Ronda Hauben is a researcher and writer who has spent the past 10 years studying, writing, and participating in Usenet and the Internet. Along with Michael Hauben, she is co-author of "Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet", published by the IEEE Computer Society in 1997. She is a founding editor of the Amateur Computerist newsletter and writes about the social and cultural aspects of Internet developments for Telepolis and other publications. She has been working on a new book about the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) and the international influences on the birth of the Internet.
