Education
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Smith College and a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from Princeton University where she was a Wilson Scholar.
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She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Smith College and a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from Princeton University where she was a Wilson Scholar.
She was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (2006-2007) and a fellow at the Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin (2007). Currently, she is a fellow at Harvard"s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. She has been writing at Eszter"s Blog since 2002.
Her research focuses on the social and policy implications of information technologies with a particular interest in how Information Technology may contribute to or alleviate social inequalities.
Her work is regularly featured in the media. Her work on the international spread of the Internet was referenced by Wired News and cited in a United States Senate hearing.
Other coverage includes British Broadcasting Corporation News as well as the Chicago Tribune the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and several other publications.
She has studied the differences in people"s Web-use skills, the evolution of search engines and the organization and presentation of online content, political uses of information technologies, how Information Technology are influencing the types of cultural products people consume, and geocaching. She was interviewed about the Internet and its social implications on CNNfn"s The Flip Side on April 29, 2004.
She is a member of the group blog Crooked Timber (since 2003).