This summer promises to be an exciting time to work on Internet and technology policy issues, and we can't wait to see how our impressive 2009 Google Policy Fellowship class helps shape the debate. The students this year are bloggers, engineers, lawyers, journalists, activists, and web-entrepreneurs representing 14 universities in three countries.
Our host organizations selected the 14 fellows from a stunning applicant pool of over 600 students - that's twice as many applications as last year. If last summer's experience is any indication, the fellows will be out there blogging, meeting with policymakers, publishing papers, and much more. Be sure to look out for their work this summer on the host organizations' websites. Here's the full list of students and the host organizations where they'll be working this summer:
- Sarah T. Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies - American Library Association
- Stuart Hargreaves, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law - Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
- BJ Ard, Yale Law School - Center for Democracy and Technology
- Kay Nguyen, Osgoode Hall Law School - The Citizen Lab
- Jonathan Hillel, Northwestern University Law School - Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Aurelia J. Schultz, Vanderbilt University Law School - Creative Commons
- Marcel Leonardi, University of São Paulo, Faculty of Law - Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Shane Wagman, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law - Future of Music Coalition
- Vilay Senthep, Brown University - Internet Education Foundation
- Bryan Utter, University of Missouri School of Law, Journalism - Media Access Project
- Ergin Bayrak, University of Southern California - New America Foundation
- Eric Beach, Cornell University, Johnson School of Business - Progress and Freedom Foundation
- Brian Rowe, Seattle University School of Law - Public Knowledge
- Ayla Bonfiglio, Columbia University - Technology Policy Institute