page_title: Nancy Baym
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caption_attribution_description: English: Nancy Baym presenting a paper at the AoIR Conference in Copenhagen
context_page_description: Nancy Baym, Ph.D. is an American academic, formerly a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas and currently a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. She was a member of the founding board and former president of the Association of Internet Researchers, and serves on the board of several academic journals covering new media and communication. She has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of social communication, new media, and fandom.
context_section_description: Nancy Baym, Ph.D. is an American academic, formerly a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas and currently a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research.  She was a member of the founding board and former president of the Association of Internet Researchers, and serves on the board of several academic journals covering new media and communication.  She has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of social communication, new media, and fandom.
caption: Nancy Baym at the AoIR Conference in Copenhagen in October 2008
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