Activism, Projects, Service

Activities and Honors [–]

• American Library Association, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (Committee on Legislation), 2007-present.
• Life Sciences Society, Advisory Board: Open Source & Open Content Advisor, 2005-present.
• Workshop Participant, "Intellectual Property Clinics Meeting," American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., Sept. 21-22, 2006.
• Election Protection Coalition, Electronic Voting Machines Group; 2004; 2006.
• Workshop Participant, "Educational Fair Use," Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Cambridge, MA, May 18, 2006.
• Workshop Participant, "Economics of Open Content," Cambridge, MA, Jan. 23-24, 2006.
• Computers, Freedom & Privacy, 2004, Program Committee, 2003-04.
• Student Service, Boalt Hall School of Law, 2000-03.
  
  • Boalt.org, Board, 2000-03.
    
    Helped organize speakers' series; helped student groups get online; helped individual students with technical problems; worked with the school to improve technology; maintained Boalt.org website & student support services.
  • Prisoner Action Coalition (PAC), Member, 2000-02.
    Research & layout for factsheet on women in California prisons; helped organize prisoner art exhibit; developed website for PAC.
  • National Lawyer's Guild, Member, 2001-03.
  • Coalition for Diversity, Member, 2000-03.
  • Boalt Hall LGBT Caucus, Member, 2000-03.
  • Loan Repayment Student Advocacy Committee, 2000-02.
• American Library Association, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Task Force, Book Awards Committee, 1998-2000.
• American Society for Information Science (ASIS), Chicago Chapter. (Board; Publications Editor, 1994-96.)
• Progressive Librarians Guild, Member, 1993-2000.

Research Interests

• Intellectual Liberty / Technology Law
  
  • Workers' rights vis-a-vis intellectual property
    • "Fair Use for Creators: First Amendment Rights of Intellectual Workers, Artists and Inventors to Use and Develop Intellectual Works Assigned to Their Employers" (unpublished draft; 2003-present)
  • Propertization of and access to scientific information
    • Software reagents & Reproducibility: Closed access, closed source, open source
    • Patent Disputes & Essential Reagents, Methods, & Equipment
    • Government/Political Misuses & Misrepresentations of Scientific Data
  • Preservation & access issues
    • Archiving openly distributed content with ambiguous rights declarations
    • Oral History & Intellectual Property
    • Archives & Special Collections - best practices for permission to reproduce, publish, digitize
  • Preservation, protection, & access to indigenous culture & traditional knowledge
  • First Amendment
    • Prisoners' First Amendment rights (2002-03)
    • Servicemembers' First Amendment rights (2005-present)
    • CounterRecruitment Access to Schools (2005-present)
  • Electronic Voting Machines (2004)

• Social Change and Utopian Impulses in History and Literature
  • Early history of progressive activism in computer science (2003-present)
  • Red Diaper Babies & Transformative Moments: An Oral History of Radicalization & Political Awakenings
  • Radical Representations: Attorneys for Anarchists and Labor Radicals, 1880-1930
  • Anarchist Biographies - Summer 2006 Reading Group
  • Anarchist Biographical Novels
  • Utopian & fantastic speculation in literature
    • Program Committee, Wiscon 31 (2007)
    • "Age and Gender Intersections in Science Fiction & Fantasy" (with Liz Henry; essay for Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: An Encyclopedia, in press, 2007)
    • "Information and Intellectual Property Concepts in Science Fiction/Fantasy: A preliminary bibliography" (2004-2006)
    • 19th & 20th century "War Between the Sexes" in literature.
      • Draft, "A Short History of the Backlash Against Feminism in SF/F", last revised, April 2002.
      • Draft, "'Humorless Women': Fears & Depictions of Women in War-of-the-Sexes Literature, 1850-1950", drafted 2004.
    • Editor, FeministSF.org, 1994-present.
    • Broad Universe, Advisory Board, 1998-2006.
    • Moderator, WisCon 30, May 27, 2006, "Who Wants a Revolution? Will a Reform Do?" (panel discussion on revolution; transcript to be published in anthology from Aqueduct Press)
    • Wiscon 21, 1997. "Lavendar-Tinted Glasses: Gay Issues in SF" (panel with Victor Raymond, Kathy Sidles, Denys Howard); other panels with Liz Henry; Volunteered with newsletter, screenings room.
    • Feminist Bookstore News, Science Fiction review columnist, with Heather Whipple, 1997-1999. [Archive of columns]

Activism, Community, Issues

• Subduing Knotweed Coalition, 2023 - present
• Co-Founder & Technical Suuport/Host, Amherst Indy, 2018-present
• Organizer, Defeat the Charter & Save Town Meeting Campaign, 2017-2018
• Member, Amherst Town Meeting, 2016-2018
• Organizer, Save Amherst's Small Schools (SASS) , 2015-2017
• Member, Wildwood Parent Guardian Organization, 2013-2016
• Member, Wildwood School Governance Council, 2012-2016
• Volunteer Coordinator, Bottle Bill Referendum, 2012-2013
• Non-Profit Webhosting, 2005-present
• Wikipedia, 2005-present. User:Lquilter; administrator.
  Issues of particular concern include:

  • Improving gender & ethnic diversity among Wikipedians.
  • Improving representation of women and under-represented groups, particularly in science and academia.
  • Copyright- and information policy related topics.
• Same-Sex Marriage, 2004. ("Municipal Anarchy")
• Against the War, 2003.
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Chicago Chapter, Member, 1995-97.
  • Jobs, Technology and Community Conference, 1995.
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Internet, October 7-8, 1995.
• Countermedia, Alternative Coverage of the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Internet Services Coordinator, 1996-97.) [+]

  Chicago Coalition for Information Access, Board. (1996-97.) [+]

  • Chicago Media Map, July 1996.
  • Telecomm and Me? Yes! Demystifying Telecommunications and Information Policy, Town Forum, July 20, 1996. (Principal organizer, with Chicago Coalition for Information Access; Chicago Media Watch; Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.)
  • Southwest Youth Collaborative, Community Computing Center. (Grants, Teaching, Developing Instructional Program, 1995-1997.)

  Volunteer work:

  • G.I. Rights Hotline (Counselor, 2006-2009)
  • WOMAN, Inc. [Women Organized to Make Abuse Non-Existent] (Domestic Violence Crisis Counselor, 1998.)
  • Digitization assistance for several information access projects, including the CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) Archives; Project Gutenberg; AK Press; Spunk; and the Gerber/Hart Gay, Lesbian Bisexual Archives in Chicago, Illinois, 1993-97.
  • Work with community bookstores: The New World Resource Center (1995-96) and the Autonomous Zone (A-Zone) (1996).