Bio

Michael Hauben, has participated in online communities since the
early 1980s. He has worked at the University of Detroit/Mercy
and Columbia University helping people use and understand
computers. He is a graduate of Columbia University with a BA in
Computer Science. Through his pioneering interactive online
research, Michael coined and introduced the term "Netizen" into
popular use. He is now a graduate student at Teachers College of
Columbia University studying computer mediated communication. Having
given the Amateur Computerist newsletter its name, he continues
to contribute articles on a regular basis. He has appeared in
documentaries about the Internet on TV Tokyo,
and has been frequently consulted to comment on the growing
importance of this new democratic medium. He has given talks in
the United States, Japan and Canada about the social significance
and history of the Internet. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE and
IEEE Computing Society. He enjoys listening and dancing to
electronic music, working with children and helping people to
communicate. Michael is the host of the Netizens Cyberstop World
Wide Web page.