About me
Nadine Kozak, Ph.D., is an information policy scholar whose research examines how individuals, communities, and organizations interpret, adopt, and challenge policies, regulations, and laws. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication and Science Studies in 2010 from the University of California, San Diego, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Information Policy Research at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 2011 to 2012. She joined the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee as an assistant professor in 2012 and became an associate professor with tenure in 2019.
Kozak’s work focuses on groups often marginalized in policymaking, highlighting how they respond to and reshape policy. Her research spans diverse cases, including rural Canadian mothers, prairie radio communities, small-town broadband initiatives, UK handicrafters addressing copyright, and U.S. municipalities building community networks. Using qualitative methods such as historical research and ethnography, her interdisciplinary scholarship demonstrates how communities actively engage with and influence information policy.
