Displacing Place: Mobile Communication in the Twenty-first Century Edited by Sharon Kleinman ABOUT THE EDITOR Sharon Kleinman is a Professor of Communications at Quinnipiac University. Her research focuses on the social implications of communication technologies and on issues concerning online and place-based communities. She holds a B.A. in English and American literature from Brandeis University and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in communication from Cornell University. An avid mountain biker, golfer, photographer, and yoga practitioner, she lives in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the editor of the critically acclaimed book Displacing Place: Mobile Communication in the Twenty-first Century, which was published in Fall 2007 by Peter Lang Publishing, a top-tier international publishing company. She is also the editor of The Culture of Efficiency: Technology in Everyday Life, (Peter Lang Publishing, 2009). Currently, she is working on a solo-authored book for Peter Lang Publishing. Her essays have been published in scholarly journals, such as Management Communication Quarterly, The Iowa Journal of Communication, and The Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, and in books, such as Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, & Ethics and The Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. She has received numerous academic awards, including the Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award from Quinnipiac University and the Anson Rowe Prize from Cornell University.