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The Roundtable

Meet the Panelist: Fran Berman - Part 2

By Joe Donahue
Published May 23, 2023 at 10:50 AM EDT
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"Meet the Panelist" is a sporadic segment where we have in depth discussions with Roundtable Panelists to learn about their lives, careers and how they arrive at their various points of view.

In this segment, we talk to Fran Berman - research professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

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