13 Facts About Karine Nahon

Karine Nahon is an Israeli information scientist in the area of information, technology, and society.

Karine Nahon holds a dual position as an associate professor in The Information School at University of Washington and at Reichman University.

Karine Nahon's co-authored book "Going Viral" was awarded Best Information Science Book Award by the Association for Information Science and Technology and the 2014 Outstanding Academic Title Award by the American Library Association.

Karine Nahon was born in Tel Aviv to parents who immigrated from Lebanon before the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war.

Karine Nahon maintains a dual position as an associate professor faculty in the Information School at the University of Washington since 2004, and since 2010 in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Reichman University in Israel.

Karine Nahon is the first woman nominated to lead a track at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

In Israel, Karine Nahon serves on the editorial board of the Freedom of Information Movement, Wikimedia, and the Internet Society.

Karine Nahon is one of the leaders of the movement against the biometric database in Israel.

The biometric database is still in its pilot phase, and Karine Nahon appealed to the High Justice Court against its deployment.

Karine Nahon was included in TheMarker's list of 100 most influential people in Israel, and was placed in Forbes' list of 50 Most Influential Women in Israel.

Karine Nahon has published over 80 research publications in her area of work.

Karine Nahon has written a number of contemporary pieces on gatekeeping theories between disciplines.

Traditional mass communication gatekeeping theory has focused on how we get news, however Karine Nahon's approach applies to all information.