Stuart A. Sutton

;From DCMI Web site: Stuart Sutton’s research areas include metadata and networked information discovery and retrieval, technology-mediated teaching and learning, cognition and the information seeking behavior of discourse communities, mental models in information system design, and the law and policy of intellectual property. He teaches in the areas of information law and policy, legal informatics, and the organization of information. He received his MLIS (1986) and PhD (1991) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley School of Library and Information Studies. He received his JD (1981) from Golden Gate University School of Law and his LLM in copyright from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He holds BA (1968) and MA (1968) degrees in theatre arts from San Francisco State University. He is currently an Associate Professor Emeritus with the Information School of the University of Washington, Seattle. He has served on the faculties of Syracuse University and San Jose State University and in a visiting position at the University of California at Berkeley.