Kathy Kleiman

Kathy Kleiman

American University Washington College of Law
Joined on November 24, 2005
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About

Kathy Kleiman teaches Internet technology and governance at American University Washington College of Law. She is the author of “Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Computer” (Grand Central Publishing, 2022). Kleiman works on the “K-20 pipeline” encouraging students of all genders and backgrounds to explore careers in technical and science. She speaks around the world on issues of Internet policy and computing history.

Kleiman was part of the group that founded ICANN. She is a co-founder of the Noncommercial Users Constituency, was elected to the first Names Council and served as Vice-Chair of the first WHOIS Review Team. From 2016-2022, Kleiman served as Co-Chair of the GNSO’s Review of All Rights Protection Mechanism Working Group along with Philip Corwin and Brian Beckham. She was Vice-Chair of the First Whois Review Team and appointed to the final drafting team of the Uniform Rapid Suspension Policy (UDRP), ICANN’s first consensus policy.

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Comments

2019 - Sep 16 on What Is the Purpose of ICANN's Comment Periods?
2017 - Apr 27 on Sorry, Not Sorry: WHOIS Data Must Remain Public
2016 - Dec 29 on Confusing New gTLDs
2015 - Oct 28 on ICANN Compliance Lends a Hand to a Violent Criminal While Trashing a Legitimate Business
2013 - Oct 21 on Will Uniform Rapid Suspension Be a Substitute for Defensive Domain Name Registrations?

Topic Interests

New TLDsDomain NamesInternet GovernanceDomain ManagementICANNUDRPPolicy & RegulationDNSLawWhoisPrivacyCybercrimeRegistry ServicesCybersecuritySpamCyberattackDDoS AttackThreat Intelligence

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Sad Story of Private Public Interest Commitments (PICs)

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