The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World
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This book talk discussion included: Introduction:  Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School. He is also a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a professor of computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, director of the Harvard Law School Library, and co-founder and director of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. John Palfrey is president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and a former faculty director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Dr. Urs Gasser is the Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. His research and teaching activities focus on information law, policy, and society issues and the changing role of academia in the digitally networked age. Moderator:  Leah Plunkett is the Meyer Research Lecturer on Law Special Director for Online Education 2020-2021 at Harvard Law School where she also teaches a course on Youth, Privacy, and Digital Citizenship. She is formerly the Associate Dean for Administration, Associate Professor of Legal Skills, and Director of Academic Success at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. This book talk was co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
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