Renee Hobbs is an internationally recognized authority on digital and media literacy education, a professor of communication studies and education, and the Director of the Media Education Lab at the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island. She has authored six books, among them Create to Learn: Introduction to Digital Literacy (Wiley, 2017), Exploring the Roots of Digital and Media Literacy Through Personal Narrative (Temple University Press, 2016), Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning (Corwin, 2011) and Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English (Teachers College Press, 2007). She is also lead editor of the forthcoming International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy (Wiley forthcoming, 2018) Hobbs co-directs the URI Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacy and teaches courses in communication studies, education, and library and information studies. A sought-after presenter and keynote speaker, Hobbs has offered professional development to K-12 and college educators, librarians and media professionals on four continents.