Courses Taught :

1. BMMT 201 - Microcomputers for Business Applications.
2. BMMT 205 (WGST 205) - Women in Business
3. BMMT 496 - Records and Information Management.
4. COT 704 - Legal Issues in New Technologies
5. EM 570 - Engineering and Patent Law
6. LEGL 211 - Introduction to Paralegalism and Legal Terminology
7. LEGL 212 - Law Office Administration and Technology.
8. LEGL 306 - Legal Research, Writing and Analysis III.
9. LEGL 413 – Law and the Internet.
10. LEGL 418 (WGST 418) - Women and the Law.

Short Bio:

Konnie Kustron has been a faculty member in the School of Technology Studies at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) since 1994. Of significance is the fact that in 1998 Professor Kustron developed one of the first Internet-based courses at an accredited university. To date, she has designed and taught over 14 different on-line classes at EMU. Currently she teaches a variety of technology and law classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, Professor Kustron has two years academic administrative experience where she was the Associate Dean for EMU’s College of Technology. She also has a total of 16 years of management experience including working as house counsel for TranServ Inc. (Southfield, Michigan), and with LEXIS/NEXIS (Mead Data Central) where she was responsible for training and sales in a five-state area.

Dr. Kustron received her B.S. with honors in pre-law from Michigan State University, and her JD from the Michigan State College of Law. She is a member of the Michigan Bar and approved as a VA attorney with U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs. Konnie is the recipient of an Eastern Michigan University Alumni Teaching Award as well as the Dean’s Outstanding Faculty Award. She is also a chapter author in the Internet Guide for Michigan Lawyers, which was a winner of the "Award of Excellence in the Best Publication" category given by the Association for Continuing Legal Education. Additionally, Professor Kustron is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society (Salem Press, 2011), which was described as the "Best Reference 2011," by the Library Journal the leading reviewer of library materials in the United States.)

Professor Kustron's areas of specialization include technology and the law, while her research interests involved academic integrity and online ethics.

Areas of Expertise:

Academic Integrity, Technology Law, Gender Law

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