Affiliations


 
 
Academic Positions and Professional Activities
Professional and Learned Societies
 
Professional Boards, Committees, and Service
Selected University Service and Activities
 
Editorial and Review Activities
 
Academic Positions
Professor, Political Science and Public Policy and Administration, University of MA, 2005-present
Director, National Center for Digital Government, University of MA, 2002-present
Director, Science, Technology and Society Initiative, University of MA, 2005-present
Interim Director, Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of MA, 2006-2007
Associate Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1996-2005
Faculty Co-chair, Information, Technology, and Governance Faculty, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, 2002-2005
Radcliffe Institute Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2000-2001 
Radcliffe Public Policy Center Fellow, Radcliffe College, Harvard University 1999-2000
Director, Women in the Information Age Project, Kennedy School of Government, 1998-2001
Assistant Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1991-1996
Instructor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1989-1991
Mellon Foundation Fellow, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, 1986-1987
Yale Fellow, Yale University, 1984-1989
Assistant Director (1983-84), Project Coordinator (1982-83), IMPACT: 2 ½ Project, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982-1984
Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1982-84
Selected Professional Activities
Invited convenor, National Science Foundation-Organization of American States workshop on e-government, 2005. Workshop is designed to present high-level recommendations to ministers of science and technology in Latin America.
Invited Chair, Salzburg Seminar on e-government and inclusion, to be held in summer 2005. The National Center for Digital Government is the organizing partner with the Salzburg Seminar.
Advisor to the President of the Dominican Republic as part of the President's science and technology advisory group, 2004-present.
Invited participant. National Science Foundation-European Union research workshop, Seattle, May 23, 2004.
Invited participant. Hungarian-U.S. Research Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, March 21-24, 2004. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and ELTE-Ithaka Center for Information Society and Network Research. http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/conf/budapest2004/
Invited program committee member, Digital Government Research Conference, dg.o2004, National Science Foundation Digital Government Program, 2004.
Invited address on strategic political challenges for the development of IT and government to members of the American Chamber of Commerce, key Senators and representatives, Santiago, Chile, November 14, 2003.
Invited keynote address, Association of Internet Researchers annual conference, Toronto, Canada, October 18, 2003.
Invited chair and organizer, mini-plenary on digital government, Association for Public Policy and Management, annual meeting, Dallas, Texas, November 8, 2002. 
Invited lecture. "The Background and Mission of the National Center for Digital Government," Science, Technology, and Public Policy Seminar, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October 29, 2002.
Invited speaker, The Future of E-Governance, forum sponsored by the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, September 10, 2002.
Invited panelist, Building Effective E-Government: The Leadership Agenda Conference, E-Government Executive Education Project, Cambridge, August 6, 2002. 
National workshop chair and organizer, "Advancing a Basic Research Agenda for Digital Government," sponsored by the National Science Foundation Digital Government Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May 30-June 1, 2002.
Chair and organizer, panel on the relationship of social sciences to digital government research, National Conference on Digital Government Research, Redondo Beach, California, May 20-22, 2002.
Invited lecture, "Building the Virtual State," Electronic Enterprise Institute Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, May 15, 2002.
Invited lecture, "Women in the Information Age," Sloan School of Management, Organization Studies Group, May 10, 2002.
Briefing session on gender and globalization for Vice President Al Gore, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School, April 12, 2002. (One of five briefings.)
Invited panelist, "Jeffersonian Democracy and Diversity in Science and Technology," American Association for the Advancement of Science, annual meeting, Boston, MA, February 15, 2002.
Invited lecture, "Building the Virtual State," Brown University, February 1, 2002.
Invited briefing, for Mark Forman, Associate Director for Information Technology and E-Government, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, September 11, 2001. (One of two academics invited to brief the Chief Information Officer of the federal government on conceptual frameworks for analyzing technology and governance.) Briefing cancelled.
Invited speaker, Council for Excellence in Government, E-government Fellows, Washington, D.C., September 11, 2001. (Meeting held in January 2002.) 
Symposium chair and organizer, "Gender, Information Technology, and Organizations: New Directions for Theory, Research, and Governance," sponsored by the Public and Nonprofit Sector Division and the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division, Academy of Management annual meeting, Washington, D.C., August 3-8, 2001.
Invited presentation, Institute for Women and Technology, XeroxPARC, Palo Alto, California, July 19, 2001.
Chair, session on Economy, Society, and Institutions, Summer Institute, Information Technology and Cooperation and Conflict Across Boundaries, organized by the Social Science Research Council and the Berkeley Institute for International Studies, University of California at Berkeley, July 15-21, 2001.
Invited speaker, National Science Foundation Summer Webshop, Internet Scholars Program, University of Maryland, College Park, June 18, 2001.
Panelist, "What's at Stake for Women in the "Wired" Workplace?" Sixth Women's Policy Research Conference, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C., June 8-9, 2001.
Invited speaker, "Building the Virtual State," annual grantee meeting, Digital Government Program, Computers, Information Systems, and Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation, Redondo Beach, California, May 22, 2001.
Invited lecture, "Building the Virtual State," at the interdisciplinary seminar, Democratic Electrons: The Political and Policy Implications of the Internet, Ohio State University, School of Public Policy and Management, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, June 2001.
Invited panelist, "Internet Voting and its Implications for Digital Government Research," dg.o2001, annual grantee meeting, Digital Government Program, Computers, Information Systems, and Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation, Redondo Beach, California, May 21, 2001.
Invited participant, the Internet and Society initiative, Social Science Research Council, New York, May 11, 2001.
Invited speaker, "Building the Virtual State," Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, April 19, 2001.
Invited speaker, "Women in the Information Age," Computer Science Dept. and the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University, April 19, 2001
Invited speaker, Bridging Gender Divides: Educational Access, Leadership and Technology, conference, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 25-26, 2001.
Invited speaker, Association of American Colleges and Universities, annual meeting, New Orleans, January 18, 2001.

Invited consultant, planning a research agenda for the Internet and society, MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, September 22, 2000.

Developed first Web-based policy gateway for women and information technology. URL: www.ksg.harvard.edu/witia
Invited panelist, "The Role of the Public Sector in Internet Governance," Conference on the Internet and Governance, Third Harvard International Conference on the Internet and Society, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May 30, 2000.
"Regulating the Net," interview, Doug Gavel, Harvard University Gazette, January 2000. Reprinted in harvard.net.news, Third Harvard International Conference on the Internet and Society, Vol. 2, No. 1, May 30, 2000.
"Gender and Technology: Still No Parity," interview, Update, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April 2000. Reprinted with revisions in the Radcliffe Public Policy Center Bulletin, May 2000.
Invited speaker, "The Impact of Technology on Human Values," Women in the Lead: Economy, Power, Advocacy & Change conference, Kennedy School of Government, May 18-20, 2000.
Keynote Speaker, "Constructing the Information: Women, Information Technology, and Design," Women's Studies and Information Technology: Model Projects Conference, University of Rhode Island, January 28, 2000.
Keynote Speaker, "Women in the Information Age: Meeting the Challenge," Girls and Technology: Meeting Future Needs, symposium presented by the Greater Boston Funders Supporting Women and Girls, Museum of Science, Cambridge, June 7, 2000.
Invited panelist, "Women Shaping the Future through Technology and Innovation," National Council for Research on Women, annual conference, Choosing to Lead: Women's and Girl's Visions for the Next Century, United Nations, New York, December 9-11, 1999.
Invited speaker, "The Changing Role of the IT Function in Industry and Business," and "E-Commerce from a Regional Perspective," presented at The Jeddah IT Forum on Electronic Commerce, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, October 2-3, 1999. 
Invited speaker, "Cross-Sectoral and Interagency Partnerships," Senior Executive Association, annual meeting, Washington, D.C., July 8, 1999.
Invited lecture, "How Cities Use Information Technologies," Lecture Series on Technology and Cities, Fall 1998, co-sponsored by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Program in Science, Technology and Society, and the Engineering Systems Council, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 3, 1998.
Invited speaker, "Women and Technology in the Next Millennium," national internal IBM conference, White Plains, New York, October 30, 1998.
Invited panelist, "Women and Public Policy," Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, New York City, October 29, 1998.

Invited lecture, "Women in the Information Age," T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, New York, August 6, 1998. 

Invited speaker, press conference on Fountain and Atkinson, "Innovation, Social Capital and the New Economy," policy paper proposing legislation to modernize the research and experimentation tax credit, sponsored by the Democratic Leadership Committee and the Republican Main Street Coalition, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1998.
Invited panelist, Workshop on the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit, sponsored by the Joint Economic Committee and the Senate Science and Technology Caucus Staff, Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C., July 17, 1998.
Invited discussion leader, "Women in the Information Age," Common Room Discussion, Second International Conference on Internet & Society, Harvard University, May 27, 1998.
Panelist, "Public Trust in Government and Public Service," National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, annual conference, Raleigh, N.C., October 15-18, 1997.
Television interview, "Technology and the Workplace," WHDH-TV, Channel 5, Boston, April 25, 1997.
Chair, panel on "Dealing with Unexpected and Unusual Changes," annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 9-14, 1996
Discussant and chair, panel on "Strategy and the Management of Public Organizations," annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D. C., November 2-4, 1995.
Respondent, panel on "Issues of Intergovernmental Management," Third National Public Management Research Conference, the University of Kansas at Lawrence, October 5-7, 1995.
Invited address, "Managing Organizational Change: Scope, Sequence, and Timing," U.S. Department of Justice, United States Trustees, national quarterly meeting, Boston, September 13, 1995.
Invited panelist, "Policy Implications of the Reinvented Workplace," conference organized by Radcliffe College, May 19, 1995.
Invited address, "Using Service Excellence to Leverage Support for the IT Agenda," conference on Reinventing Government: The Role of Information Technologies, organized by the Government of the Tuscany Region, Siena, Italy, March 10-11, 1995. 
Keynote address, "Strategic Management for the 21st Century," panel on Repositioning Librarianship: Responses to Professional and Social Change, annual conference of the American Library Association, San Francisco, CA, June 25-July 2, 1992.
Invited panelist, roundtable discussion, "The Political Science of Robert Wood," annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Providence, Rhode Island, April 10-11, 1992.
Invited address, "Information Technology and the Internal Customer," presented at the Technology and Planning Forum: Planning for Improved Customer Services, presented by the Office of Information Systems Policy and Planning, Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Columbus, Ohio, February 3-4, 1992.

Planning meetings with faculty and staff of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, Centre Nationale de Recherche Sociale, and Paris University for collaborative curriculum development and research on knowledge representation systems and government between ENA and the Kennedy School, Paris, March 1991. Collaboration on proposal for research support to the Commisariat au Plan, August 1990.

Facilitator, Negotiated Investment Strategies Project, Program on Negotiation, Harvard University, 1983-1984.
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