Amanda Lenhart1615 L Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036

202­419­4514 (w) alenhart@pewinternet.org

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

PEW RESEARCH CENTER, Washington, DC. 2014 – presentAssociate Director, Research. In addition to all the duties of the previous positions:

x Work across Center topic silos on larger, multi­modal projectsx Mentor junior staff in qualitative research design and methodsx Train junior staff in practice of conducting focus groups with adolescentsx Work with the Pew Trusts’ philanthropic services division to identify and reach

out to potential donors

PEW RESEARCH CENTER’S INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT, Washington, DC. 2012 ­2014Senior Researcher, Director of Teens and Technology.

PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT, Washington, DC. 2005 ­ 2012.Senior Research Specialist. In addition to research specialist duties: Secure external grants from research partners, including more than $750,000 in

grants awarded in 2007, 2009 & 2010. Establish connections & relationships with external partners. Serve as principal investigator on major projects with partners as well as

internally funded projects. Direct the work of project manager, outside consultants, academic research

partners, vendors and other Project staff detailed on externally­funded high­profile projects.

Mentor and develop junior staff’s research, writing and media skills. Develop strategic vision for future of youth research at the Project. Assist with strategy, planning and evaluation of redesign for Project’s website.

PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT, Washington, DC. 1999 ­ 2005Research Specialist. Conceptualize, design, write, and field telephone surveys for internet research center, with a focus on issues of children and the Internet. Organize and conduct focus groups and personal interviews. Analyze transcripts and data in SPSS, cross tabs & toplines. Develop ideas and write reports of research results for popular consumption and academic journals. Plan press strategy and give interviews for print and broadcast media regarding research findings. Present findings at academic

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and non­academic conferences, and give briefings and speeches to interested groups. Propose new research projects, and manage research relationships with partner organizations and vendors. Managed the 2004 redesign of Project’s website as well as strategic vision for and day­to­day management of site.

RADIO­TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, Washington, DC. 1999Communications Assistant. Wrote articles, edited, fact­checked, proofed and obtained art for Communicator magazine. Assisted with all public relations activities.

SCARECROW PRESS, Lanham, MD, 1998Assistant Editor. Substantively edited introduction to a book on terrorism and terrorist organizations. Wrote copy for book covers and promotional materials.

CIVILIZATION MAGAZINE, Washington, DC, 1997 ­ 1998Editorial Coordinator. Wrote reviews and short pieces, researched on Lexis­Nexis, the Web and at the Library of Congress, proof­reading. Managed all aspects of a 12­person office, including compiling and presenting financial information for each issue and public inquiries.

Teaching

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC. 2005Adjunct Instructor. Taught upper­level undergraduate course titled Public Communications Research, focusing on practical applications of various research methods and strategies. Developed syllabus, selected readings, created and graded assignments, delivered lectures, facilitated in­class activities and lead discussions for 21­student course in the School of Communication.

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC. 2004 ­ 2005Teaching Assistant. Assisted Professor Jeffrey Peck with administrative and educational aspects of two graduate­level courses in the Communications, Culture and Technology program: Theories of Culture & Interdisciplinarity and Institutions of Meaning: Universities and the Production of Knowledge. Led class discussions, worked individually with students to improve writing skills and enhance understanding of readings. Conducted research for and assisted with the construction of the syllabus for a graduate course titled Virtual Ethnicities.

Education

M.A., with distinction, Communications, Culture and Technology, Georgetown University. May 2005. Course work in children and technology, institutions of cultural transmission, cultural studies, globalization and identity, telecommunications policy. Master’s thesis titled “Unstable Texts: An Ethnographic Look at How Bloggers and their Audience Negotiate Self­Presentation, Authenticity and Norm Formation.” http://lenhart.flashesofpanic.com/Lenhart_thesis.pdf

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B.A., magna cum laude, English and Anthropology, Amherst College, 1996. Senior thesis: “Measure of Her Powers: The Autobiographical Food Writings of M.F.K. Fisher.”

Stockholms Universitet, Stockholm, Sweden. Spring 1995.

Grants Received

Cable in the Classroom. Received grant of $110,000 to partially fund large, multimodal research project on youth and digital citizenship. (2010)

University of Michigan, Pohs Grant. Collaborated with University of Michigan’s Department of Communication on joint qualitative/quantitative project on youth and mobile phones. Pew Internet funded quantitative project and the University funded $45,000 for qualitative research. (2009)

MacArthur Foundation: $384,000 award from MacArthur Foundation’s Youth, Digital Media and Learning initiative to execute a quantitative exploration of youth, games and civics. (2007)

The College Board: $266,000 grant from the College Board’s National Commission on Writing to study youth, technology and writing in academic and social contexts. (2007)

Duke University: $10,000 grant from Duke University to study online dating behaviors among adult internet users. (2004)

Awards

FOSI Award for Outstanding Achievement for research contributions to the field of online child safety. (2010)

Wired Safety’s 2009 Good Cybercitizenship Award for research on online safety.

Board Memberships

Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.

Member, Media and Communications Advisory Board, Society for Research on Adolescence.

Member, International Advisory Board, EU Kids Go Online II Project, London School of Economics.

Publications

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Duggan, Maeve, Ellison, Nicole B., Lampe, Cliff, Lenhart, Amanda and Madden, Mary. (2015) “Social Media Update 2014.” Pew Research Center and the University of Michigan’s School of Information. January 9, 2015.

Lenhart, Amanda and Duggan, Maeve. (2014) “Couples, the Internet and Social Media.” Pew Research Center. February 11, 2014.

Madden, Mary, Lenhart, Amanda, Cortesi, Sandra and Gasser, Urs. (2013) “Teens and Mobile Apps Privacy.” Pew Research Center and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. August 22, 2013.

Lenhart, Amanda, Madden, Mary, Cortesi, Sandra, Gasser, Urs and Smith, Aaron. (2013) “Where Teens Seek Online Privacy Advice.” Pew Research Center and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. August 15, 2013.

Madden, Mary, Lenhart, Amanda, Cortesi, Sandra, Gasser, Urs, Duggan, Maeve, Smith, Aaron and Beaton, Meredith. (2013) “Teens, Social Media and Privacy.” Pew Research Center and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. May 21, 2013.

Madden, Mary, Lenhart, Amanda, Duggan, Maeve, Cortesi, Sandra and Gasser, Urs. (2013) “Teens and Technology 2013.” Pew Research Center and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. March 13, 2013.

Madden, Mary, Cortesi, Sandra, Gasser, Urs, Lenhart, Amanda and Duggan, Maeve. (2012) “Parents, Teens and Online Privacy.” Pew Research Center and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. November 20, 2012.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2012) “Downloading Apps for Children.” Pew Research Center. May 15, 2012.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2012) “Teens and Online Video.” Pew Research Center. May 3, 2012.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2012) “Teens, Smartphones and Texting.” Pew Research Center. March 19, 2012.

Rainie, Lee, Lenhart, Amanda and Smith, Aaron. (2012) “The Tone of Life on Social Networking Sites.” Pew Research Center. February 9, 2012.

Lenhart, Amanda, Madden, Mary, Smith, Aaron, Purcell, Kristen, Zickuhr, Kathryn, and Rainie, Lee. (2011) “Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites.” Pew Research Center. November 9, 2011.

Parker, Kim, Lenhart, Amanda, and Moore, Kathleen. (2011) “The Digital Revolution and Higher Education.” Pew Research Center, August 28, 2011.

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Lenhart, Amanda. (2010) “Is the Age at Which Kids Get Cell Phones Getting Younger?” Pew Research Center, December 1, 2010.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2010) “Cell phones and American adults.” Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. September 2, 2010.

Lenhart, Amanda, Ling, Richard, Campbell, Scott and Purcell, Kristen. (2010) “Teens and Mobile Phones.” Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project/University of Michigan. April 20, 2010.

Lenhart, Amanda, Purcell, Kristen, Smith, Aaron and Zickuhr, Kathryn. (2010) “Social Media and Young Adults.” Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. February 3, 2010.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2009) “Teens and Sexting.” Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. December 15, 2009.

Madden, Mary and Lenhart, Amanda. (2009) “Teens and Distracted Driving.” Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. November 16, 2009.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2009) “Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back.” Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. August 19, 2009.

Lenhart, Amanda & Fox, Susannah. (2009) “Twitter and Status Updating.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. February 12, 2009.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2009) “Adults and Social Network Websites.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. January 14, 2009.

Lenhart, Amanda, Jones, Syndey & Rankin Macgill, Alexandra. (2008) “Adults and Video Games.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. December 7, 2008.

Lenhart, Amanda, Kahne, Joseph, Middaugh, Ellen, Rankin Macgill, Alexandra, Evans, Chris & Vitak, Jessica. (2008) “Teens, Video Games and Civic Engagement.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. September 16, 2008.

Lenhart, Amanda, Arafeh, Sousan, Smith, Aaron and Rankin Macgill, Alexandra. (2008) “Writing, Technology and Teens.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. April 24, 2008.

Lenhart, Amanda et al. (2007) “Teens and Social Media: The use of social media gains a greater foothold in teen life as they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. December 19, 2007.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2007) “Cyberbullying and Online Teens.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. June 27, 2007.

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Lenhart, Amanda & Madden, Mary. (2007) “Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks: How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. April 18, 2007.

Lenhart, Amanda & Madden, Mary. (2007) “Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. January 7, 2007.

Lenhart, Amanda & Fox, Susannah. (2006) “Bloggers.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. July 19, 2006.

Madden, Mary & Lenhart, Amanda. (2006) “Online Dating.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. March 5, 2006.

Lenhart, Amanda & Madden, Mary. (2005) “Teen Content Creators and Consumers.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. November 2, 2005.

Lenhart, Amanda, Madden, Mary and Hitlin, Paul. (2005) “Teens and Technology: Youth are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. July 27, 2005.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2005) “Protecting Children on the Internet,” Pew Internet & American Life Project. March 16, 2005.

Shiu, Eulynn and Lenhart, Amanda. (2004) “How Americans Use Instant Messaging,” Pew Internet & American Life Project. September 1, 2004.

Lenhart, Amanda, Horrigan, John and Fallows, Deborah. (2004) “Content Creation Online.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. February 29, 2004.

Jones, Steve and Lenhart, Amanda. (2004) “Music Downloading and Listening: Findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project,” Popular Music & Society, vol. 27, no. 2, London: Routledge. pp. 185­200.

Lenhart, Amanda. (2004) “Chatrooms,” in Encyclopedia of Human­Computer Interaction. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing.

Lenhart, Amanda et al. (2003) “The Ever­shifting Internet Population: A new look at Internet use and the digital divide.” Pew Internet & American Life Project. April 16, 2003.

Lenhart, Amanda. “Instant Messaging” in Christensen, Karen and David Levinson (General Editors). (2003). Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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Lenhart, Amanda. “Internet, Teens use of” in Christensen, Karen and David Levinson (General Editors). (2003). Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Lenhart, Amanda, Lewis, Oliver & Rainie, Lee. (2003) “Teenage Life Online,” in Making Connections: Readings in Relational Communication, Kathleen M. Galvin & Pamela J. Cooper, eds. Roxbury Publishing Company, Los Angeles, January 2003, pp 354­361.

Lenhart, Amanda, Horrigan, John. (2002) “Barriers to Internet Access: Perspectives from the New and Non­user.” For the TPRC: 30th Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy, available at http://www.tprc.org. Sept 1, 2002.

Levin, Doug, Arafeh, Sousan, Rainie, Lee & Lenhart, Amanda. (2002) “The Digital Disconnect: A look at the widening gap between Internet­savvy students and their schools.” American Institutes for Research, Pew Internet & American Life Project. August, 2002.

Lenhart, Amanda, Simon, Maya and Graziano, Mike. (2001) “The Internet & Education: Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project,” Pew Internet & American Life Project, Sept 1, 2001.

Lenhart, Amanda, Rainie, Lee and Lewis, Oliver. (2001) “Teenage Life Online: The rise of the instant­message generation and the Internet's impact on friendships and family relationships,” Pew Internet & American Life Project, June 21, 2001.

Lenhart, Amanda, Fox, Susannah. (2000) “Downloading Free Music: Internet Music Lovers Don't Think It's Stealing,” Pew Internet & American Life Project, September 28, 2000.

Lenhart, Amanda, Rainie, Lee, Fox, Susannah. (2000) “Who’s Not Online: 57% of those not online say they have no plans to log on,” Pew Internet & American Life Project, September 21, 2000.

Lenhart, Amanda, Rainie, Lee, Fox, Susannah. (2000) “13 Million Americans 'Freeload' Music on the Internet; One Billion Free Music Files Now Sit on Napster Users' Computers,” Pew Internet & American Life Project, June 8, 2000.

Most publications available at http://www.pewinternet.org.

Selected Lectures, Panels & Presentations

forthcoming “Teens, Social Media and Privacy” presented at the Aspen Institute’s Summit on Designing Principles for a Trusted Environment at South by Southwest Edu conference, Austin, TX. March 10, 2015.

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“Dating & Mating in the Digital Age: Relationships and technology in the modern era”, Trent Lecture Series, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Sept 19, 2014.

“What Americans Think About Privacy and Why their Kids Think Differently,” presented as a morning lecture as a part of “The Ethics of Privacy” series at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY. July 10, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21FftRzqCBE

“What You Need To Know About American Teens, Technology & Online Privacy,” delivered at the Family Online Safety Institute’s European Research Roundtable conference, Paris, France. May 21, 2014.

“Dating & Mating in the Digital Age: Relationships and technology in the modern era,” delivered to the Council on Contemporary Families annual meeting, Miami, FL. April 26, 2014.

“Teens & Technology: Understanding the Digital Landscape,” class lecture to Social Ecology of Child and Adolescent Health at George Washington University, School of Public Health, Washington, DC. February 25, 2014.

“9 Things You Need To Know About Teens, Technology & Online Privacy,” presented at the Family Online Safety Institute Annual Conference, Washington, DC. November 7, 2013.

“Teens, Social Media and Privacy: Reputation management, third party access & exposure to advertising,” presented to the Maryland Children’s Online Privacy Workgroup, Baltimore, MD. June 25, 2013.

“Young Adults, Mobile Phones and Social Media: Technology and the Transition to adulthood,” presented Health, Safety & Well­Being of Young Adults Symposium hosted by the National Academies Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC. May 7, 2013.

“How Do [They] Even Do That?": How Today's Technology is Shaping Tomorrow's Students,” presented as a part of Dartmouth’s Student of the Future lecture series, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. April 9, 2013.

“Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites,” presented to the Youth Online Safety Working Group, Washington, DC. June 5, 2012.

“Digital Divides and Bridges: Technology Use Among Youth,” presented to Media and the Well­Being of Children and Adolescents conference at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. April 13, 2012.

“Kids, Privacy and Online Drama,” presented to the @Microsoft Conversation on Online Safety, Washington, DC. December 13, 2011.

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“‘When I text I can say just what I want to say:’ Gender and Adolescents’ Use of Text Messaging with Peers,” presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennal Meeting, Montreal, QB, Canada. March 31, 2011.

“Teens and Mobile Phones: Exploring safety issues as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens,” presented at the Family Online Safety Institute’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC. November 9, 2010.

“Teens, Adults and Sexting: Data on sending/receiving sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude photos by Americans,” presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden. October 23, 2010.

“Trends in Teen Communication: Opportunities and challenges for the public health community,” presented along with Dr. Kristen Purcell to the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Above the Influence Summit, Alexandria, VA. September 29, 2010.

“How do [they] even do that? A Pew Internet guide to teens, young adults, mobile phones and social media,” presented to the Lawlor Group summer seminar, Minneapolis, MN. June 10, 2010.

“Teens and Mobile Phones: Texting rises sharply as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens,” presented to staff from the FCC, FTC and the U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, May 18, 2010. “Cyberbullying 2010: What the research is telling us,” presented to the Youth Safety Working Group established by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Washington, DC, May 6, 2010.

“Social Media and Young Adults: Challenges and Opportunities for STD Prevention,” presented to the biannual Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s conference on STD prevention, Atlanta, GA. March 9, 2010.

“Millennials, Media and Information,” a panel presentation with danah boyd, Tom Rosenstiel and Dylan Casey at the Pew Research Center’s Millennials Event, Washington, DC. February 24, 2010.

“Social Media and Young Adults,” presented to the Department of Commerce’s Online Safety and Technology Working Group, Washington, DC. February 4, 2010.

“Twitter and Status Updating: Demographics, Mobile Access and News Consumption,” presented to the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. October 9, 2009.

“The Democratization of Online Social Networks,” presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, October 8, 2009.

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“Teens, Mobile Phones and Games,” presented to the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. May 28, 2009.

“It’s Personal: Similarities and Differences in Online Social Network Use Among Teens and Adults,” presented at the International Communications Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL. May 23, 2009.

“Cyberbullying: What the Research is Telling Us,” presented to the National Association of Attornys General Year of the Child Summit, Philadelphia, PA. May 13, 2009.

“Teens and Mobile Phones,” presented to the Family Online Safety Institute’s Wireless Online Safety Conference, Washington, DC. April 22, 2009.

“Teens and Social Media: An Overview,” presented to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. New York, NY. April 10, 2009.

“Teens, Video Games and Civics: What the research is telling us,” presented to Games Learning and Libraries conference, Oak Brook, IL, November 2, 2008. Similar talk also delivered to New York Public Library, December 4, 2008.

“Teens, Online Stranger Contact & Cyberbullying: What the research is telling us,” presented to the Internet Safety Town Hall at the National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 30, 2008.

“Teens, Online Stranger Contact and Harassment: What the data tell us,” presented to the Internet Safety Task Force, Washington, DC, April 30, 2008.

“Teens & Social Media Environments,” presented to the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s National Youth Anti­drug Media Campaign researcher meeting, New York, NY, January 11, 2008.

“American Teens & Online Safety: What the research is telling us…” presented to the Family Online Safety Institute International Conference on online safety and participatory media, Washington, DC, December 6, 2007.

“Digital Media in a Broadband, Web 2.0 World,” presented as a guest lecture to Strategic Communications MA class at American University, Washington, DC, October 15, 2007.

Panelist, Social Networking Roundtable, Association of Internet Researchers, Vancouver, BC. October 19, 2007.

“A Timeline of Teens and Technology” presented to the Policy and Advocacy in School Meeting at the American Psychological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 16, 2007.

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Panelist, Youth Research Panel, Totally Wired Teen Mash Up Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 17, 2007.

“Teens and Social Networks: A new internet paradigm” presented to the Lawlor Group Summer Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, June 13, 2007.

“Just the Facts About Online Youth Victimization” presented at Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee U.S. Capitol Briefing, Washington, DC, May 3, 2007.

“Teens, Social Networks & Safety: An Overview,” presented at the launch of the Family Online Safety Institute, Washington, DC, February 13, 2007.

“Teens and Technology: An Overview of Recent Pew Internet Data,” Presented to the National Commission on Writing, New York, NY, January 22, 2007.

“User Generated Content,” presented to the FTC’s Tech­ade Hearings, Washington, DC. November 6, 2006.

“Social Networking Websites,” presented to the summer meeting of the National Association of Attorneys’ General, Coeur d’Alene, ID. June 27, 2006.

“Social Networking Sites,” presented at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Dialogue on Social Networking Websites, Washington, DC. June 22, 2006.

“From MySpace & LiveJournal to Text Messaging: How American Teens Engage with Networked Technologies and Online Content,” presented to American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. February 19, 2006.

“Parents and Teens: Filters and Content Creation,” presented to the Internet Education Foundation’s Parental Empowerment and Convergence Dialogue, Washington, DC. February 17, 2006.

“The Continuum Continues: A Broad Look at Barriers to Internet Access and Use Among American Adolescents” presented at CyberWorld Unlimited? Digital Inequality in New Spaces of Interaction and Education for Young People International Conference, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. February 9, 2006.

“Teens and Technology” presented at the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families “Generation Gap” Conference, Albuquerque, NM, October 14, 2005.

“News Consumption and Content Creation Online,” presented at the MacArthur Foundation Meeting on Participatory Media, Chicago, IL. Sept. 15, 2005.

“Teens, Parents and Technology: College Search Online,” presented to The Lawlor Group Summer Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, June 17, 2005.

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“Teens: Immersed in an Online World,” presented at the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, May 3, 2005.

“Protecting Youth on the Internet: Gaps & Agreement in Perception Between Parents and Children,” presented to The Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families conference “The New Generation Gap: Barriers and Breakthroughs,” College Park, MD, March 16, 2005.

“Teens, Students, Parents and Internet Technology,” presented to The Lawlor Group Summer Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, June 18, 2004.

“The Ever­Shifting Internet Population,” presented on a panel at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, April 16, 2004.

“Generation IM: Teens & Technology,” presented to the Hommoks Middle School PTA, Larchmont, NY, October 8, 2003.

“Teens, Parents and Technology,” presented to The Lawlor Group Meeting at National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC), Long Beach, CA. October 3, 2003.

“The Ever­Shifting Internet Population,” Lecture to the National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, June 25, 2003.

Featured speaker at the Federal Communications Commission during a “brown­bag lunch” session on the topic of “The Ever­Shifting Internet Population,” Washington, DC, May 1, 2003.

Respondent on panel on ethnographic studies among adolescent Internet users at the International Communications Association Conference, San Diego, CA, May 2003.

“From Chasm to Continuum: Re­imagining the Digital Divide” presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands, Oct 15, 2002.

“Digital Disconnect: A look at the widening gap between Internet­savvy American students and their schools” presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands, Oct 14, 2002.

“Barriers to Internet Access: Perspectives from the New and Non­user” presented at TPRC: 30th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Alexandria, VA, September 30, 2002.

“Teen Life Online: Pew Internet and American Life Data,” presented at National Communications Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 3, 2001.

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“Teen Life Online: Pew Internet and American Life Data,” presented to the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 11, 2001.

Radio & Television Appearances

Television: Appeared on CNN’s On the Money, MSNBC TV, CBS News, ABC­TV’s Ahead of the Curve, Oxygen Network’s Pure Oxygen, NewsProNet and internationally on Voice of America television.

Radio: All Things Considered (NPR), Morning Edition (NPR), Talk of the Nation (NPR), The Kojo Nnamdi Show, (NPR) On the Media (NPR), Marketplace Morning Report (PRI/NPR), Futuretense (NPR), Cybershake (ABC Radio), The Exchange (New Hampshire Public Radio), Kathleen Dunn Show (Wisconsin Public Radio), BBC Radio, CNN radio, ABC radio, CNET News, KZO­AM, WJHU, KFBK, WOKV, WSYR, WGST, KNUU, KNBC, KNX, KCBS, KGO, LBC (London), WTOP and Voice of America, and others.

Print & Digital Media

Quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USAToday, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Boston Globe, Orlando Sentinel, Miami Herald, Wired.com, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, San Jose Mercury News, Associated Press, Reuters, AFP CNET.com, and others.

Other Work Experience

SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE PROGRAMS & CULTURAL STUDIES, Washington, DC, 1994, 1996Festival Aide (1996) and Bahamas Intern (1994). Directed all aspects of the Bahamian Foodways and Smithsonian Horticulture demonstration areas at the 1994 and 1996 Festivals of American Folklife. Introduced and moderated Horticulture presentations. Coordinated scheduling and supplies, directed 3 to 5 volunteers each day. Co­designed children’s booklet, created master schedule for Bahamas program and schedules for “Working at the Smithsonian.”

WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW, WETA/TV, Arlington, VA, 1995News and Public Affairs Intern. Assisted in the production of a weekly live television program. Managed communications for live coverage of congressional hearings. Maintained AOL Internet area, researched and formulated questions for American History Trivia Quiz, responded to correspondence.

WAMH 89.3 FM, Amherst, MA, 1993­1995

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News Director of student radio station. Organized news meetings, planned and assigned stories for and directed a weekly news radio magazine, trained staff, directed and conducted 10­minute news slots each week.Co­Anchor, “Off the Record” weekly radio news magazine. Wrote, edited and read stories on the air, conducted interviews, edited tape, wrote show script.