related experience

Fall 2001-Present Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
· Graduate Research Associate. Currently working on two projects; The Austin Telecommunity Network Project is designed to connect Austin communities to the most effective and helpful community networking resources. Another project involves research on Internet connectivity in rural regions of Texas.
2000 Redmoon Theater, Chicago, IL
· Volunteer. Assisted with the Halloween Parade and the Winter Pageant, led small workshops for children, and offered support for weekend community open-house workshops. The pageants are created by and for Redmoon's adopted community-the Logan Square neighborhood-and feature dozens of local children performing with puppets they helped design and build.
2000 SuperSphere.com, Chicago, IL
· Volunteer Producer. Integrated live web-casting technologies, both video and audio, in order to bring independently produced media to people in an emerging digital environment.