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Patrick Keilty is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. He holds affiliations with University College, the Women and Gender Studies Institute, and the Technoscience Research Unit. His research examines digital infrastructures in sex industries, adult film, and the materiality of sexual media, intersecting science/technology studies, information studies, and media studies. Keilty has authored works such as Queer Data Studies and contributed to journals like Feminist Media Studies and Catalyst.
Education:
- PhD in Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), with a concentration in Gender Studies
- MLIS from UCLA
Research Focus: Explores payment processing, streaming, web design, and AI in sex industries, alongside histories of French stag films. Current projects include monographs on tech-driven sex industries and 1920s French films. He critiques 'white infrastructure' in pornography and advocates for queer data ethics.
Awards:
- 2020 4S Infrastructure Award (co-recipient) for Catalyst editorial work
- 2017 J. Franklin Jameson Archival Advocacy Award (co-recipient) for 'Guerilla Archiving'
Teaching & Leadership: Courses include Technology Studies, Queer GLAM, and Critical Infrastructures. Previously co-chaired SCMS Adult Film SIG and directed the Sexual Representation Collection. Current roles include GLAM Incubator directorship and SSHRC grant leadership.
Labs/Initiatives: Member of the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative and Data Sciences Institute. Engages in projects like the Technoscience Research Unit's environmental data justice work.
