Rajiv Shah
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
rshah AT pobox.com
EDUCATION
PhD, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 2004.
Dissertation Title: Understanding How Communication Technologiesco
Regulate.
JD, College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
1997.
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1994
SKILLS
• Experienced in statistical analysis, e.g., SPSS,
Tableau, R, and SQL
• Ability to use scripting languages, such as
Powershell
• Developing databases and web sites
• Fluent in MS Office Suite, e.g., Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Visio
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FULL ACADEMIC CV
ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOCUS
My research focuses on the public policy implications stemming from the
design of communication technology. Many fundamental societal
concerns, such as privacy, are intertwined with the hardware and
software of technologies. I have examined this in the last ten
years by considering the relationships between society, technology, and
law.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Fall 2004 – Present, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of
Communications, University of Illinois at Chicago
2013 – 2014, Instructor, Department of Technology, Illinois State
University
Fall 2004 – 2009, Post Doctorate Research Associate, College of Law,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PUBLICATIONS
Shah, R. C., & Braithwaite, J. (2012) Spread Too Thin: Analyzing
the Effectiveness of the Chicago Camera Network on Crime. Police
Practice and Research: An International Journal
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2012) Lost in Translation:
Interoperability Issues for Open Standards. I/S: A Journal of Law
and Policy for the Information Society 8(1), 113-141.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2009) Running Code as Part of an Open
Standards Policy. First Monday 6(1), online at
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2414/2201.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2009) Recipes for Cookies: How
Institutions Shape Communication Technologies. New Media &
Society 11(3), 315-336.
Shah, R.C., Kesan, J. P., & Kennis A. (2008) Lessons for Government
Adoption of Open Standards: A Case Study of the Massachusetts
Policy. Journal of Information Technology & Politics 5(4),
387-398.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2008) Setting Online Policy with
Software Defaults. Information, Communication, and Society 11(7),
989-1007.
Shah, R. C., & Sandvig, C. (2008) Software Defaults as De Facto
Regulation: The Case of Wireless Access Points.
Information, Communication, and Society, 11(1), 25-46.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2007) How Architecture Regulates.
Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 24(4), 350-359.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2007) The Privatization of the
Internet's Backbone Network. Journal of Broadcasting and
Electronic Media, 51(1), 93-109.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2006) Setting Software Defaults. Notre
Dame Law Review, 82(2), 583-634.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2006) Shaping Code. Journal of
Internet Law, 9(9), 3-13.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2005) Shaping Code. Harvard
Journal of Law & Technology, 18(2), 319-399.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2005) Nurturing Code: How
Societal Institutions Shape the Development of Software. Communications
of the ACM, 48(9), 80-85.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2004) Deconstructing Code. Yale
Journal of Law & Technology, 6, 277-389.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003) Incorporating Societal Concerns
into Communication Technologies. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine,
22(2), 28-33.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003) Manipulating the Governance
Characteristics of Code. Info, 5(4), 3-9.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2001) Fool Us Once Shame on You - Fool
Us Twice Shame on Us: What We Can Learn from the Privatizations
of the Internet Backbone Network and the Domain Name System. Washington
University Law Quarterly, 79(1), 89-220.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Shah, R. C., & McQuade, Brendan (2016). Surveillance, Security, and
Intelligence-Led Policing in Chicago. In (Bennett, Larry; Garner,
Roberta and Hague, Euan,,eds), Neoliberal Chicago: University of
Illinois Press.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2010). Software as Governance. In H.
Scholl (Ed.), Electronic Government: Information, Technology, and
Transformation: M.E. Sharpe, p. 125-140.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2009) Improving Access to Government
Information with Open Standards for Document Formats in Handbook of
Research on ICT Enabled Transformational Government: A Global
Perspective, Eds. V. Weerakkody, M. Janssen, and Y. Dwivedi, p. 163-174.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Governing with Information Technologies, National Science Foundation,
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate #0429217,
$471,345, with Jay P. Kesan as the principal investigator 2004-2007.
Understanding "Code": How Information Technologies Regulate Behavior,
National Science Foundation, Information Technology Research #0081426,
$297,345, with Jay P. Kesan as the principal investigator, 2000-2004.
CONFERENCES WITH PROCEEDINGS
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2009, Jan 5-8). Running Code as Part of
an Open Standards Policy. Hawaii International Conference on System
Sciences, Manoa, Hawaii.
Shah, R.C., & Kesan, J.P. (2008, Dec. 1-4). Evaluating the
Interoperability of Document Formats: ODF and OOXML as Examples,
International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic
Governance, Macao, China.
Shah, R. C., Kesan, J.P., & Kennis A. (2008, May 20). Implementing
Open Standards:
A Case Study of the Massachusetts Open Formats Policy.
International Conference on Digital Government Research, Montreal,
Canada.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2008, Jan 7). An Empirical Examination
of Open Standards Development. Hawaii International Conference on
System Sciences, Manoa, Hawaii. **Best Paper Award**
Shah, R.C., Kesan, J.P., and Kennis A., (2007, Dec. 13). Lessons for
Open Standard Policies: A Case Study of the Massachusetts
Experience, International Conference on Theory and Practice of
Electronic Governance, Macao, China.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2007, May 20-23). Open Standards and
the Role of Politics. International Conference on Digital Government
Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, vol. 228, 3-12. **Best Paper
Award**
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2006, May 24). Policy Through Software
Defaults. National Conference on Digital Government Research, San
Diego, California, vol. 151, 265-272.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2005, May 17). Governance
Characteristics of Information Technology. National Conference on
Digital Government Research, Atlanta, Georgia, vol 89, 91-96.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, June 8). Incorporating Societal
Concerns into Communication Technologies. International Symposium on
Technology and Society, Raleigh, North Carolina, 290-295.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Shah, R. C. (2013, October 23). Open Standards and Running
Code. Interoperable Open Architecture, London, UK.
Shah, R. C. (2011, May 24). Never Focused: Video Surveillance in
Chicago. International Symposium on Technology and Society,
Chicago, IL.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2010, Feb. 9). Adding Voices to the
Standards Process. International Scholars Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2009, May 21-25). A Lost
Promise: The Lack of Interoperability for Open Standard Document
Formats. International Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2009, Jan 5). An Empirical Examination
of Open Standards Development. Global E-Government Research and
Practice Symposium, Manoa, Hawaii. **Invited Presentation**
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2008, Dec. 11). Regulatory Strategies
for Shaping Technology. Tilting Perspectives on Regulating
Technologies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2008, Sep. 27). Evaluating the
Interoperability of Software Implementations for Open Standards: ODF
and OOXML As Examples. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference,
Washington, D.C.
Shah, R. C., Kesan, J. P., & Kennis A. (2008, May 23). Saving the
World from Microsoft’s DOC Format:
How Governments Can Transition to Open Formats for Documents.
International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2008, Jan 7). Governing with IT,
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Manoa, Hawaii.
**Invited Presentation**
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2007, Sep. 29). An Empirical
Examination of Open Standards. Telecommunications Policy Research
Conference, Washington, D.C.
Shah, R.C., & Kesan, J.P. (2007, Oct. 18). Government Policy
Towards Open Standards: A Case Study on the Massachusetts Policy.
Association of Internet Researchers, Vancouver, Canada.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2007, July 25). Setting Software
Defaults, Law and Society Association, Berlin, Germany.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2007, May 28). Influencing
Communications Policy With Software Defaults. International
Communication Association, San Francisco, California.
Shah, R.C., & Kesan, J.P. (2006, Sep. 30). Setting Policy with
Software Defaults. Association of Internet Researchers, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia.
Shah, R.C., & Kesan, J.P. (2006, Sep. 20). Setting Online Policy
with Software Defaults, iCS Symposium, University of York, UK.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2006, July 9). Regulating with
Software Defaults. Law & Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2005, Oct. 6). Examining How Users
Reconfigure Their Computers. Association of Internet Researchers,
Chicago, Illinois.
Shah, R.C. (2005, Oct. 5). Wireless Internet Mapping and Visualization.
Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, Illinois.
Shah, R. C., & Sandvig, C. (2005, Sep. 24). Software Defaults as De
Facto Regulation: The Case of Wireless Access Points.
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2005, June 5). Analyzing the Governance
Characteristics of Code. Law and Society Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2005, May 30). Recursive Regulatory
Model for Technology. International Communication Association, New
York, New York.
Shah, R. C. (2005, April 14). Strategies for Infusing Code with Values.
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, Seattle, Washington.
Shah, R. C. (2005, April 13). Moderator for Intelligent Video
Surveillance. Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, Seattle, Washington.
Shah, R.C. (2005, April 9), Governance Characteristics. W(h)ither the
Middleman, College of Law, Michigan State University.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, Oct 1-3). Old Wine in a New
Bottle: RFIDs and Cookies. Telecommunications Policy Research
Conference, Washington, D.C.
Shah, R.C. (2004, Sep. 19-22). Delineating the Politics of
Architecture. Association of Internet Researchers, Sussex, England.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, Sep. 19-22). Theorizing
Code: A Recursive Regulatory Model for Code. Association of
Internet Researchers, Sussex, England.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, May 30). Governing Through
Code: The Manipulable Characteristics of the Law of Cyberspace.
International Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, May 29). Evaluating Three
Potential Models for Theorizing the Medium. International Communication
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2004, May 27). Theorizing Regulation
Through Code: A Recursive Regulatory Model for Technology. Law and
Society Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Shah, R.C. (2004, March 29). Panel member for Public Policy and Data
Engineering: E-government Applications, Trust, Privacy, and Security.
International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Shah, R.C. (2003, Dec. 8). Technology and Standards in the Public
Interest: Comparing Values and Approaches to Code as Law. Cotswold,
England.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003, October 16). Manipulating
Code: How Society Can Utilize Code as a Regulatory Mechanism.
Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, Ontario.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003, June 6). Theorizing Architecture
as a Regulatory Force. Law and Society Association, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003, May 26). Analyzing the
Production of the Law of Cyberspace. International Communication
Association, San Diego, California.
Shah, R. C. (2003, March 6). Inclusion of Public Interest Values in
Internet Policy. Public Values, System Design, and the Public Domain,
Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy.
Shah, R. C. (2003, February 2). Shaping Digital Infrastructures.
Infrastructures of Digital Design: Thinking/Building/Living, San Diego,
California.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, November 21). The Role of the
Open Source Movement in the Development of Communication Technologies.
National Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, October 16). Shaping the
Development of Information Technologies to Meet Societal Concerns.
Association of Internet Researchers, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, October 16). Privatization of
the Internet’s Backbone Network. Association of Internet Researchers,
Maastricht, Netherlands.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, September 29). Governance
Characteristics of “Code”: The Role of Transparency, Defaults,
and Standards. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference,
Washington D.C.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, May 31). The Role of
Institutions in the Production of the Law of Cyberspace. Law and
Society Association, Vancouver, Canada.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2001, November 1). The Politics of
"Code": The Role of Societal Institutions in the Design of
Communication Technologies. National Communication Association,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2001, October 28). The Role of
Institutions in the Design of Communication Technologies.
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington D.C.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2001, October 13). The Role of
Institutions in the Design and Development of Computer-Mediated
Communication Technologies. Association of Internet Researchers,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Shah, R. C. (2001, October 12). Cracking Codes: The Debate about
Code: Regulators and Policy Makers. Association of Internet
Researchers, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
INVITED TALKS
Shah, R. C. (2014, Sep 22). Surveillance in Chicago.
Presented on a panel for Rethinking Privacy in a Digital Age for State
Senator Daniel Bliss, Skokie, IL.
Shah, R. C. (2014, April 22). History of Surveillance in
Chicago. Columbia College, Panel on Surveillance and the Arts,
Chicago.
Shah, R. C. (2014, March 27). History of Surveillance in Chicago.
CivicLab, Chicago.
Shah, R. C. (2011, Feb 2). Chicago’s Cameras and Crime. Presented on
panel by Chicago Council of Lawyers, Chicago.
Shah, R. C. (2012, March 14). In the Know: Chicago's Spy in the
Sky. Presented at panel hosted at the Chicago History Museum by WBEZ,
Chicago.
Shah, R. C. (2011, May 4th). Never Focused: Video Surveillance in
Chicago. Information Science School, Cornell University.
Shah, R. C. (2001, June 20). How the Architecture of Communication
Technologies Regulates Behavior. National Science Foundation's Graduate
Summer WebShop, University of Maryland.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Fellowships
Technology, Institutions, and Governance fellowship from the National
Center for Digital Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, 2003-2004.
Graduate Fellowship, Institute of Government and Public Affairs,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001-2002.
Awards
Best Paper Award for E-Government Track at Hawaii International
Conference on System Sciences, 2008.
Best Paper Award at the Digital Government Conference, 2007.
Honors
Kappa Tau Alpha (Academic Honor Society for Communications), 2001.
Research Product Development Team Award, U.S. Army Construction
Engineering Research Laboratory, 1999.
Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honor Society), 1998.
Research Assistant of the Semester, U.S. Army Construction Engineering
Research Laboratory, Summer 1998.
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Fellow, National Center for Digital Government, John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University, 2003-2004.
Teaching Assistant, Institute of Communications Research, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (teaching Comm. 101), 2002-2003.
Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (conducting research under a
NSF grant), 2000-2003.
Research Assistant, Institute for Government and Public Affairs,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (awarded a fellowship),
2001-2002.
Research Assistant, Institute of Communications Research, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (aided Dr. Robert McChesney), Spring 2000.
Research Assistant, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory, Champaign, IL (conducted research in the material sciences
department), 1997-2000.
Research Assistant, College of Law, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (aided Dr. Francis Boyle), Fall 1996.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The Social and Cultural Foundations of the Mass Media (Comm. 101),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002-2003.
Electronic Commerce (TEC 348.06), Illinois State University 2013, 2014.
REVIEWER FOR
Journals:
The Information Society, New Media & Society, IEEE Journal of
Privacy and Security, Communication Review, Information, Communication
and Society, Journal of Law, Technology & Policy, Proceedings of
the IEEE, Journal of Management Information Systems, Space &
Culture, Critical Studies in Media Communication
Conferences:
Association of Internet Researchers
Digital Government Conference Program Committee
International Communication Association
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
Association of Internet Researchers
National Communication Association
International Communication Association
Digital Government Society
Law and Society Association
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Illinois State Bar Association