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Jessica Alice Rivers

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    Achievements

    Jessica Alice Rivers was a Content Editor for ICANNWiki.

    Career History

    In December 2020, Rivers became a Content Editor at ICANNWiki. Before that, she edited academic texts for Cactus Communications and AsiaEdit; researched and wrote grants for The Dartmouth Institute; lectured in the humanities and social sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Leiden University, and Indiana University; and taught ESOL for University Settlement and Sakkara Language School.

    ICANN and Internet Governance Participation

    As an Internet end-user and ICANN novice, Rivers is especially interested in how the ALAC functions as a representative of the At-Large Community.

    Education

    Rivers double-majored in English Literature and Hispanic Studies from the College of Charleston, received a master's degree in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University, and earned a doctorate in Communication and Culture from Indiana University.

    Fun Fact

    Rivers plays roller derby with the Ladies' Death and Derby Society, where she goes by "Cry Me (a River)."

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