Detailed C.V.: Complete Talks

2007
• "The RIAA Sings Soprano: An Offer We Can't Refuse?" (panel), Institute for Computer Policy & Law (July 27, 2007) (PDF)
• "The Public Domain Land" (panel), ReaderCon (July 6, 2007)
• "What's On Your Bookshelf?: LibraryThing" (panel), ReaderCon (July 7, 2007)
• "Women Authors You Probably Never Heard Of" (panel), WisCon (May 2007)
• "Feminist SF Wiki Workshop" (workshop), WisCon (May 2007)
• Radical Reference (NY), April 29, 2007
• Sarah Lawrence College, April 5, 2007
• "Software Freedom and the Organic Internet" (panel), The 2007 NYC Grassroots Media Conference, March 24, 2007, New School University, New York City.
• Respondent, "Eyes on the Fair Use Prize" (screening), The 2007 NYC Grassroots Media Conference, March 24, 2007, New School University, New York City.
• How Copyright Law Curtails Access and What That Means For Libraries (panel), Metropolitan New York Library Council, Feb. 15, 2007.

2006
• "Open Source on the Line" (panel), Rhizome, Dec. 4, 2006.
• "Copyright & Fair Use", "Rethinking and Redefining the Boundaries: Current Issues in Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law" (panel), Fordham Fall Symposium, Nov. 17, 2006; proceedings forthcoming.
• "Why Fair Use Is Important and How to Defend It", DragonCon 2006, September, 2006.
• "Free Expression Concerns and Network Neutrality" (panel discussion on "Network Neutrality"), DragonCon 2006, September, 2006.
• "Creative Commons and Open Content Models", DragonCon 2006, September, 2006.
• "Tiny Trackers: How to Implement RFID Technologies in Libraries Without Giving Up Our Principles", American Library Association Annual Conference, June 25, 2006 (panel presentation on RFID and privacy). Presentation & Notes.
• "The Muse Is Never Monogamous", WisCon 30, May 28, 2006 (panel discussion on copyright & trademark).
• "The Librarian As Hero", WisCon 30, May 27, 2006 (panel discussion on libraries & librarians in fiction and reality)
• "Reform or Revolution", WisCon 30, May 27, 2006 (panel on social change) (proceedings forthcoming).
• "Protecting Your Work: Copyright & Fair Use", Full-Time Artist: Business of Art Conference, May 20, 2006 (presentation with Marjorie Heins).
• "Legal Easy: Contracts, Licensing and Protecting Your Digital Content", Q-ME: Queer Media & Entertainment Conference, April 16, 2006 (panel moderator and speaker).
• "Feminist Science Fiction and Utopian Ideals," Free Radio Santa Cruz, April 12, 2006 (radio guest).

2005
• Nov. 14, 2005, Emerson College, Panel discussion, "Alternative Freedom" Screening.
• Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. Guest Speaker at Digital Archiving Committee Meeting, 2005 October.
• Emerson College, Media Studies Class, Guest Lecturer, 2005 March.

2000-04
• San Francisco Public Library, RFID Forum, 2004 March 4. Panel discussion.
• Wiscon, "Owning Bodies, Sharing Books: Emerging Conflicts in Intellectual Property Rights" (2002).

1994-97
• WisCon 21, 1997. "Lavendar-Tinted Glasses: Gay Issues in SF" (panel)
• Illinois Library Association, Annual Meeting, 1996. "Multimedia in the Library." Presentation with Tom Jevec.
• Illinois Library Association, Annual Meeting, 1996. "Home on the Web: Developing a Library Web Presence." Presentation with Tom Jevec; published in Annual Proceedings.
• Presentation, Chicago Public Library, Lincoln Park Branch.
• Guest Lecturer, Rosary College, Library & Information Technology Class, 1995, 1996, 1997.
• Internet Medicine, 1995. Presentation.
• Illinois Library Association, Annual Meeting, 1994. Presentation: "Geriatric Information Resources in the Medical Library."

Teaching:

• Co-taught clinical seminar: Fall 2004 with Deirdre Mulligan; Spring 2004 with Jennifer Urban
• Supervised clinical students working on privacy, speech, and intellectual property projects; including Chilling Effects, Supervisor, DMCA & Reverse Engineering Sections, 2003-04

1994-2000
• Information Technology Workshop, San Francisco Unified School District, High School Science Teachers, Summer 1998; co-teacher, Noel Wanner.
• Information Technology Workshop, San Francisco Unified School District, High School Librarians, Summer 1999; co-teacher, Rose Falanga.

• "The Politics of Information Access", Undergraduate Honors Seminar, Fall 1997 (HON-201). Co-taught with Veronda Pitchford.
  

  Course covered the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act; copyright and intellectual property issues; the digital divide; media literacy, media bias, and media consolidation; privacy and surveillance. The syllabus has served as a model for other similar courses.

• "Research & Resource Databases in Public Health", IPHS 420 (Interdisciplinary Public Health Sciences), Graduate Seminar.
  

  Developed and taught a 2-unit research research seminar for the School of Public Health. Co-taught with Sharon Telleen, School of Public Health, and guest lecturers from library faculty. Course covered research methodology and resources. Resources included environmental, statistical, and medical sources, online and print, from private and government sources (EPA; CDC; NIH; and others).

• Conducted numerous workshops, course components, and short no-credit courses taught to faculty and graduate students in the medical and health sciences. Provided instruction in NCBI databases (genomics, protein, etc.), medical informatics, government statistical and research databases, and scientific literature databases.