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About Me

I work as the Manager of Information Systems for a law firm in downtown Fort Lauderdale. I'm also an independent researcher with a PhD in political science from the University of Minnesota. When the mood strikes, I study and write about political theory, international relations, critical cultural studies, democracy and cyberspace. I maintain this site so that former and future colleagues have a place to find my work. Thank you for visiting. --Diana


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Xena uber fanfic, Internet widgets, disaster recovery, and finding ways to promote democracy.


What I'm Doing Now

I'm learning digital video editing and sound mixing. I'm also working on a large writing project with enough material for three novels. The Internet, rhubarb, cooking contests, and modern society feature prominently. Stay tuned.


MLA Award Winning Book

Visit this site for information about my book Cybering Democracy: Public Space and the Internet, winner of the Modern Language Association's prize for 2002 books by Independent Scholars. The site includes detailed chapter summaries and a list of issues explored in the book, which makes it a useful reference for teachers and students.

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    Not for Sale: Campaign Against the Global Slave Trade

    July 7th, 2007 by Diana

    I consider myself a fairly well-informed individual, but I have to admit to being surprised by some of the statistics noted in Not for Sale: the Documentary, about campaigns throughout the world that are aimed at putting an end to human trafficking. I only know about the documentary because my sister Nikki, a voice-over artist, was hired by the director for one of the segments. You can read more about this from Nikki’s own blog on her involvement in the Not for Sale documentary.

    I’ve been circulating the DVD at work, and if I were still teaching, I’d show this in my classes. The documentary is well done and effective at raising awareness about the modern slave trade while also remaining positive about local efforts to stop corruption, bring traffickers to justice, give some victims viable economic alternatives to selling themselves on the streets, and rescue other victims (usually children) who have been forcibly sold into slavery. Please visit NotforSaleCampaign.org for more information.

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