Dr. Carleen Maitland is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs and Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, USA. In this capacity, she leads the college’s research portfolio across three departments. She also manages college staff and interacts with the university’s research administration. She leads the college’s efforts for undergraduate research. Additionally, she oversees the graduate curriculum as well as leading faculty and staff responsible for doctoral and master’s students’ success. She represents the college on several university standing committees and task forces.
As a faculty member, her research analyzed information and communication technology (ICT) use in international organizations, particularly those involved with humanitarian relief. Her work has been carried out in the U.S., Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, while working with several UN organizations, Save the Children, and the U.S. State Department, just to name a few.
Outcomes from her work, including over 100 refereed journal articles, conference proceedings, and presentations, have appeared in outlets such as the Journal of Information Technology, The Information Society, Telecommunications Policy, and Information Systems Frontiers. Her edited volume ‘Digital Lifeline? Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Refugees and Displaced People’ (MIT Press, 2018) has been described as a unique interdisciplinary contribution and balance of critical and pro-technology perspectives. She has served as PI on over $1 million of grants from the National Science Foundation, and co-PI on another $800,000 from diverse organizations including the European Commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and IBM, among others.
She is a leader in both the ICT for development (ICTD) and policy communities, serving on the editorial boards of Telecommunications Policy and Digital Policy, Regulation, and Governance. She holds or has held leadership positions in the ICTD and TPRC conference communities. Within her college, prior to her current appointment, she served as interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs (2014-2015). Also, from 2010-2012 she served as a Program Manager in the U.S. National Science Foundation, both in the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure.
Dr. Maitland received a Ph.D. in the Economics of Infrastructures from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, in 2001 as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Stanford University.
My graduation from TU Delft with (4th from left, L to R) Bill Melody, Rohan Samarajiva, Amy Mahan, me, Johannes Bauer, Koen Dittrich, Henk Sol, and Robin Mansell.
A full CV (Full CV May 2021) – a partial CV (2010-2020)