She obtained her Diplom (M.Sc.) in Psychology at the Humboldt University in Berlin and her Ph.D. at the iSchool, University of Toronto. She currently holds a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to study the use and social implications of information and communications technology in communities, organizations and everyday life. She is the author of Information Brokering in the High-Tech Industry. She can be contacted at: aquan@uwo.ca.