Internet Safety, Social Media, and the Law

Internet Safety, Social Media, and the Law

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With a long history as an educator and social worker who has worked locally and globally on behalf of children, Sarah Migas is now the Internet Safety Specialist for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

Migas will present Power On to Shut Down: Responsibility and Legality in the Age of Social Media on Monday, October 29, at Elmhurst College.

She is a 14-year veteran in the field of social work, having served as a child advocate in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Fairbanks, Alaska, a treatment counselor in a residential facility for children in Portland, Oregon, and as a child welfare specialist at Catholic Charities in Chicago. She also has taught in the Chicago Public Schools system and is an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at Dominican University.

Elmhurst College is a leading liberal arts college located eight miles west of Chicago. The college’s mission is to prepare its students for meaningful and ethical work in a multicultural, global society. Approximately 3,400 full- and part-time students are enrolled in its 23 undergraduate academic departments and 11 graduate degree programs.