Kevin Driscoll

Kevin Driscoll works to encourage, support, and document cultures of everyday creativity. His recent research addresses the historicization of internet protocols, Wikipedia's changing editorial community, and the technical innovations of young people of color in hip-hop. Kevin also supports open education initiatives as a member of the Students for Free Culture board of directors. He holds an MS in Comparative Media Studies from MIT, a BA in Visual Art from Assumption College, and formerly taught mathematics and computer science at Prospect Hill Academy Charter School in Cambridge, MA.

Ph.D. Communication
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Ca

• ACGSA Technology Representative, 2010-2011

2009-Present

M.S. Comparative Media Studies
MIT, Cambridge, MA

• Thesis: Stepping your game up: Technical innovation among young people of color in hip-hop

2007-2009

B.A. Visual Arts, cum laude
Assumption College, Worcester, MA
Emphasis: Graphic Design, Installation, Philosophy, Computer Science

• Senior Thesis: The Origins of the Situationist International
• AC Green Party, Founder
• AC Allies (Gay-Straight Alliance), President

1998-2002

Additional coursework:

• Internet and Society: the Politics of Control with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society via Harvard Extension school, 2005
• Math and Science Partnership Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2004

Board of Directors
Students for Free Culture
2008-Present

Research Assistant
The Education Arcade, MIT
2009

Research Assistant
Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab
2007-2009

Instructor
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
2007-2009

Founding Board Member, Lead Developer
Developing Curriculum Inc.
2005 - 2008

Advisor
Second Gallery, South Boston, MA
2005-2007

Lead Teacher, Computer Science / Mathematics
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School, Cambridge, MA
2003 - 2007

Web Designer
Worcester Computer Co-op, Worcester, MA
2003

Instructor
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
2002-2003

QA/ Automation Engineer
Courion Corporation, Framingham, MA
1999-2002

• USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship, 2009
• Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fellowship, 2008
• iCommons Summit Scholar, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2007
• iCommons Summit Scholar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006
• Calderwood Writing Fellowship, Boston, MA, 2005

• COMM.371, Censorship and the Law, Michael Overing, USC, 2010
• 21W.789, Communicating with Mobile Technology, Ed Barrett, MIT, 2009
• CMS.100 Introduction to Media Studies, Beth Coleman, MIT, 2008
• CMS.400 Media Systems and Texts, Henry Jenkins, MIT, 2008
• Graphic Design II, Scott Glushien, Assumption College, 2001
• Graphic Design I, Elizabeth Meyersohn, Assumption College, 2000

• Driscoll, K., & Diaz, J. (2009) Endless loop: A brief history of chiptunes. Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2009.0096
  • Español: http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org/UserFiles/File/ CATALOGOS/ME_Playlist.pdf
  • Français: http://www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=1291

• Q&A with Tom Jennings. (Moderator). ROFLcon II, MIT, 2010.
• Unlimited talk and text: Visual artifacts of telephony on Vermont Ave. Annenberg Research and Creative Project Symposium, USC, 2010.
• Art and free culture activism. Guest lecturer with Michael Trigilio. UCSD, 2010.
• From Fan Activism to Political Activism: Participatory Democracy around Popular Media Affinity Groups. Digital Media and Learning Conference. University of California, San Diego, 2010.
• Stepping your game up: Technical innovation among young people of color in hip-hop, Thesis presentation, MIT, 2009 [Video]
• Endless loop: A brief history of chiptunes, XOR Con, 2009
• YouTube Decay, Culture Combat Conference, Brandeis University, 2009
• Make Do With What You Have / Take What You Can Get: Youth Media and Constraint, '80-'08, Guest lecture, CMS.100, MIT, 2008
• Everybody's Doing A Brand New Dance Now, CMS Colloquium, MIT, 2008
• Work it, Move it, Bang it, Bump it: Crank Dat Online Dance Craze, ROFLCon, 2008
• The Hip-Hop Approach: Technology, Ambiance, and Orality in Popular Music, Guest lecture, CMS.400, MIT, 2008
• Thanx 4 Da Add: How Soulja Boy Hacked Mainstream Music, Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group, 2007
• Kids 'n' Code: Hacking K-12 Computer Science, Boston Ruby Group, 2007
• Free Culture Activism and the Mass Media Conversation, Beyond Broadcast, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2007
• Free the curriculum: Supporting educators with open content, Wikimania, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 2006
• TeachForward: Itch/ Scratch, iSummit, iCommons, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006
• Tomorrow's Learner Today, Brain Gain, Education Technologies and Multimedia Development, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA, 2006
• Origins of the Situationist International, Assumption College, Worcester, MA, 2002

• Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System: Art in the Age of Intellectual Property, HMKV, Dortmund-Hö, DE, 2008
• U n mii 2gether, Proof Gallery, South Boston, MA, 2008
• Better Off Alone, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, 2007
• Personal Computer, Co-curator with gallery director, Rebecca Gordon, Second Gallery, South Boston, MA, 2007
• Offering to Xavier Cha's Horn of Plenty with Memories Forever, Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, NYC, 2006
• Memories Forever, Robert Melee's Talent Show, the Kitchen, NYC, 2005
• Selected Internet-based works executed in collaboration with Claire Chanel
  • MediaDefendr (beta), 2007
  • Stop Stop Stop Snitching, 2006
  • R-Kelly's Closet, 2005
  • RIAA Mix, 2004
  • Jay-Z Construction Set, 2004

• Programming: Python, Ruby, PHP, C/C++, Java, Javascript, XHTML/CSS, SQL
• Platforms: GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• Digital audio/ video production
• Event planning, promotion
• Photography, printmaking