Nathalie successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on April 30th.  Her committee members were Professors Christina Dunbar-Hester, Patrick James (POIR), Shawn Powers (Georgia State Univ.), and Patricia Riley (Chair).
Nathalie’s dissertation title is “Use Signal, Use Tor? The Political Economy of Digital Rights Technology.”
Nahoi successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on May 1st.  Her committee members were Professors Mike Ananny, Jonathan Aronson, Manuel Castells (Chair), and Peter Monge.  Nahoi’s dissertation title is “Silicon Valley in the 21st Century: Entrepreneurial Resilience and Networked Innovation.”
Congratulations to both –… Read More » “Congratulations to ARNIC members Drs. Nathalie Marechal and Nahoi Koo – our latest PhD graduates!”

Shabnam successfully defended her dissertation on April 19th.  Her committee members were Professors Jonathan Aronson, Manuel Castells (Chair), Nick Cull, and Peter Robertson (Price School).  Shabnam’s dissertation title is “The Missing Link in Global Value Chains: Women-Owned SME’s in Emerging Markets.”
Congratulations Dr. Shalizi – we look forward to following your career!… Read More » “Congratulations to ARNIC member Dr Shabnam Shalizi – our latest PhD graduate!”

On Tuesday ARNIC was joined by Mark Cotham who spoke on the challenges of librarianship in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mark Cotham is a largely retired attorney who practiced for over thirty years, primarily prosecuting claims by royalty owners against the world’s largest oil companies. Today, he runs a small non-profit (Good Steward Global Initiative) in Houston, Texas that establishes libraries in the developing world. He travels to East Africa 2-3 times a year to establish libraries and is looking forward to his 20th trip there this summer.   … Read More » “Mark Cotham speaks to ARNIC on the challenges of librarianship in Sub-Saharan Africa”