fernando Tormos, Jared M. Wright, and Charles Kuan-Sheng Wu. “Diversity and Solidarity in Challenging Times: Social Movements and Pathways to Inclusion.” 75th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il. 2017. Wright, Jared M. “E-Movements and E-Mobilizations: A Social Media Analysis of the Anonymous Movement’s Million Mask March.” 41st Annual American Studies Symposium, Purdue University. 2016. Weldon, S. Laurel, Rachel L. Einwohner, Will Ferrell, Jose Kaire, Valeria SinclairChapman, Mangala Subramanian, Fernando Tormos, Jared M Wright, Charles Wu. “Active Solidarity: Strategies for Transnational Political Cooperation in Contexts of Difference, Domination and Distrust.” Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion Symposium, Purdue University. 2016. CV | 4 Weldon, S. Laurel, Rachel L. Einwohner, Will Ferrell, Jose Kaire, Valeria SinclairChapman, Mangala Subramanian, Fernando Tormos, Jared M Wright, Charles Wu. “Active Solidarity: Strategies for Transnational Political Cooperation in Contexts of Difference, Domination, and Distrust.” 87th Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2016. Wright, Jared M. “Anonymous’ Million Mask March and OpKKK: Theoretical Implication of an E-Movement.” 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Il. 2015. Wright, Jared M. “Digital Contention: Anonymous and the Freedom of Information Movement.” International Sociological Association XVIII World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan. 2014. Research Experience 2023 – “Digital (Dis)Connection” Jared M. Wright (PI) Description: A qualitative study of Western Expats in contemporary Türkiye, including the use of digital platforms in facilitating Expat communities. 2020 – “Family Social Media Study” (FSMS) Gulcin Con Wright (PI), Jared M. Wright (Co-PI) Description: Qualitative survey and interview project examining intergenerational differences in the view and use of social media in older, geographically distant families pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdowns. 2019 “Politics, Civility, and the Media” Robin Stryker (PI), Bethany Conway (Co-PI) Description: Wrote STATA code to clean and organize large survey data set, produced descriptive statistics, and wrote code book. 2019 “Disruption of Political Echo-Chambers on Twitter” Christopher Bail (PI), Marcus Mann (Co-PI) Description: Conducted in-depth qualitative interviews. 2017 – 2018 “Bot or Not” Stu Shulman (PI) Description: Worked with an online team to develop protocols for identifying Twitter bots and validating bot detection software. 2017 – 2018 “Digital Contention” Rachel L. Einwohner (PI), Jared M. Wright (Co-PI) Description: Analyzed evolving collective action dynamics in digital space among hacktivist and data activist mobilizations. (Purdue Research Foundation dissertation fellowship) 2015 – “Diversity and Inclusion in Social Movements” S. Laurel Weldon (PI), Rachel L. Einwohner (Co-PI). Description: Ongoing research group working on identifying different types of diverse and intersectional solidarities in social movements. CV | 5 Teaching Experience Independent Instructor SOC100/103: Introduction to Sociology SOC220: New Media and Communication Studies SOC223: New Social Movements SOC401/402: Graduation Project SOC405: Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis Teaching Assistant SOC100: Introduction to Sociology SOC324: Criminology SOC383: Research Methods SOC410: Sociological Theory SOC420: World Religions Community Service and Engagement 2023 – 2023 – 2023 – 2022 – 2022 – 2023 2022 – 2020 – 2015 – 2019 2015 – 2019 2016 – 2017 2015 – 2017 2015 – 2017 2015 – 2017 2015 – 2016 2014 – 2015 Reviewer, Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest Reviewer, Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi Social Media Commission, Department of Sociology, TED University Coordinator, Peer-to-Peer English Support Program, TED University Faculty Sponsor, International Student Association, TED University Reviewer, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food Reviewer, Sociological Inquiry Founder, Purdue Digital Rights Network Social Media Administrator, Purdue Department of Sociology Director of Public Relations, Purdue Graduate Student Government Senator, Purdue Graduate Student Government Advancement Committee, Purdue Department of Sociology Communications Officer, Purdue Sociology Graduate Student Organization Supreme Court Justice, Purdue Graduate Student Government Policy Team/Campus Coordinator, Student Net Alliance Professional Affiliations International Sociological Association (ISA) TG10: Digital Sociology RC48: Social Movements, Collective Action, and Social Change European Sociological Association (ESA) European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section on Political Sociology Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) References Prof. Dr. Kezban Çelik Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences TED University kezban.celik@tedu.edu.tr Dr. S. Laurel Weldon Dist. Professor of Political Science Simon Fraser University laurel_weldon@sfu.ca CV | 6 Dr. Rachel L. Einwohner Professor of Sociology Purdue University einwohnerr@purdue.edu Dr. Bert Useem Professor of Sociology Purdue University buseem@purdue.edu CV | 7