About Me

Christopher S. Rice is the Social Technology Strategist in the Office of Undergraduate Education and the online community manager of The Big Blue Network. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science with a Certificate in Social Theory from the University of Kentucky. He has, in the past, worked as Lecturer and Internship Director in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, Research Director of the University of Kentucky’s Appalachian Center and as Program Director of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development. His current work focuses on the use of blogging, wikis, virtual worlds and other social media technologies in higher education programss and classrooms. His writing attempts to blend the development of critical political theory with the construction of political and digital ethnographies concerning issues of space and place. His dissertation, Discourses of Sustainability: Grassroots Organizations and Sustainable Community Development in Central Appalachia, examined the work of several grassroots and community-based organizations in promoting community sustainability in the region. His teaching interests include modern and contemporary political theory, Kentucky politics and Appalachian politics. Currently, Christopher lives in Lexington, Kentucky with his wife and two young and energetic children. His oldest daughter graduated from college in the Spring of 2008 and doesn’t visit near enough.

Email Christopher at christopherscottrice [AT] gmail [DOT] com, Facebook me, or send a Tweet to @ricetopher.