John Palfrey
John Palfrey (born 1972) is a faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, vice dean for library and information resources, and the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.[1] He led a reorganization of the Harvard Law School Library in 2009.[2] On November 14, 2011 Palfrey was named the fifteenth head of school of Phillips Academy Andover, effective July 1, 2012.
He is a principal investigator on the Open Net Initiative, a collaboration between Harvard and the University of Toronto and the University of Cambridge that studies the Internet filtering of countries such as China, Iran, and Singapore, among many others.[3][4] He is co-founder and serves on the board of directors of StopBadware.[5][6]
He is co-author or editor of several books. They include Access Denied (MIT Press, 2008), Access Controlled (MIT Press, 2010), and Born Digital (Basic Books, 2008).
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[edit] Education
He is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy (1990), Harvard College (A.B. 1994), Pembroke College, Cambridge (M.Phil. 1997) as a Rotary Scholar, and Harvard Law School (J.D. 2001).[7][8]
[edit] Family
His parents, also professors, are the co-masters of Adams House at Harvard College.[9] He is a great-great-grandson of United States President Theodore Roosevelt.[10] His family has many connections to Harvard University, including through his ancestor, John G. Palfrey, the first dean of the Harvard Divinity School and prominent historian of the 19th century.[11]
[edit] Career
Palfrey is an authority in the way that people use technology, relate to information, and engage in politics.[12][13] In 2008, he served as the chair of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a national effort in the United States to protect the safety of children online,[14] which produced a controversial final report.[15][16] He has testified before the United States Congress on issues relating to child safety in a digital era.[17] His co-authored book on youth and their use of technology, Born Digital, has been called "a landmark sociological study of today's early adults."[18] Born Digital was also reviewed in Science[19] and the Washington Post.[20] Library Journal named Born Digital one of its top Science and Technology books for 2008, the only computer science book named to the prestigious list.[21][22] His book has also been criticized for the use of the controversial term digital native.[23]
Palfrey served as a Visiting Professor of Law and Information at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 2007–08.
In February 2008, he started the DRAFT LESSIG movement to encourage law professor Lawrence Lessig to run for the United States Congress.[24][25]
Palfrey was one of the lawyers, along with Prof. William W. Fisher and the law firm Jones Day, on the pro bono team that defended the artist Shepard Fairey in his lawsuit with the Associated Press relating to the iconic "Hope" poster depicting then-Senator Barack Obama in his 2008 presidential campaign.[26]
Palfrey's work on the effect of Internet usage on democratic practice was cited as influential to the dissidents in Iran responsible for the Green Revolution. These references resulted in his being named, along with his colleague Ethan Zuckerman, as "conspirator" in the trials that took place in Iran in 2009 and 2010.[27][28]
On November 14, 2011 Palfrey was named the fifteenth head of school of Phillips Academy Andover.
[edit] Bibliography
- Palfrey, John; Gasser, Urs (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives. Basic Books.
- Deibert, Ronald; Palfrey, John; Rohozinski, Rafal; Zittrain, Jonathan (2008). Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering. MIT Press.
- Deibert, Ronald; Palfrey, John; Rohozinski, Rafal; Zittrain, Jonathan (2010). Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace. MIT Press.
- Palfrey, John (2011). Intellectual Property Strategy. MIT Press.
[edit] See also
- Digital native
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
- OpenNet Initiative
- StopBadware.org
- Digital Public Library of America
[edit] References
- ^ Palfrey appointed as new head of Harvard Law School Library
- ^ Blog post describing the overhaul of the Harvard Law School Library. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Web site of the OpenNet Initiative, listing the principal investigators. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Article in Forbes citing Palfrey's work on the OpenNet Initiative and related cybersecurity issues. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ "About". StopBadware. http://www.stopbadware.org/home/about. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
- ^ "StopBadware Researchers Graduate from Harvard," eWeek, Matthew Hines, January 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Harvard Law School profile. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ His personal blog. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ Judith and Sean Palfrey's Harvard profile. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ Potier, Beth, FDR slept here: Adams House triple boasts impressive history", Harvard Gazette, November 21, 2002. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Resnick, Scott A., "Judith and Sean Palfrey Appointed Adams House Masters", Harvard Crimson, April 05, 1999. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ "The Decoder," Greg Hanscom, Urbanite Magazine, September 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ "Kids These Days," Editorial, Urbanite Magazine, September 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ CNET article regarding the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ "Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown," Brad Stone, "New York Times," January 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ House Judiciary Committee web site. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Project Information Literacy at the University of Washington. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ Science April 17, 2009: Vol. 324. no. 5925, p. 338, DOI: 10.1126/science.117181
- ^ "An Optimized View," Amanda Henry, Washington Post, October 9, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Article relating the Library Journal mention in its top science and technology books of 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ "Best Sci-Tech Books of 2008," Library Journal, March 1, 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ Book review in which the controversy related to the use of the term "digital natives" is surfaced. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ A blog post from Palfrey expressing his interest into encouraging Lessig to run for congress. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ A Facebook group supporting the campaign, Palfrey is listed as the creator of the group. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Judge Rules Shepard Fairey Can Switch Lawyers in AP Case," Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Iran dissidents draw ideas from US visionaries," Farah Stockman, The Boston Globe, December 20, 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ CPedia entry on John Palfrey, which notes his supposed connection to the theories behind the attempted coup, as well as his alleged relationship to Kermit Roosevelt. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
