ESZTER HARGITTAI Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Northwestern University contact06 @ eszter.com CV Research Teaching Eszter's List Eszter's Blog Photos How To's In the Media More... Welcome! For the most up-to-date info, follow me on Twitter. For the most recent content, check out my blog. Whereabouts: This Spring, I gave talks at a conference at Columbia Business School, at Bates College, at Harvard's Colloquium on Complexity and Social Networks, at the OECD in Paris, at a workshop at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and at the International Communication Association meetings in Chicago. In the Fall, I have talks coming up at the Univ. Virginia, Smith College, TPRC, a special meeting about broadband policy in DC and the Association of Internet Researchers annual meetings. Click image for details. Brief background Eszter Hargittai is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Faculty Associate of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University where she heads the Web Use Project. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University where she was a Wilson Scholar. Before joining the faculty at Northwestern, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton. In 2006/07 she was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. In 2008/09 she is a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Her research focuses on the social and policy implications of information technologies with a particular interest in how IT may contribute to or alleviate social inequalities. Her research projects have looked at 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, and how IT are influencing the types of cultural products people consume. In addition to her academic articles, her work has also been featured on CNNfn, the BBC's Web site and several national dailies. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Markle Foundation, the Dan David Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation, among others. How To's Academic Professionalization    Journal Submissions Slide Presentation Tips and Tricks Page Tips for Efficient Web Searching Stata Goodies Page Recipes How to win the Nobel Prize More... My Photos | My Artwork | My Erdõs Number | Geek Specs | Lights from the Sky | Remembering 9/11