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

[Charles Ess]

Amen and thanks to Naomi and Steve.
Brenda's support of AoIR included her successful run for Secretary, a
position she then had to resign as her illness progressed - but,
characteristically, I think, only with great reluctance and after much
effort to continue, despite it all.
She was a dear soul and will be mourned deeply by many of us, both within
the AoIR community and beyond.
-c.


> 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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