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Starr Roxanne Hiltz
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University, Vassar College |
| Occupation | Distinguished Professor Emerita |
| Known for | Computer-mediated communication, E-learning |
| Awards | EFF Pioneer Award |
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| 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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