[Air-L] Sad News: Death of Brenda Danet
Naomi Susan Baron
nbaron at american.edu
Sun Nov 23 16:55:12 PST 2008
Yesterday, the world of internet research lost a dear friend and
colleague. Brenda Danet died in New Haven, CT, following a heroic (and
most graceful) battle with leukemia. Despite her years of ups and downs
with the disease, she continued to produce work that guides many of us and
our students.
Brenda was a pioneer -- intellectually and personally. She did her BA at
Radcliffe and PhD (in Sociology) at the University of Chicago, but spent
most of her professional life in Israel. She taught at Hebrew University,
where she was appointed Danny Arnold Chair of Communications in 1998.
Following her retirement in 2000, she migrated back to the US, where she
became a Research Affiliate in Anthropology at Yale.
Most of us know Brenda from her delightful book CyberPlay, and her more
recent co-edited volume (with Susan Herring) on The Multilingual Internet.
Those of us fortunate enough to have known Brenda in person cherish our
memories of a strong, self-confident woman who inspired us to think, was
full of wit, wore the most lovely scarves, and helped us laugh at
ourselves.
Brenda will be very sorely missed.
Naomi Baron
American University
Washington, DC USA
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