Dr. Carleen Maitland

Biography

Carleen Maitland is an Associate Professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University. Her expertise includes critical practical analyses of information communication technologies (ICTs) used to foster economic and social development within diverse organizational contexts. Over her career, she has worked across the U.S., Europe, Africa, and the Middle East with various organizations including the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), and the U.S. State Department. Carleen has authored more than 50 journal articles, book chapters, and refereed conference proceedings published in outlets such as the Journal of Information Technology, Information Society, Telecommunications Policy, and Information Systems Frontiers. Her research has received support from prestigious bodies including the European Commission and the U.S. National Science Foundation, and she has served as the Program Manager for the U.S. National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering's Cyberinfrastructure program. Carleen holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Infrastructure from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, and undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Stanford University, respectively.

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