Will Cross is the Director of the Open Knowledge Center & Head of Information Policy at N.C. State University where he guides policy, speaks, and writes on copyright literacy and open knowledge. He recently served as a Hewlett-funded Open Education Fellow and as an instructor for the UNC SILS. As a course designer and presenter Will has developed training materials and workshops across the US and for international audiences from Ontario to Abu Dhabi. Will holds a law degree from UNC Chapel Hill, where he also earned his M.S. in Library and Information Science, his M.A. in Media Law & Policy, and his B.A. in Constitutional History and Dramatic Art. Will's current research focused on the relationship between information policy and open education is supported by grants from the IMLS, the Hewlett Foundation, and LYRASIS. In the 2022-23 academic year he conducted research on copyright literacies in European open science communities as a Fulbright Schuman Innovation Fellow.