Deborah Poskanzer 

I am an independent scholar and editor. My areas of expertise include:

v Energy Efficiency, Consumption and Behaviors

v History of Media and Information Technology

v Social Impacts of Technology

v Humanism and the Humanities

v Modern Japan

Contact Information:

v Email: dposk@post.harvard.edu

v Mobile: (+1)510.316.0539

v Skype: chezdeb

Please have a look at my curriculum vitae

And some of my publications:

v "Oh, the Humanities!" Issues in Science and Technology (Winter 2015)

v "Big Data" in Ethics, Science, Technology and Engineering, ed. J. Britt Holbrook. Gale Cengage Learning, 2014

v "A Graph Is Worth a Thousand Gigawatt - Hours: How California Came to Lead the US in Energy Efficiency"

Arthur Rosenfeld and Deborah Poskanzer. Innovations 4:4 (Fall 2009)

v 無線マニアからオーディエンスへ：日本のラジオ黎明期 におけるアマチア文化の衰退と放送文化の台頭

(From Operators to Audience: The Decline of Ham Culture and the Rise of Broadcasting in Japan)

in「20世紀のメディア〈1〉 エレクトリック・メディアの近代」(20^th Century Media, v.1: Modern Electric Media) 

水越伸編 (ed. Shin Mizukoshi). 東京：ジャストシステム (Tokyo: Justsystem) 1996

Here are topics I am currently working on

"Lowest Energy Users: Who They Are and What They Do" Reuben Deumling, Alan Meier and Deborah Poskanzer

"Big Data, Bad Brains: Is Data-Driven Policy a Fix for Information Overload?"  Deborah Poskanzer and Daniel Sarewitz

"Read my Hips! Using 'Thermal Body Language' to Control Heating and Cooling Systems" Alan Meier and Deborah Poskanzer

Websites of some friends and relations:

v Alan Meier

v Jef Poskanzer

v Arthur Poskanzer

v Harold Poskanzer

v Harold (Hal) Wilhite

When I'm not working, I like to read, drink coffee, and garden. Sometimes all three at once.

And when I pass into the beyond, I hope to wake up in Secular Humanist Heaven.

Thank you for your interest!