Bio

Graduate and professional teaching and training in communications policy and management Author of 6 books and numerous articles: most recent: Connecting Alaskans: Telecommunications in Alaska from Telegraph to Broadband Advocacy and representation for indigenous and consumer groups Arctic and northern communications policies and infrastructure Information and communication technologies (ICT) and telecommunications project planning and evaluation; Strategic research and policy analysis with emphasis on applications of new technologies, emerging markets, and the role of ICTs in socio-economic development. Specialties: communications policy for rural and developing regions; international communications policy and planning; communication project evaluation in rural and remote areas; experience in Arctic and subArctic, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East, South Pacific.