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Dr. Stuart Sutton’s research areas
include metadata and networked information discovery and retrieval,
technology-mediated teaching and learning, cognition and the information
seeking behavior of discourse communities, mental models in information
system design, and the law and policy of intellectual property. He teaches
in the areas of information law and policy, legal informatics, and the
organization of information. Associate Professor Sutton received his
M.L.I.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (1991) degrees from the University of California
at Berkeley School of Library and Information Studies. He is a member of
the California Bar and received his J.D. (1981) from Golden Gate
University School of Law and his LL.M. in copyright from the University of
California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He holds B.A. (1968) and
M.A. (1968) degrees in theatre arts from San Francisco State University.
He has served on the faculties of Syracuse University and San Jose State
University and in a visiting position at the University of California at
Berkeley.