Ken R.

Hi Irene,

I have only been a consultant on a couple of projects. One was the Rural Internet Access Authority here in NC and currently, I am working with the Department of Homeland Security on a project about the radicalization of the Internet.

My biggest questions center on whether policymakers even care about what academics think. How much can/should academics work their way into gov’t circles? We want to be policy relevant, but keep our academic freedom. I’d love to be involved more locally, too. I think that is where a lot of work gets done and is sometimes overlooked. Questions about involvement at a variety of levels of government.

I haven’t had a chance to look at the panels yet, but I’ll try to get to it!

Thanks again.

ken