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Jessica Constantine, Director of Information Technology

Jes Constantine is the Director of Information Technology of the Institute for Humanist Studies.

Constantine is responsible for keeping all of the Institute's web-based programs running. She also works to introduce new and innovative technology to increase the Institute's Internet presence and its global reach.

Her first initiative was to take the Institute for Humanist Studies into the "blogosphere" by completing work on the Humanist Network News RSS feed.

She also brought the Institute for Humanist Studies to the MySpace online community -- a social networking hub on the Internet with more than 100 million users primarily between the ages of 16 and 34. The Institute's MySpace page combines video clips, headlines from the Institute's weekly e-zine, episodes of the Institute's monthly podcast, a slide show and a message board for visitors.

Part of her job includes working with a global community of more than 200 humanist and freethought web programmers who receive free web hosting through the Institute's Humanist.net program.

Around the office, Constantine makes sure that the Institute's server is working properly and provides staffers with technical assistance and training.

She also co-hosts the Institute's monthly Humanist Network News podcast with Duncan Crary, IHS director of communications. The HNN podcast is a one-hour Internet radio talk show that features interviews, essays, listener comments and music.

Before starting at the Institute, Jes worked for the several YWCA associations worldwide. Her activist orientated work involved helping the victims of domestic violence, racism and homelessness.

In her spare time, she volunteers as co-organizer for Our Knowledge, Our Power, a community action group for people who want local justice and care about the social service system.

She's also a huge fan of the Albany-based popular rock band Sirsy (whose music was recently featured on the HNN podcast). Jes organizes the Sirsy Street Team, a group of Sirsy fans who help tell the world about these excellent musicians.

Jes graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2003 with a B.S. in Information Technology/Science and Technology Studies.