Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office Hours
Summer 2025
Faculty advising with Prof. Kelkar will resume in August 2025 for the Fall semester.
Shreeharsh is an interpretive social scientist interested in understanding how our new computing infrastructures of humans, algorithms, software, and data (or AI, as it’s all called these days) are changing labor, work practices, and expertise.
PUBLICATIONS
Kelkar, Shreeharsh. “Post-truth and the Search for Objectivity: Political Polarization and the Remaking of Knowledge Production.” Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 5 (2019): 86-106.
Kelkar, Shreeharsh. “Engineering a platform: The construction of interfaces, users, organizational roles, and the division of labor.” New Media & Society 20, no. 7 (2018): 2629-2646. Ungated pre-print available on SocArXiv.
Video Faculty Profile: https://youtu.be/WO4E9cMNOq4
Courses taught
- ISF 100A: Introduction to Social Theory and Cultural Analysis
- ISF C100G: Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society
- ISF 100J: The Social Life of Computing
- ISF 189: Interdisciplinary Research Methods
- ISF 190: Senior Thesis
- skelkar@berkeley.edu
- Website
- 269 Evans Hall