Jennie Halperin
Director, Library Futures at Flaming Hydra
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJennie Halperin is an information professional and technologist with 11 years of experience leading initiatives at the intersection of libraries, open knowledge, and policy, currently directing Library Futures at NYU Law's Engelberg Center. She combines nonprofit founding and strategy experience with hands-on community building, communications, and product engagement—skills honed at Creative Commons, Mozilla, and Knowledge Futures. Jennie designs participatory events and digital experiences that prioritize equity and privacy, from facilitating privacy-respecting tech workshops to running inclusive online collaboratives. Her background in archival practice and metadata (UNC Chapel Hill, Columbia, Humboldt) informs a pragmatic approach to open access and knowledge infrastructure. Based in Durham, NC, she pairs executive leadership with grassroots facilitation and a knack for turning complex policy ideas into accessible public-facing programs. Colleagues describe her as an idealist innovator who brings organized chaos and curiosity to systems change work.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Library and Information Science, Master's Degree Library and Information Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel HillB.A. (cum laude) American Studies, B.A. (cum laude) American Studies at Barnard CollegeExchange Program Cultural Studies Library Science, Exchange Program Cultural Studies Library Science at Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinExecutive MPA Public Policy and Administration, Executive MPA Public Policy and Administration at NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (1)
censorship-circumvention10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
bostontechworkers4justice/bostontechworkers4justice.github.io
Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
Pluggable-Transports/Pluggable-Transports-website
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:46 commits in 20 days
censorship-circumvention
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