Professor Helen Nissenbaum Seeks Research Assistant
Professor Helen Nissenbaum (Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU Steinhardt and Senior Faculty Fellow of the Information Law Institute, NYU School of Law) is looking for a research assistant for Spring 2009 (potentially in the summer and through the end of 2009) to work on an NSF-funded project on privacy within complex organizations. In particular, the research assistant will help to develop an in-depth case study of the flow of personal information through the court system, in an effort to develop, recommend, and codify policies for court records. As court documents are increasingly digitized and made accessible online, judges and court administrators at state and federal levels have grappled with questions about suitable access policies, particularly in light of a move to make these records available on the public web. This multi-disciplinary project is a collaboration with computer scientists at Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon and the University of Pennsylvania.
The assistantship would be particularly well-suited to someone with interests in information and/or privacy law who has completed a civil procedures course, and also possibly criminal procedures. Applicants should be prepared to work an average of 10 hours per week and also to travel to study sites as needed. Travel expenses will be fully covered.
If you are interested please send to Nicole Arzt (arztn@exchange.law.nyu.edu) a résumé, an unofficial transcript and the names of two persons who may serve as references. Please also include a brief, one-page (no more than two-page) cover letter explaining how the RA-ship fits your general professional/academic interests. For questions or further information about the position, contact helen.nissenbaum@nyu.edu. General information about Professor Nissenbaum is available here.
January 12th 2009