Torin Monahan
Torin Monahan is an American science and technology studies scholar who has made significant contributions to the study of surveillance, social inequalities, national security, and art-based activism. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of ''Surveillance & Society'', the leading academic journal on surveillance. Monahan is currently a Professor of communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Education Monahan received a Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University, Northridge in 1993, and a Master of Arts in English (with distinction) from the same university in 1996.http://publicsurveillance.com/papers/cv.pdf Monahan then pursued additional graduate training in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, receiving a Master of Science in STS in 2002 followed by a PhD in STS in 2003. Career Monahan worked as an Assistant Professor in the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University fro ...
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University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The unive ...
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