[Air-L] Sad News: Death of Brenda Danet

[Steve Jones]

My sympathies go out to Brenda's family and friends. I, too, will  
mourn her death. She was one of the earliest supporters of AoIR, and  
my conversations about internet research predate AoIR's formation by  
quite a few years. She always spoke up and had interesting things to  
say and interesting questions to ask. I will miss her.

Sj

On Nov 23, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Naomi Susan Baron wrote:

> 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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