Peter Sachs Collopy

Academic

• Cybernetic Utopianism: The Politics of Experimental Video, Workshop in History and Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. January 30, 2012.
• Computing, Video, and Radical Software, Cultures and Communities in the History of Computing, Cleveland. November 6, 2011.
• Cybernetics and the Human Sciences in the Counterculture, History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland. November 4, 2011.
• “Design by Wholesale”: Darwinism as “the Calvinistic Interpretation of Nature,” Science and Religion in America, Princeton University. September 24, 2011.
• Virtual Revolutions, Virtual Histories, University of Pennsylvania. February 18, 2011.
• Guerrilla Television and the Utopian Promise of Video
  • • Society for Utopian Studies Annual Meeting, Milwaukee. October 31, 2010.
  • • Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting, Tacoma. October 2, 2010.
  • • k(NO)w tomorrow: Contradictions of Imagining the Future, George Mason University. September 25, 2010.
  • • STS Graduate Student Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. February 20, 2010.
• Naturalizing Calvinism: The Darwinism and Anti-Evolutionism of George Frederick Wright, 150 Years After Origin: Biological, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives, University of Toronto. November 24, 2009.
• Race Relations: Montagu, Dobzhansky, Coon, and the Divergence of Race Concepts, Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology, Drew University. April 4, 2009.
• George Frederick Wright and the Evolving Harmony of Science and Revelation, Evolution and Religion: Towards a History of an Evolving Relationship, Clemson University. February 13, 2009.

Community

• Alternative Co-op Models (panelist), Mid-Atlantic Conference for Start-up Food Co-ops, Philadelphia. April 16, 2011.
• Can We Use Wikipedia Appropriately? eTech Ohio Conference, Columbus. February 4, 2008.

• • Fall 2011. Guest instructor on ancient natural philosophy.
• • Fall 2010. Teaching assistant to John Tresch and guest lecturer on Isaac Newton and the Royal Society.
• • Fall 2009. Guest lecturer on early modern astronomy.

Fellowships

• Graduate Research Fellowship ($122,500), National Science Foundation. 2009–2012.
• Pottruck Graduate Presidential Prize Fellowship ($4000), University of Pennsylvania. 2009.
• Benjamin Franklin Fellowship ($258,300), University of Pennsylvania. 2008–2009.
• Leroy S. Heck Jr. Memorial Scholarship, Oberlin College. 2006–2007.
• National Merit Scholarship. 2003–2007.

Prizes

• MIT Press Travel Award ($500) for “Computing, Video, and Radical Software,” Special Interest Group for Computers, Information and Society. 2011.
• Comfort Starr Prize in History ($200), Oberlin College. 2007.

Grants

• Travel Grant ($713), History of Science Society. 2011.
• Travel Grant ($614), Society for the History of Technology. 2010.
• GAPSA Research Student Travel Grant ($397), University of Pennsylvania. 2010.
• School of Arts and Sciences Travel Subventions ($900), University of Pennsylvania. 2009–2010.
• Jerome Davis Research Award ($450), Oberlin College. 2006.

Professional

• Assistant Editor, History of Anthropology Newsletter. 2010–present.
• Contributor, Genetics & Medicine Historical Network Newsletter No. 15. 2011. Coauthored a report on the History of Science Society 2010 Annual Meeting with Andrew Hogan.
• Manuscript Reviewer, MIS Quarterly. 2010–2011.

Institutional

• Educational Technology Committee, Oberlin College. 2006–2007. Served on a subcommittee on course management software.
• Student Senate, Oberlin College. 2005–2006. Lobbied successfully for the adoption of LEED energy efficiency standards for new buildings.
• Curricular Pathways Working Group, Oberlin College. 2005–2006. Worked with faculty to recommend changes to the curriculum, served on a subcommittee on collaboration in teaching.

Community

• Convener, Mariposa Food Co-op. 2011–2012. Oversaw $2.6 million expansion.
• Board of Delegates, Mariposa Food Co-op. 2009–2012. Served on committees on membership, education, and fundraising.
• Administrator, Everything2. 2007–2008. Co-managed a pioneering online community.
• Board of Directors, Oberlin Student Cooperative Association. 2007. Oversaw a major rent contract negotiation.