E. Stefan Kehlenbach

Education Background:

​​PhD., Political Science, University of California Riverside, (2022)
​ Concentrations: Political Theory, Comparative Politics

M.A., Political Science, Boston College, 
 Concentration: Political Theory

B.A., Political Science, University of California Irvine 
Concentration: Political Theory

B.A., Philosophy, University of California Irvine, Concentration: Early-Modern Philosophy

I am a PhD Candidate in Political Theory at the University of California, Riverside and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at a number of community colleges in Southern California.

My dissertation, Behind the Silicon Curtain: A Critical Theory of Big Data develops a new critical theory of technology, focused on big data. Drawing on the Frankfurt School, Foucault and the STS tradition, I develop critiques of power, ontology and epistemology as they relate to the collection and deployment of big data in society.