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Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Nationality American
Alma mater Columbia University, Vassar College
Occupation Distinguished Professor Emerita
Known for Computer-mediated communication, E-learning
Awards EFF Pioneer Award
Scientific career
Fields Information Systems, Sociology
Institutions New Jersey Institute of Technology,
Rutgers–Newark

Starr Roxanne Hiltz is a retired Distinguished Professor of Information Science/Information Systems at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). She, along with Murray Turoff (her husband), are the authors of The Network Nation, a book that is described as "the seminal book that helped define the electronic frontier".

Awards and honors

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award (1994)
  • Sloan-C Award for "Most Outstanding Achievement in Online Teaching and Learning by an Individual” (2004)
  • Named as Fulbright-University of Salzburg Distinguished Chair in Communications and Media (2008)
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