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Kathy Kleiman

American University Washington College of Law
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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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2019 - Sep 16

What Is the Purpose of ICANN's Comment Periods?

2017 - Apr 27

Sorry, Not Sorry: WHOIS Data Must Remain Public

2016 - Dec 29

Confusing New gTLDs

2015 - Oct 28

ICANN Compliance Lends a Hand to a Violent Criminal While Trashing a Legitimate Business

2013 - Oct 21

Will Uniform Rapid Suspension Be a Substitute for Defensive Domain Name Registrations?

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An Open Letter to the ICANN Community: Not the Community Priority Evaluation We Intended

A Multistakeholder Model if We Can Keep It: 25 Years of ICANN

The Sad Story of Private Public Interest Commitments (PICs)

Dissecting the ISOC/PIR/Ethos Transaction (With Ways to Help Ensure PIR’s 2002 Commitments)

GNSO Council: Attend the .ORG Protest!

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An Open Letter to the ICANN Community: Not the Community Priority Evaluation We Intended

Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Sad Story of Private Public Interest Commitments (PICs)

A Tribute to the STI (Special Trademarks Initiative Team)

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