Michael Hauben
			  PO Box 250101
		     New York, NY 10025-1531
	                  (212)787-9361
		   E-Mail: hauben@columbia.edu
		http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/

EDUCATION:

      Teachers College (9/95 - 5/97)
      New York, NY                            MA in Communication

      Columbia College of Columbia University (9/91 - 5/95)
      New York, NY                            BA in Computer Science
      MAJOR: Computer Science & Communication

      Dearborn High School (9/87 - 6/91)       Diploma earned 6/91
      Dearborn, MI

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:  

Columbia University
Postmaster and Consultant for Electronic Mail, Academic Information
Systems (AcIS) (June 1995 - Present)

Columbia University 
Student Lab Consultant (UI), AcIS (October 1991 - Present)
- Supervised AcIS computer laboratories
- Consulted in AcIS computer laboratories       
- Responded to end-user problems, questions and requests
- Introduced new users to basic skills and more advanced skills
- Worked with Apple Macintosh family(IIci, Power Macs), HP 712/60 Workstations,
NeXT Workstations, Unix Operating System, and Graphical X-Windows Terminals
- Supported Word, Excel, MacWrite II, MacDraw, MacPaint, HyperCard, WriteNow,
	Improv, Mathematica, Xwindows Apps, Fetch and Other Mac Internet Apps.
- Worked with the Internet and Bitnet computer networks
- Assisted users in searches on Nexis and Lexis, World Wide Web,
	WAIS, Gopherspace, FTP, etc.

Ethernet Dorm Consultant, Residence Hall Network Project, AcIS(Sept 94-Present)
- Consulted in Dorm Ethernet Pilot Program
- Helped initial installation of various Ethernet Hardware
- Troubleshooted when student's Ethernet Connections stopped working

Teaching Assistant, Columbia Journalism School New Media Department(Sept-Dec94)
in "Reporting in Cyberspace", J6010-003
- Helped plan prototype of The Columbia Internet Observer WWW Page
- Taught lectures on basic unix and internet tools
- Taught lectures on On-Line Communications (Netnews, irc, talk, e-mail, etc)
- Taught lectures on History and Cooperative Culture of the Net
- Answered Students' live and emailed questions about the Internet, Usenet, etc
- Answered Instructor's questions

Programmer, SonicNet (Summer 1994)
- Programmed applications for a BBS in TDBS(a version of xBase DBase Language.)
- Researched local Internet T-3 line providers
- Digitized video, sounds and photographs for download from BBS
- Helped manage TBBS BBS Software
- Established Usenet Newsgroups on TBBS

Computer Class Instructor, AcIS	(September 1993 - December 1993)
- Taught Introductory Macintosh and Unix skills Class
- Used Special Macintosh Computer Classroom

Technical Writer, AcIS  (June 1993 - September 1993)
-Wrote the IBM PC version of the manual to the Dormitory Ethernet
Project, based on the existing MAC Version.
-Changes including writing up Introduction to Novell Netware, intro.
to FTP and intro to Telnet.
-This manual was distributed to students connecting to this new
ethernet computer connection.

Business Office Consultant, AcIS  (June 1993 - September 1993)
- Worked in AcIS's main front office
- Communicated with Columbia Student, Staff and Faculty about AcIS's policies
- Managed Columbia CUNIX system user database
- Introduced new users to Columbia's Computer Facilities
- Dealt with users problems involving their Columbia computer account
- Answered People's general questions about AcIS
- Operated the Print Out! Station
- Sold extra services provided to users by AcIS

Ethernet Pilot Program, AcIS (September 1992 - May 1993)
- Consulted in Dorm Ethernet Pilot Program
- Helped initial installation of various Ethernet Hardware
- Troubleshooted when student's Ethernet Connections stopped working
- Interviewed Student Participants to enquire about uses
- Trained and answered Student's questions during Office Hours
- Helped uninstall and debrief participants

University of Detroit Mercy (June 1988 - August 1992)
Microcomputer Analyst, Computer Center
- Worked independently on a variety of problem-solving issues
- Responded to end-user problems, questions and requests
- Installed and maintained personal computers and mainframe terminals
- Diagnosed and repaired on-site software and hardware problems
- Skilled with Unisys A3K, IBM PC-PS/2 family, Apple Macintosh family, Amiga
      and associated peripherals
- Skilled with most major IBM PC family and Apple Macintosh family software
- Instructed end-user on MS-DOS, various applications, telecommunications&BASIC

INTERNET SKILLS: 

World Wide Web, NCSA HTTPD, Mosaic/Netscape 2.0/Lynx, WAIS,
Gopher, Netnews (t/rn,tin,nn), Electronic Mail, Pine, MM, FTP, Telnet,
Archie, Fetch, Eudora Lite/Pro, Mailstrom, Newsgrazer, WinVN, FreeAgent.
          
COMPUTER LANGUAGES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS:
C, SGML, HTML, CGI-Bin scripts, Pascal, Lisp, BASIC, Forth, UNIX (SunOS
4.1.3, SOLARIS 2.3/4), LEX, YACC, SED, AWK, Unix & MS-Dos Shell Scripts,
PC-DOS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Netware 386, PRO-DOS, DOS 3.3 (Apple),
MCP/AS, CANDE.

SPECIAL SKILLS
- Knowledge of LEXIS/NEXIS search language
- Editor and Contributor to the Amateur Computerist Newsletter (1988 - present)
- On-Line editor and maintainer of ftp archival site, newsgroup & WWW site
- Freelance Review Writer
- Participation in Electronic Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) (1985 - present)
- Remote System Operator (1987 - 1991)
- Disk Jockey at WBAR Barnard College Radio. Played Ambient/Techno Music
(1994 - 1997)

HONORS & Awards
- Member, ACM
- Dean's List Columbia University
- J. Henry Esser Scholarship (Columbia Alumni Scholarship)
- Philip Yacos Scholarship (Columbia Alumni Scholarship)
- Referenced in Howard Rheingold's "The Virtual Community" Addison-Wesley
 Pub. Co., c1993
- Dearborn Heights Rotary Club Scholarship
- Floyd L. Haight Scholarship
- National Honor Society (high school)
- Detroit Area PreCollege Engineering Program (DAPCEP)
- Commended, National Merit Scholarship

       
PRESENTATIONS

- Live Radio Interview 11/2/94 on KUCI, 88.9 FM - University of
  California Irvine for the Cyberspace Report.
- Book Reading 1/94 at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI.
- Researching the "Net": A talk on The Evolution of Usenet News and
 The Significance of the Global Computer Network. Given to
 Columbia University's student ACM Chapter on 4/24/94.
- Researching the "Net". Given to the Mid-Manhattan Library on 5/1/95.
-Appeared in a Japanese Documentary about the Internet. 7/2/95 on NHK, TV Tokyo
- Guest Speaker at Hypernetwork '95 Beppu Bay Conference. 11/24/95
  in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Topic "Netizens and Community Networks"
- Will present at INET '96 , June 27, 1996 on The Effect of the Net on the
Professional News Media

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
- Article "Netizens" in The Thinker Vol 2, No. 5 February 2, 1996, p. 1.
Stanford University.
- Paper "On-Line Public Discussion and the Future of Democracy" as
 part of the proceedings for Telecommunities '95: Equity on the Internet
- Exploring New York City's Online Community in the May 1995 issue
 of the CMC Magazine.
- Chapter "Interview with Henry Spencer on Usenet News and C-News"
in Internet Secrets published 1995 by IDG Books. edited by John R.
Levine and Carol Baroudi
- Working on a Manuscript titled The Netizens and the Wonderful
 World Of the Net: An Anthology on the History and Impact of the Net
- A New Democratic Medium: The Global Computer Communications
 Network. AHKCUS Quarterly, no. 14 July 1994, p. 26. Special Issue
 on Hong Kong Media Facing 1997.
- Exploring New York City's On-Line Community
- The Vision Of Interactive Computing and the Future
- New York City Civic Culture from "The Friendly Club" in the
Eighteenth Century to Netnews Today 
-Behind the Net:The Untold History of the ARPANET and the Network Working Group
- The Expanding Commonwealth of Learning: The Printing Press and the Net
- The Net and the Netizen: The Impact the Net has on People's Lives
- The Social Forces Behind the Development of Usenet News
- The Computer as Democratizer: James Mill and Usenet News
- Computers and Free Speech
- Computer Hacking, A Crime?

References Available upon Request