Ernest J. Wilson III
Ernest James Wilson III (born c. 1948) is an American scholar. Wilson was the
Early life and education
Originally from Washington, D.C., Wilson obtained a B.A. from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1970. He obtained a MA from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in 1973 and a Ph.D. in 1978.
Career
Wilson began his academic career at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. At Michigan, he was director of the Center for Research on Economic Development and an associate research scientist at the Institute for Public Policy Studies.
In 1992, he joined the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a professor and senior research scholar, holding a joint appointment in the Department of Government and Politics and in the Department of African-American Studies. From 1995 to 2002, Wilson was director of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the university, and he remains a senior fellow of the center today.
In 2002, he received an appointment to USC Annenberg, where he is also a senior fellow at the
From 1993 to 1994, he was director of international programs and resources on the
In 2010, he was appointed to the editorial advisory board of
He is the recipient of several research fellowships and awards, including an international affairs fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations and a post-doctoral fellowship from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.
Personal life
He is married to
Work
Wilson's scholarship focuses on the convergence of communication and information technology, public policy, and the public interest. He is a student of the “information champions,” the leaders of the information revolution around the world. His current work concentrates on China-Africa relations, global sustainable innovation in high-technology industries, and the role of politics in the diffusion of information and communication technologies.
Books
Wilson has published two books, The Information Revolution in Developing Countries and Negotiating the Net in Africa.
He co-edits the MIT Press series, The Information Revolution and Global Politics, and is a founding editor of the journal entitled, Information Technologies and International Development.[2]
CPB
Nominated by President Bill Clinton, Wilson served on the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 2000 to 2010, and as chairman in the last year. He was reappointed to the CPB board by President George W. Bush in 2004.
Selected publications
- Rodriguez, Francisco, and Ernest J. Wilson III. Are poor countries losing the information revolution?. (2000).
- Wilson, Ernest J. The information revolution and developing countries. MIT Press, 2004.
Articles, a selection:
- Patterson, Rubin, and Ernest J. Wilson III. "New IT and Social Inequality: Resetting the Research and Policy Agenda." The Information Society 16.1 (2000): 77–86.
- Wilson Iii, Ernest J., and Kelvin Wong. "African Information Revolution: A Balance Sheet." Telecommunications Policy 27.1 (2003): 155–177.
References
- ^ "USC Annenberg Biography for Dr. Ernest James Wilson III". Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ ITID Masthead
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