Deeper than a Digital Divide: Women, Welfare and the 'High–Tech' Economy

Virginia Eubanks

Thursday, 30 Mar 2006 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Virginia Eubanks is an Assistant Professor in Women's Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. She received her doctorate in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in August 2004. Prior to her graduate work, she wrote and edited the cyberfeminist 'zine Brillo and was active in the community media and technology movements in the Bay Area of California.

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  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • History Department
  • History of Technology and Science
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

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