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In addition to serving as Professor at American University’s School of International Service (SIS), Dr. Nanette S. Levinson is the Academic Director of SIS’s exchange with Sciences-Po, Paris and is one of 2 Faculty Directors of the Internet Governance Lab.
Dr. Levinson completed a three-year term as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs on June 30, 2018. Her research and teaching focus on knowledge transfer, culture, and innovation in a range of settings including cross-national alliances; internet and global governance; cross-national, virtual collaboration; and social entrepreneurship. She also works on inter-organizational learning and institutional change with special focus on new media and technology policy issues in the developing world. She has been involved in research collaborations with colleagues from across the American University campus and in Japan and Europe. Dr. Levinson’s writings appear online and in journals ranging from Information Technologies and International Development to International Studies Perspectives. She received her bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.
In the past, she has been the Chair of:
- International Communication Section, International Studies Association
- Nominating Committee, International Studies Association
- Information Technology and Politics Section, American Political Science Association
- Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET).
Additionally, she has served as the first woman to chair the National Conference on the Advancement of Research (NCAR). She also was one of the editors of the International Communication Section of The International Studies Compendium Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Her co-edited book (with Francesca Musiani, Derrick Cogburn and Laura DeNardis), The Turn To Infrastructure In Internet Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, was published in 2016. Her most recent book, Researching Internet Governance: Methods, Frameworks, Futures, co-edited with the same team as in 2016, was published in 2020 by the MIT Press.
Recipient of awards including those for outstanding teaching, program development, academic affairs administration, multicultural affairs and honors programming, Dr. Levinson has designed co-curricular collaborative learning opportunities including the Freshman Service Experience and the Graduate Portal Program. She has crafted and implemented research-based training programs for the private and public sectors. In 2011, the Ashoka Foundation presented her with an “Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Entrepreneurship Education” and included her peer-reviewed syllabus in its list and publication of the top ten syllabi in the field.
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Dr. Nanette S. Levinson
Professor at the School of International Service
American University, Washington, D.C.
Full curriculum vitae – Last updated, May 2021.
