Profile

I am the Senior Director, Research and Strategic Innovation at the Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP), and Chief Operating Officer, Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT). I am also a Principal Research Scientist with the School of Public Policy. Previously, I was the Associate Director of the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U). Aside from exploring the diffusion innovation and policy in IoT, recent research projects include innovation driven workforce development, mapping the role of intermediaries in innovation networks, usability of voting technologies, implementation of accessible technologies. My work in policy studies includes barriers to the adoption of wireless technologies by people with disabilities, teleworking and people with disabilities; social media innovation, online collaboration and virtual communities. I am also involved in international policy research and collaborative policy networks, especially as it relates to issues of technology and usability policy, workforce development and innovation diffusion.

I hold a Ph.D. in Public Policy from George Mason University, an M.P. in Urban Planning from the University of Virginia, and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University, and an MTS (Theological Studies) from Emory University. I sit on the editorial boards of Assistive Technology Journal, International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce (IJCEC), Journal of Information Technology & Politics, The Journal of eWorking, the Journal of Disability Policy Studies, and am on the review panels for ten other journals. My co-edited (with Jarice Hanson and Jeremy Hunsinger) volume, “The Unconnected: Social Justice, Participation, and Engagement in the Information Society” was published in 2013. I have served on a variety of national boards and panels, and as a grant proposal reviewer for U.S. Department of Education, the Academy of Finland, the Israel Science Foundation, and the NTIA, US Department of Commerce.

I am also Principal at Praxics, a consultancy focused on assessment, implementation, evaluation and policy issues influencing cutting edge technologies related to information, communication and virtual spaces.

Education:
Ph.D., George Mason University, Public Policy
M.T.S., Emory University, Theological Studies
M.A., George Mason University, International Commerce and Policy
M.P., University of Virginia, Urban Planning
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Zoology

Areas of Expertise:
Accessibility
Innovation Networks
Disability Policy
Information And Communications Technology Policy
Social Media
Usability
Virtual Collaboration
Virtual Community
Workforce Development

Curriculum Vitae:
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