ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2004 – Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Communications, University of Illinois at Chicago
2004 – Post Doctorate Research Associate, College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004.
Committee Advisor: Jay P. Kesan
Dissertation Title: Understanding How Communication Technologies Regulate
J.D., College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1994.

PUBLICATIONS
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. Recipes for Cookies: How Institutions Shape Communication Technologies. Accepted by New Media & Society.
Shah, R. C., & Sandvig, C. Software Defaults as De Facto Regulation: The Case of Wireless Access Points. Accepted by Information, Communication, and Society.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. How Architecture Regulates. Accepted by the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2007) The Privatization of the Internet's Backbone Network. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 51(1), 93-109.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2006). Setting Software Defaults. Notre Dame Law Review, 82(2), 583-634.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2006). Shaping Code. Journal of Internet Law, 9(9), 3-13.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2005). Shaping Code. Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, 18(2), 319-399.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2005). Nurturing Code: How Societal Institutions Shape the Development of Software. Communications of the ACM, 48(9), 80-85.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2004). Deconstructing Code. Yale Journal of Law & Technology, 6, 277-389.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003). Incorporating Societal Concerns into Communication Technologies. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 22(2), 28-33.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003). Manipulating the Governance Characteristics of Code. Info, 5(4), 3-9.
Kesan, J. P., & Shah, R. C. (2001). Fool Us Once Shame on You - Fool Us Twice Shame on Us: What We Can Learn from the Privatizations of the Internet Backbone Network and the Domain Name System. Washington University Law Quarterly, 79(1), 89-220.

RESEARCH GRANTS
Governing with Information Technologies, National Science Foundation, Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate #0429217, with Jay P. Kesan as the principal investigator 2004-2007.
Understanding "Code": How Information Technologies Regulate Behavior, National Science Foundation, Information Technology Research #0081426, $297,345, with Jay P. Kesan as the principal investigator, 2000-2004.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J.P. (2007, Sep. 29). An Empirical Examination of Open Standards. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Shah, R.C., & Kesan, J.P. (2007, Oct. 17-20). Government Policy Towards Open Standards: A Case Study on the Massachusetts Policy. Association of Internet Researchers, Vancouver, Canada.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2007, July 25). Setting Software Defaults, Law and Society Association, Berlin, Germany.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2007, May 28). Influencing Communications Policy With Software Defaults. International Communication Association, San Francisco, California.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2007, May 20-23). Open Standards and the Role of Politics. International Conference on Digital Government Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Shah, R.C., & Kesan, J.P. (2006, Sep. 30). Setting Policy with Software Defaults. Association of Internet Researchers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Shah, R.C., & Kesan, J.P. (2006, Sep. 20). Setting Online Policy with Software Defaults, iCS Symposium, University of York, UK.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2006, July 9). Regulating with Software Defaults. Law & Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2006, May 24). Policy Through Software Defaults. National Conference on Digital Government Research, San Diego, California.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2005, Oct. 6). Examining How Users Reconfigure Their Computers. Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, Illinois.
Shah, R.C. (2005, Oct. 5). Wireless Internet Mapping and Visualization. Association of Internet Researchers, Chicago, Illinois.
Shah, R. C., & Sandvig, C. (2005, Sep. 24). Software Defaults as De Facto Regulation: The Case of Wireless Access Points. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2005, June 5). Analyzing the Governance Characteristics of Code. Law and Society Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2005, May 30). Recursive Regulatory Model for Technology. International Communication Association, New York, New York.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2005, May 17). Governance Characteristics of Information Technology. National Conference on Digital Government Research, Atlanta, Georgia.
Shah, R. C. (2005, April 14). Strategies for Infusing Code with Values. Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, Seattle, Washington.
Shah, R. C. (2005, April 13). Moderator for Intelligent Video Surveillance. Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, Seattle, Washington.
Shah, R.C. (2005, April 9), Governance Characteristics. W(h)ither the Middleman, College of Law, Michigan State University.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, Oct 1-3). Old Wine in a New Bottle: RFIDs and Cookies. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Shah, R.C. (2004, Sep. 19-22). Delineating the Politics of Architecture. Association of Internet Researchers, Sussex, England.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, Sep. 19-22). Theorizing Code: A Recursive Regulatory Model for Code. Association of Internet Researchers, Sussex, England.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, May 30). Governing Through Code: The Manipulable Characteristics of the Law of Cyberspace. International Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2004, May 29). Evaluating Three Potential Models for Theorizing the Medium. International Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kesan, J.P., & Shah, R.C. (2004, May 27). Theorizing Regulation Through Code: A Recursive Regulatory Model for Technology. Law and Society Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Shah, R.C. (2004, March 29). Panel member for Public Policy and Data Engineering: E-government Applications, Trust, Privacy, and Security. International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts.
Shah, R.C. (2003, Dec. 8). Technology and Standards in the Public Interest: Comparing Values and Approaches to Code as Law. Cotswold, England.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003, October 16). Manipulating Code: How Society Can Utilize Code as a Regulatory Mechanism. Association of Internet Researchers, Toronto, Ontario.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003, June 6). Theorizing Architecture as a Regulatory Force. Law and Society Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2003, May 26). Analyzing the Production of the Law of Cyberspace. International Communication Association, San Diego, California.
Shah, R. C. (2003, March 6). Inclusion of Public Interest Values in Internet Policy. Public Values, System Design, and the Public Domain, Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy.
Shah, R. C. (2003, February 2). Shaping Digital Infrastructures. Infrastructures of Digital Design: Thinking/Building/Living, San Diego, California.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, November 21). The Role of the Open Source Movement in the Development of Communication Technologies. National Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, October 16). Shaping the Development of Information Technologies to Meet Societal Concerns. Association of Internet Researchers, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, October 16). Privatization of the Internet’s Backbone Network. Association of Internet Researchers, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, September 29). Governance Characteristics of “Code”: The Role of Transparency, Defaults, and Standards. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington D.C.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, June 8). Incorporating Societal Concerns into Communication Technologies. International Symposium on Technology and Society, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2002, May 31). The Role of Institutions in the Production of the Law of Cyberspace. Law and Society Association, Vancouver, Canada.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2001, November 1). The Politics of "Code": The Role of Societal Institutions in the Design of Communication Technologies. National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2001, October 28). The Role of Institutions in the Design of Communication Technologies. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington D.C.
Shah, R. C., & Kesan, J. P. (2001, October 13). The Role of Institutions in the Design and Development of Computer-Mediated Communication Technologies. Association of Internet Researchers, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Shah, R. C. (2001, October 12). Cracking Codes: The Debate about Code: Regulators and Policy Makers. Association of Internet Researchers, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Fellowships
Technology, Institutions, and Governance fellowship from the National Center for Digital Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2003-2004.
Graduate Fellowship, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001-2002.
Awards
Best Paper Award at the Digital Government Conference, 2007
Honors
Kappa Tau Alpha (Academic Honor Society for Communications), 2001.
Research Product Development Team Award, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1999.
Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honor Society), 1998.
Research Assistant of the Semester, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Summer 1998.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
Association of Internet Researchers
National Communication Association
International Communication Association
Law and Society Association
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility