Resume

writing and editing

• 1992-present: Freelance Writer for various magazines and newspapers. Follow the link for more info.
• 2007-present: Lead Editor, io9, a science fiction and science blog that’s part of Gawker Media.
• 2005-07: Contributing Editor and Writer, Wired magazine.
• 2002-03: Knight Science Journalism Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• 2000-2004: Culture Editor, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA
• Oct.-Dec. 1999: Senior Editor, GettingIt.com, San Francisco, CA
• 1997-99: West Coast Correspondent, New York Press, Manhattan, NY
• 1992-2000: Founding Editor, Bad Subjects, Berkeley, CA

policy

• 2007: President, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• 2006: Vice President, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• 2004-05: Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• 1999: Board Member, San Francisco Sex Information

academic

• 1998-99: Lecturer, English and American Studies, UC Berkeley
• 1994-98: Graduate Student Instructor, English and American Studies, UC Berkeley

websites for a few courses I taught

• English 150: Violence and Horror After 1930
  Spring 1999 at UC Berkeley.
• English 1A, section 10: Corporate and Anti-Corporate Culture
  Fall 1997, UC Berkeley.
• American Cultures 31: The Model Minority in US Literature
  Summer 1996, UC Berkeley.

education

• Ph.D., English and American Studies, UC Berkeley, May 1998.
• B.A., English, UC Berkeley, May 1989.