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RESUME
Dana Neacsu
50 Avenue A, 3A, NYC, NY 10009 http://library.law.columbia.edu/dana/
http://perma.cc/SY7-XQEM
EDUCATION:
2007-2011 School of Communication, Information and Library Science,
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Ph.D
2000-2001 Graduate School of Library and Information Science
City University of New York, New York, NY ,
M.L.S.
1993-1994 Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
LL.M.
1990-1991 Ecole de Droit et des Etudes Politiques
Caen, France
D.E.A. (Diplôme d'études approfondies/LL.M equivalent)
1985-1989 Universitatea Bucuresti, Facultatea de Drept
Bucharest, Romania
Diploma de drept (J.D. equivalent) (magna cum laude)
LIBRARY EMPLOYMENT:
2008-09; 2005-
2006;
2014-15
2009-10;
2012/13; 10/11;
03/04; 2001/02
2000-
Head of Public Services, Columbia University, Law Library, New York, NY.
Legal Research Teaching Coordinator for 1L-LPW & LLM
Head of ILL
Librarian III (2009-present); Law Reference Librarian, (2000-to present), Columbia
University, Law Library, New York, NY.
1990-91 Legal researcher, Institut de Cercetari Juridice, National Academy, Bucharest,
Romania.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:
2008- Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia University, Law School, New York, NY.
Legal Research- LPW, LLM every Fall Semester, 2005 -
Advanced Legal Research, every Spring Semester, 2001 -
212-854-1345(w)
212-854-3295(FAX)
dana.neacsu@law.columbia.edu
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Dana Neacsu
50 Avenue A, 3A, NYC, NY 10009 http://library.law.columbia.edu/dana/
http://perma.cc/SY7-XQEM
Interdisciplinary Research , starting Spring 2015
2003-
2007- 2012
July 2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Barnard College, (every spring semester)
Environmental Law-3040 (co-teaching with Peter Bower), New York, NY.
Visiting Professor, Pratt Institute–SILS, New York, NY.
http://mysite.pratt.edu/~eneacsu/.
Faculty member of Columbia Summer Program –Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1990-1994 Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, Universitatea Bucuresti, Facultatea de Drept,
(introduction to civil law) Bucharest, Romania.
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:
1998-2000 Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Corporation Counsel’s Office,
Affirmative Litigation Department (practicing in the areas of civil rights and tort law,
in federal and state courts), New York, NY.
1997-1998 Associate Attorney, Bickel & Brewer (practicing in the areas of business law,
environmental litigation, tort, and contract law), New York, NY.
Fall 1996
Consultant, Forced Migration Project, Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation,
(working with by the late Arthur Helton on Roma discrimination), New York, NY.
1989/90 Trial Court Judge, Campulung Muscel, Romania.
VOLUNTEER WORK:
2014-
2014-
2013-
2012-
2010-
2008 -
Chair, RTC, Law Library, Columbia University
Member, Senate Elections Commission, Columbia University
Member, Council of Columbia Library and Information Professional Council, C.U.
Member, AALL Research & Publications Committee
Faculty Mentoring Program, Columbia Law School, NY
Women’s International Leadership Program International House, New York, NY
1995/96 Lecturer: Law and Development Program for Legal Advocacy Training Program,
Israel/Palestine Center for Legal Research and Information (IPCLRI- USA NGO), Israel.
212-854-1345(w)
212-854-3295(FAX)
dana.neacsu@law.columbia.edu
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Dana Neacsu
50 Avenue A, 3A, NYC, NY 10009 http://library.law.columbia.edu/dana/
http://perma.cc/SY7-XQEM
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Books &
Chapters
Neacsu, D
(2014)
Neacsu, D.
(2005).
Neacsu, D.
(2004).
Neacsu, D.
(2002).
Romania, in A. Shea & R. Gaebler, (Eds.)Sources of State Practice in International Law,
2nd ed. Leiden: Brill.
Introduction to U.S. law and legal research. Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers.
(reviewed in International Journal of Legal Information, 34, pp. 169-170 and Law Library
Journal, 98, pp. 531-532); subsequently digitized . (Bacilio Mendez, II - Digital Editor)
Columbia Academic Commons.
Gender-based persecution as a basis for asylum: An annotated bibliography. In
C.H. Lefcourt (Ed.), Women and the law (pp.9A1-9A35). ThomsonWest.
Legal scholarship and digital publishing: Has anything changed in the way we do
legal research? In M. Chiorazzi & G. Russel (Eds.), Law library collection development in
the digital age (pp. 105-122). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press.
Articles
Davis, M
&NeacsuD
Neacsu, D.
(2014)
Neacsu, D.
(2013)
Neacsu, D.
(2013)
Rhodes, S.
& Neacsu,
D. (2009).
Neacsu, D.
(2008).
Neacsu, D.
(2006).
The Many Texts of the Law (British Journal of American Legal Studies, forthcoming)
Technology, alienation and the future of litigation-based social change,
(forthcoming Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review)
New York Grand Juries: Rubber Stamp of ADA’s Requests? The Criminal Law
Bulletin, 49(2), pp. 207-17.
The Internet: Academic Foe or Friend. Google and federated searches may point
the way forward for branding law libraries. AALL Spectrum, Feb.2013, pp. 25-26.
Preserving and ensuring long-term access to digitally born legal information.
Information & Communications Technology Law, 18(1), pp. 39-74.
The red booklet on feminist equality. Instead of a manifesto. The Women’s Rights Law
Reporter, 30, pp. 106-183.
A brief critique of the emaciated state and its reliance on non-governmental
organizations to provide social services. New York City Law Review, 9, pp. 405-27.
212-854-1345(w)
212-854-3295(FAX)
dana.neacsu@law.columbia.edu
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Dana Neacsu
50 Avenue A, 3A, NYC, NY 10009 http://library.law.columbia.edu/dana/
http://perma.cc/SY7-XQEM
Neacsu, D.
(2005)
Neacsu, D.
(2005).
Neacsu, D.
(2005).
Romania, Bulgaria, The United States and the European Union: The Rules of
Empowerment at the Outskirts of Europe, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 30 pp.
185-204.
The wrongful rejection of big theory (Marxism) by feminism and queer theory: A
brief debate. Capital University Law Review, 34 pp. 125-151.
The political value of knowledge and the elite schools’ curricula. To ignore or not to
ignore Marxism? University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, 82, pp. 219-252.
Book
Reviews
(selected)
Neacsu, D.
(2011).
Letters to the
Editor
Human Rights and Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Values and
Citizenship in Oecd Countries. Edited by Ann Nevile. Cheltenham, Uk;
Northampton, Ma: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2010.
39 Int'l J. Legal Info. 388 (2011).
.
Neacsu,D.
(2011, Apr.3).
No easy answers. New York Times Book Review, p.6.
WORKS IN PROGRESS:
http://legalresearch.wikischolars.columbia.edu/
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
2000- American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
2000- American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section (ABA)
2010-
2009-
2000-
American Libraries Association (ALA)
Eastern Communication Association (ECA)
International Studies Association (ISA)
2008- International Communication Association (ICA)
2011- Law Library Association of the Greater New York (LLAGNY)
2009- Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association (MAPACA)
1996- New York State Bar
SELECTED CONFERENCE APPEARANCES:
212-854-1345(w)
212-854-3295(FAX)
dana.neacsu@law.columbia.edu
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Dana Neacsu
50 Avenue A, 3A, NYC, NY 10009 http://library.law.columbia.edu/dana/
http://perma.cc/SY7-XQEM
Nov. 2014
Oct. 2014
March
2014
May,
2013
Feb.,
2013
March,
2012
July,
2011
Feb., 2011
Oct., 2010
June, 2010
Apr., 2010
Feb., 2009
Nov., 2008
Sep., 2008
""We Create Here": A Roundtable Discussion on Community Building, Collaborative Meaning
Making, and Changing Media Landscapes"; NCA -100 th Annual Convention (speaker)
404/File Not Found: Link Rot, Legal Citation and Projects to Preserve Precedent (speaker),
Georgetown Law Library, Oct. 24, 2014
11 th Columbia University Library Symposium, New York, NY,
Symposium Planning Committee Member
Law, Culture, Critique – Osgoode G.S. Forum - 2013, York University, Toronto, CA
Law, Culture and Technology: On Law’s Elusive and Tangible Nature (speaker)
Research Data Symposium, Columbia University, New York, NY
Let’s Research Together, so Join.me (poster presenter)
9 th Columbia University Libraries Symposium, New York, NY
Building partnerships in legal scholarship: Law Libraries and The Center for Digital Research and
Scholarship (panel organizer, moderator & speaker)
104th AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, Philadelphia, PA
F6: Meeting Employers' Expectations: Are Library Schools Doing Everything They Can? (panel
organizer, speaker & coordinator)
16th Annual Philosophy Conference, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
Social justice and the online alienation, or recipes for a new vocabulary of common good (speaker)
Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association,
Alexandria, VA Of flamers, and lurkers and trolls: The Daily Show and its online audience
(speaker)
Conference for Law School Computing, Rutgers School of Law Camden, NJ
The role of the law librarian in the pre-publishing phase of legal scholarship (speaker)
Eastern Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD
The audience Is the message (speaker)
International Studies Association's 50th Annual Convention, New York, NY
Globalization: A postmodern event or thought? (speaker)
The Law Librarian’s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise, Univ. of South Carolina School
of Law, SC - What is the role of the law reference librarian in legal scholarship? (conf. coorganizer
& speaker)
Media, War and Conflict-Resolution, International Conf.- Bowling Green St.Univ.,
OH, The media and war propaganda: Has the role of the media remained unchanged? (speaker)
212-854-1345(w)
212-854-3295(FAX)
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RESUME
Dana Neacsu
50 Avenue A, 3A, NYC, NY 10009 http://library.law.columbia.edu/dana/
http://perma.cc/SY7-XQEM
May, 2007
Chicago-Kent College of Law Conference: Back to the Future of Legal Research,
Chicago, IL Google, digitization, legal scholarship, and the role of law libraries, if any (speaker)
Dec., Teleconference - Columbia University Site: Safeguarding Our Patrons' Privacy: What Every
2002 Librarian Needs to Know about the USA PATRIOT Act & Related Anti-Terrorism
Measures (co- moderator)
July, 95th AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, H-5 A New Battle of the Bulge? The Impact
2002 Of Digitization on Legal Scholarship and How Law Libraries Are Trying to Avoid a Potential
Disaster. (Paper: The “Legal URL Citation Archive:” A Response to the Threat Posed by
Digital Publishing to Legal Scholarship) (program organizer, moderator & speaker)
Feb, Not a Box but a Window: Law Libraries and Legal Education in a Virtual World,”
2001 held at Bora Laskin Law Library, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
Legal Scholarship and Digital Publishing (speaker)
Dec., Association of the Bar of the City of New York, “Sex and Law Committee:” “WE
1999 ARE FAMILY: Addressing Problems Facing Same-Sex Bi-National Couples Under United
States Immigration Law”(program co-organizer)
LANGUAGES:
French & Romanian (fluent); Italian (reading and speaking) Hebrew (katzat).
212-854-1345(w)
212-854-3295(FAX)
dana.neacsu@law.columbia.edu
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