Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office Hours
Fall 2025: August 27-December 5
Mondays: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: All office hours will be held remotely via Zoom.
Zoom Link:
How it works: There is no need to email or make an appointment—just drop in. You will be placed in a waiting room, and I will meet with everyone in the order they arrive. Please know that I will stay online to meet with every student, even if it’s past our official end time.
Location: All office hours will be held remotely via Zoom.
Zoom Link:
https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/How it works: There is no need to email or make an appointment—just drop in. You will be placed in a waiting room, and I will meet with everyone in the order they arrive. Please know that I will stay online to meet with every student, even if it’s past our official end time.
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