Complete curriculum vitae (PDF) available online - October 2009.

Education:

Doctorate of Philosophy: Sociology, University of Toronto (2010 projected date).
Dissertation Title: "Households without Borders: Families & ICTs"
Supervisor: Dr. Barry Wellman

Masters of Arts: Sociology, York University (2001).
Research Paper: “Investigating the Emerging Cyber-Crossroads: the Intersection between Physical and Virtual Community"
Supervisor: Dr. Nancy Mandell

Bachelor of Arts Honours: Sociology, Brock University (2000).
Thesis Title: "Women and the Internet: An Exploratory Study of Feminist Experiences in Cyberspace"
Supervisor: Dr. Ann Duffy

Bachelor of Arts Degree: General Studies, Brock University (1997).

Publications:

Williams, D., Kennedy, T. & B. Moore (2010). Behind the Avatar: The Patterns, Practices and Functions of Role Playing in MMOs" forthcoming in Games & Culture.

Kennedy, Tracy, Smith, A., Wells, A. T. & B. Wellman. (2008). “Networked Families”. Pew Internet & American Life Project Report, October 19, 2008. HTML or PDF

Kennedy, Tracy & B. Wellman (2007). “Networked Households” in Information, Communication and Society, Vol 10 (5), pp 644-669. HTML or PDF

Kennedy, Tracy (2007). “The Personal is Political: Feminist Blogging and Virtual Consciousness-Raising” in The Scholar & Feminist Online Journal, (eds) Gwendolyn Beetham & Jessica Valenti, Vol 5 (2). HTML

Kennedy, Tracy (2007). “Working @ Home: Negotiating Space & Place” in ICTs and Emerging Business Practices, (eds) Yuichi Washida & Shenja van der Graaf. Idea Publishing, pp 257-279.

Viseu, A., Clement, A., Aspinal J. and Tracy Kennedy (2006). "The Interplay of Public and Private Spaces in Internet Access", in Information, Communication & Society, Vol 9 (5), pp. 633-656. PDF

Kennedy, Tracy (2006). “Gender and the Household Internet” in the Gender and Information Technology Encyclopedia, (ed) Eileen M. Trauth. Information Science Publishing.  PDF Draft

Wellman, B. & B. Hogan with J. Boase, K. Berg, J. Carrasco, J. Kayahara, and T. Kennedy (2006). “Connected Lives: The Project” in Networked Neighbourhoods: The Connected Community in Context, (ed) Patrick Purcell. Berlin: Springer, pp 161-216. PDF

Kennedy, Tracy (2006). Book Review of “Media and Gender” edited by Cynthia Carter and Linda Steiner for the journal Information, Communication and Society.

Kennedy, Tracy (2006). Book Review of “Virtual Publics: Policy and Community in the Electronic Age” edited by Beth Kolko for Canadian Journal of Communication.

Clement, A., Viseu, A., Aspinal, J. & Tracy Kennedy (2004). "Public Access, Personal Privacy And Media Interweaving In Everyday Internet Experiences: Exploring Current Policy Concerns Via A 'Neighbourhood Ethnography'" in (eds) Leslie Shade & Marita Moll, Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Ottawa, pp 245-282.

Kennedy, Tracy, B. Wellman & K. Klement (2003). "Gendering the Digital Divide" in IT & Society, Vol 1 (5) Summer 2003, pp 149-172. PDF

Albanese, P., Jones, C., Fukuda, J., Hall, G., Kennedy, T., Mantas, G., Sorenson, A., DeSousa, S., Tepperman, L., & A. Williams (2003). "Gender Differences in Child Outcomes as Shown in the First Three Cycles of the NLSCY," Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada.

Kennedy, Tracy (2000). "An Exploratory Study of Feminist Experiences in Cyberspace" in Cyber Psychology and Behaviour, Vol 3 (5), pp 707-719.

Conference Presentations

2009

Conference presenter (with J. Amorosa & B. Wellman) at Mobile Communication and Social Policy Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 2009: “Blurring home and work boundaries: Integrating paid work, domestic work and family”. Slideshare

Conference presenter at Association of Internet Researchers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2009: “‘The voices in my head are idiots’ Rethinking Barriers for Female Gamers & the Importance of Online Communities”. Slideshare

Conference presenter at American Sociology Association, San Francisco, California August 2009: “Autoethnographies and journeys of the (virtual) self: students, sociology and second life”. Slideshare

2008

Conference presenter (with D. Williams & R. Moore) at Association of Internet Researchers, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2008: “Behind the Avatar: The Patterns, Practices and Functions of Role Playing in MMOs”.

Conference presenter (with D. Williams & R. Moore) at Games, Learning & Society, Madison, Wisconsin, July 2008: “The Virtual World Exploratorium Project: Initial Findings and Future Directions”.

Conference presenter at Video Gaming at University of Toronto: Technical, Legal and Social Dimensions, Bell University Labs, May 2008: “Women & Gaming: What can social research can tell us about the ‘non-traditional’ gamer?”

2007

Conference Presenter at Social Network/ing Week - Bell University Labs, Toronto, Ontario, October 2007: “The Networked Household”. Slideshare

Conference presenter (with J. Robinson & G. Sinclair) at Association of Internet Researchers, Vancouver, BC, October, 2007: “Modding the Metaverse; The Pedagogy of Participation”. Slideshare

Conference presenter at American Sociology Association – Communication, Information & Technologies Mini-Conference, New York/Second Life, August 2007: “Women’s Online Gaming Communities: Don’t Hate the Game, Hate the Players”. Slideshare

Conference presenter (with J. Robinson) at American Sociology Association – Communication, Information & Technologies Mini-Conference, New York/Second Life, August 2007: “Participatory Pedagogy: Challenging ‘Real Life’ Practices of Educational Institutions in Virtual Worlds”.

Conference presenter (with B. Wellman) at International Sociology Association, 'Health in Families, Healthy Families: Gendered Explorations', Toronto, Ontario, May 2007: “Households as Networks”.

Conference presenter (with Barry Wellman) at Social Networks On and Offline Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March 2007: "The Networked Household, On and Offline."

2006

Conference presenter (with B. Wellman et al) at International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Vancouver BC, April 2006: “Connected Lives: The Project”.

2005

Conference presenter at Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, Illinois, October 2005: “Private Spaces and Communal Places: Exploring the Ecology of the Household Internet”.

Conference presenter (A. Powell, K. Kee, B. Stroope & E. Goulab) at Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, Illinois, October 2005: “The Use Of Wireless Communication Technologies In The Classroom: ‘Back Channels’ To The Learning Process”.

Conference presenter (with J. Robinson & K. Trammell) at Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, Illinois, October 2005: “Does Gender Matter? Examining Conversations in the Blogosphere”.

Conference presenter at American Sociology Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2005: CITASA Roundtables – “Domesticating the Internet: Household Internet Use and the Domestic Division of Labour”.

Conference presenter at Canadian Sociological and Anthropology Association, London, Ontario, June 2005: “The Digital Home in Canadian Context”.

2004

Conference Presenter at Association of Internet Researchers, Sussex, England, September 2004: “The Domestic Internet”.

Conference Presenter (with J. Aspinal, A. Clement & A. Viseu) at Association of Internet Researchers, Sussex, England, September 2004: “Everyday Internet – Value and Use”

Conference Presenter at American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California: August 2004 - Communication and Information Technology Roundtable “The Household Internet: Cyber-Freedom or Virtual Chains?”

2003

Conference Presenter (with J. Aspinal, A. Clement and A. Viseu) at Association for Internet Researchers, Toronto, Canada, October 2003: Online/Offline Intersections Session - "Mapping Interwoven Intermediary Threads in Everyday Internet Experience".

Conference Presenter (with J. Aspinal, A. Clement and A. Viseu) at Research Symposium for the international journal Information, Communication and Society (iCS) at the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, UK - September 2003: "The Interplay of Public and Private Spaces in Internet Access".

2002

Conference Presenter (with A. Duffy) at American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 2002: Gender, Race, Class Session - “Gender Contradictions in the “Battered Husband”.

Conference Presenter at the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, February 2002: “Locating Technology in Women’s Studies: Gender Constructions in Cyberspace”.

2001

Conference Presenter at American Sociological Association, Anaheim, California, August 2001: Issues in Sexuality Roundtable - “Theorizing Sexualit(ies) in Sociology”.

Conference Presenter at the National Women’s Studies Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2001: Women and Cyberspace Session - “Gender Issues in Cyberspace”.

Conference presenter (with A. Duffy) at Canadian Sociological and Anthropology Association, Laval, Quebec, May 2001: Men and Masculinities Session - “Abused or Abusing: Deciphering the Contradictions in the Social Construction of the “Battered Husband”.

Conference presenter at Canadian Sociological and Anthropology Association, Laval,Quebec, May 2001: Issues in Sexuality Session -“Mothering and Sexuality: Exploring Issues and Trends”.

Conference presenter at the International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois,February 2001: Feminists Teaching Information Technology Session - “Looking at Women’s Experiences in Cyberspace: Pedagogical Implications for Online Learning”.

2000

Conference presenter at Institute for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies: Feminist Utopias, Toronto, Ontario, November 2000: Gender and Cyberspace Session “An Exploration of Gender Constructions in Cyberspace”.

Conference presenter at American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 2000: Urban and Community Section - “Virtual Feminist Communities”.

Conference presenter at Canadian Sociological and Anthropology Association, Edmonton, AB, May 2000: New Information Technology and Society Session - “Women and the Internet: An Exploratory Study of Feminist Experiences in Cyberspace”.

Conference presenter at North Central Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2000: Sociological Issues in Canada: Implications of Virtual Communities Session - “An Exploration of Positive and Negative Responses to Women’s Websites”.