CURRICULUM VITAE OF SACHIL SINGH. Mackintosh-Corry Hall D427, Department of Sociology, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L3N6, Canada

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF SACHIL SINGH NAME MAILING ADDRESS EDUCATION 2010-present: (on leave F 2014 W 2015) Supervisor: Research Focus: Dissertation Title: : Supervisors: Research Focus: Dissertation Title: 2006: Supervisor: Research Focus: Dissertation Title: : Majors: Mr Sachil Singh Mackintosh-Corry Hall D427, Department of Sociology, Queen s University, Kingston, ON K7L3N6, Canada sachil.singh@queensu.ca PhD, Sociology Dr David Lyon Credit scoring, cumulative disadvantage, statistical discrimination, social sorting, South Africa, Oscar H. Gandy Jr., David Lyon, Harold Wolpe. Queen s University (Canada) The Black Box of Consumer Credit Scoring: the implications of algorithmic design for social transformation in South Africa MASocSci (MA, Economic History and Development Studies Programme) Dr Harald Witt and Dr Nancy Odendaal The political economy of cellphones and the Internet in Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) The Political Economy of Africa s Cyberspace: understanding how South Africa s government policies on digital technologies are appropriated, and influence development, at grassroots level in Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal BSocSci (Honours, Economic History and Development Studies Programme) Dr Bill Freund An economic history of technologies in the Durban harbour University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) An Economic History of the Durban Docks: a comparison of dockworker resistance to racial oppression and technological innovation, c BSocSci (First Class, Dean s Commendation) Development Studies, Economics, Internet Studies University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) 1

2 PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Journal Articles Singh, Sachil Flores 'Social Sorting as 'Social Transformation': credit scoring and the reproduction of populations as risks in South Africa', Security Dialogue, pp. 1-19, (Special Issue: Questioning Security Devices: Performativity, Resistance, Politics). Singh, Sachil 'The South African 'Information Society': problems with policy, legislation, rhetoric and implementation, ', Journal of Southern African Studies, 36(1): Edited Journal Issues Singh, Sachil, Smith, Harrison, and Thompson, Scott (eds) 'Doing Surveillance Studies: critical methodology and pedagogy', Surveillance & Society (Special Issue), 13(1). Book Chapters Other Singh, Sachil and Lyon, David 'Surveilling Consumers: the social consequences of data processing on Amazon.com' in The Routledge Companion to Digital Consumption, Russell W. Belk and Rosa Llamas (eds), London and New York: Routledge, pp Singh, Sachil How to Protect Your Privacy Online' (appendix) in Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada/Vivre à nu: La surveillance au Canada, Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon, and Valerie Steeves (eds), Edmonton: Athabasca University Press, pp AWARDS, BURSARIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS New Transparency Graduate Travel Grant (March, 2015), CAD500 Queen's University Graduate Award ( ), CAD27,144 International Tuition Award ( ) Queen's University, CAD20,000 Cogeco Award ( ) Queen's University, CAD6,869 Blakely Student Initiatives Fund (January, May, 2013), CAD700 New Transparency Graduate Travel Grant (March, 2013), CAD500 Dean's Travel Grant, Queen's University (2013), CAD3,000 Canadian Sociological Association Student Travel Grant (2013), CAD700 New Transparency Graduate Travel Grant (December 2012), CAD500 International Student Bursary ( , ) Queen's University, CAD1,160 Conference Presentation Travel Grant (2013) Department of Sociology, Queen's University, CAD400 National Research Foundation Doctoral Scholarship for Study Abroad ( ) (declined), USD36,000 + ZAR5000 2

3 Surveillance Studies Network Global Scholar (2011), CAD500 University of KwaZulu-Natal Graduate Scholarship (2007, 2008), ZAR14,000 National Research Foundation Free-Standing Honours Bursary (2006), ZAR7,000 University of KwaZulu-Natal Special Awards (2006), ZAR7,000 Ford Foundation travel and conference award (2006), Harvard University and Amherst College Danish Embassy travel and conference award (2005), University of Pretoria Dean s Commendation (2003, 2005) University of Natal Scholarship Award (2003) CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS Objective/Subjective Encounters with Statistical Discrimination in South Africa: qualitative findings from interviews with credit analysts, and with consumers of student loans and mortgages, Intersectional Approaches to Surveillance, Queen's University, Canada (June 2015). The Black Box of South Africa's Credit Scoring: confronting the 'panoptic sort' through its bureaucratic face, algorithmic operations and social experiences of Durbanites, Annual Canadian Sociological Association Conference at Congress, University of Ottawa, Canada (June 2015). A Political Economy of Personal Information in South Africa: comparing the back-end operations of credit scoring with its front-end social consequences, Africa Day Symposium, Queen's University, Canada (March 2015). Development, Disadvantage and Risk: the social consequences of credit scoring in South Africa, Annual Canadian Sociological Association Conference at Congress, University of Victoria, Canada (June 2013). Risky Subjects and Riskier Objects: the contribution of credit scoring technologies to social disadvantage in South Africa, (Re)Activating Objects: social theory and material culture, Western University, Canada (March 2013). The South African Obsession with Biometric Registration, Colonialism and Surveillance, Queen's University, Canada (April 2012). The South African 'Information Society': problems with policy, legislation, rhetoric and implementation, History and African Studies Seminar Series, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (October 2008). The United Nations in Cyberspace: combating phishing with collective security, Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations, University of Pretoria, South Africa (October 2005). TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS AND LECTURESHIPS Sociology of Globalization (SOCY225), Teaching Fellow, Queen's University (January-May 2016). Sociology of Development (SOCY472), Teaching Fellow, Queen's University (19 students, January- May 2014). Global Capital Accumulation and Dependency Theory, Sociology of Globalization (SOCY225), Guest Lecturer, Queen's University (100 students, February 2012). Commodity Trade, Political Ecology (EHDS201H2), Guest Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal (50 students, April 2008), 3

4 Population and the Environment, Political Ecology (EHDS201H2), Guest Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal (50 students, April 2008). The Political Economy of Eco-Feminism, Political Ecology (EHDS201H2), Guest Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal (50 students, April 2008). Trade and Fair Trade, Guest Lecturer, Political Economy of Food in a Global Context (EHDS101H2), University of KwaZulu-Natal (350 students, April 2008) Diseases and Domesticated Animals, Political Economy of Food in a Global Context (EHDS101H2), Guest Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal (200 students, February 2007). The Domestication of Animals, Political Economy of Food in a Global Context (EHDS101H2), Guest Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal (200 students, February 2007). TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Fall 2014, Winter 2015 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology (SOCY122) Department of Sociology, Queen's University Winter 2012, Winter 2013 Teaching Assistant, Sociology of Globalization (SOCY225) Department of Sociology, Queen's University Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Consumer Culture (SOCY306) Department of Sociology, Queen's University Summer/Fall 2010, Summer/Fall 2008, Summer/Fall 2007 Teaching Assistant, Internet Expertise (INST101H2) Department of Historical and Internet Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Summer/Fall 2009, Summer/Fall 2008, Summer/Fall 2007 Teaching Assistant, The Political Economy of Food (EHDS101H2). Economic History and Development Studies Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal Winter/Spring 2009, Winter/Spring 2008 Teaching Assistant, News, Media and the Internet Society (INST102H2) Department of Historical and Internet Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Winter/Spring 2009 Teaching Assistant, Empires of the Modern World (HIST102H2) Department of Historical Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Winter/Spring 2009, Winter/Spring 2008, Winter/Spring 2007 Teaching Assistant, Electronic Images and the Internet (INST202H2) Department of Historical and Internet Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal February-June 2009 English Second Language Teacher PowerOne Online, Philippines 4

5 Winter/Spring 2006 Teaching Assistant, Globalisation: Then and Now (EHDS102H2) Economic History and Development Studies Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS: Summer 2011-Summer 2015 Project: Organizer of the Surveillance Studies Centre Seminar Series Director: Dr David Lyon Queen's University (Surveillance Studies Centre) Spring-Summer 2013 Project: Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada Director: Drs Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon and Valerie Steeves The New Transparency Project Fall 2011 Project: Xenophobia in Southern Africa Primary Investigator: Dr Jonathan Crush Queen's University (Southern African Research Centre) Summer 2011, Fall 2011 Project: Advanced Studies in Surveillance Director: Dr David Lyon Queen's University (Department of Sociology) June-July 2011 Project: Surveillance and Digital Consumption Director: Dr David Lyon Queen's University (Department of Sociology) June 2007-November 2008 Project: Community Development in Mboza and Ndumu, Kwa-Zulu-Natal Director: Dr Harald Witt University of KwaZulu-Natal (Development Studies and Economic History Programme) EVENT ORGANIZATION: Fall 2015 Orientation Reception Assistant, Queen's University International Centre Summer Events: Surveillance Studies Centre Seminar Series, Queen's University 5

6 Description: Organizer and chair of 48 seminars. Fall 2014-Winter 2015 Description: Social Activities Coordinator, Queen's University International Centre May 30-June 1, 2013 Event: Doing Surveillance Studies: critical approaches to methods and pedagogy, Donald Gordon Conference Centre, Queen's University Description: One of three organizers of an international workshop involving 21 speakers and over 50 participants. June-July 2011 Event: Butoku Sai of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (international martial arts event of the DNBK), Queen's University, Canada Description: as the Deputy Secretary of Operations and Under Secretary of the Hourglass, I helped organize a martial arts festival that brought together over 300 participants from Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and South Africa. Updated August,