TELOS Seminar: Web literacy as a barrier and pathway to equity

Eszter Hargittai's research focuses on the social and policy implications of information technologies with a particular interest in how IT may contribute to or alleviate social inequalities. Her research projects have looked at differences in people's Web-use skills, the evolution of search engines and the organization and presentation of online content, political uses of information technologies, and how IT are influencing the types of cultural products people consume. In addition to her academic articles, her work has also been featured on CNNfn, the BBC's Web site, and several national dailies.

An-Me Chung is Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Mozilla Foundation and leads the foundation’s web literacy efforts. One of the world's largest social enterprises, Mozilla promotes openness, innovation, and opportunity online; and creates open standards that enable innovation, access, and opportunity for all. Before joining Mozilla, Chung was the associate director of education for U.S. Programs at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation where she supported initiatives to improve student learning through the use of digital media. Prior to this, she led the education grantmaking at the C.S. Mott Foundation and partnered with the U.S. Department of Education to build the afterschool field by supporting training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, policy development, and public awareness and outreach. This partnership won the Public Excellence Award and was a semi-finalist for the Kennedy School of Government “Innovations in American Government” award. As associate director at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at the Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, she directed the Save the Children Out-of-School Time Rural Initiative.