Derrick L. Cogburn (Updated: October 2007) Page 1 of 25

Curriculum Vitae

Derrick L. Cogburn, Ph.D.

School of Information Studies
and Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Pubic Affairs

346 Hinds Hall, Syracuse University

T: +1.315.443.5446 / F. +1.315.443.6886

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Education

Ph.D. Political Science (International Relations, Political Economy), Howard University, May 1997

Dissertation Title: Globalization, Information Technology and State Autonomy: Exploring the Political Economy of South African Telecommunications Sector Restructuring, 1985-1995

Advisor(s): Ronald Walters/Richard Seltzer

M.A. Political Science (Comparative Politics-Africa, Political Economy), Howard University, May 1994

Thesis Title: The Optoelectronics Revolution: An Examination of the Nation-State and National Sovereignty in a Changing High-Technology World Order

Advisor: Hilbourne Watson

B.A. History (Africa)/Political Science (International Relations), University of Oklahoma, May 1992

Academic Appointments

2004—presentAssistant Professor of Information, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
2004—presentSenior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Maxwell School of

Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University

2000—2004Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan, School of Information

2000—2004 Assistant Professor of African Studies, UM Center for Afroamerican & African Studies

1999—present Adjunct Professor, American University, School of International Service

1999—2000Visiting Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan

1998—present Visiting Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Graduate School of Management

1994Visiting Research Fellow, University of Western Cape, Ctr for Southern African Studies

Professional Appointments

1998-2000Executive Director: GIIC Africa, Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC)

1996-2000Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

1995-1998Africa Regional Director, Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC)

1995-1996Telecommunications Research Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies

1997-1999Director, Centre for Information Society Development in Africa, CSIR Corporate

1996-1997Deputy Director, Centre for Information Society Development in Africa, CSIR Corporate

1995-1996International Research Fellow and Consultant, CSIR Information Services

1995-1999Advisor, South African National Information Technology Forum

1993-1994Research Coordinator, Basic Technologies International

1991-1993Congressional Lobbyist, International Waste Trade, Greenpeace International

1988-1990President and CEO, PowerGrafix Omni World

1987-1990United States Army (Reserves)

International Organization Appointments

United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID)

High-Level Advisory Panel Member, 2006

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Technical Advisory Committee to the African Development Forum, 1999

Committee on Development Information, 1999

High-Level Working Group on Information and Communications Technologies, 1995-1996

UNESCO Orbicom: International Network of Chairs & Associates in Communication–Associate Member

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Working Group on ICTs for Business Development, 1996

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Expert Group on Internet Governance, February, 2004

Program Committee, Africa Telecom '98, 1998

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

International Advisory Board, World Links for Development, 1998

Consultant, G8 Information Society and Development Conference, 1996

Government Appointments

South Africa

Department of Foreign Affairs, Information Technology Policy Advisor, 1995-1996

Development Bank of Southern Africa, Information Society Advisory Board, 1997-1999

Department of Arts, Culture, Science & Technology, IT Policy Strategy Advisor, 1995-1996

United States

Congressional Research Service, Division of Foreign Affairs and National Defense, Europe, Africa & Middle East Section, Research Fellow in International Affairs, 1994-1995

Honors and Awards

2007Invited Member, Meredith Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on Teaching, Syracuse University

2006Appointed, Faculty Technology Associate, SU Faculty Computing and Media Services

2006Appointed, High-Level Advisory Committee, UN Global Alliance on ICT and Development

2005Syracuse University, Project Big Chalk, Participant

2003Associate Member, Orbicom, UNESCO International Network of Chairs in Communication

2002Selected Participant, Microsoft Research, Faculty Summit

2002Computer World Honors Award Laureate, (formerly Smithsonian Institution Innovation Award)

2002Nominated for Who’s Who in America

2001Nominated for Who’s Who of International Professionals

2001American University, Outstanding Innovation in the Use of Technology in the Classroom

1996Dissertation nominated for Dissertation of the Year, American Political Science Association

1994Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Southern African Studies, University for the Western Cape

1994International Election Observer, United States NGO Delegation to the South African Elections

1993-96W.K. Kellogg Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, Howard University

1992-93National Dean's List, (Nominated by Dean Johnetta G. Davis, Howard University)

1992-93Graduate Research Assistantship (Dr. Joseph P. McCormick), Howard University

1991Mickey Leland Award, Most Outstanding Community Service in the Big Eight, Univ. of Kansas

1991-92Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Oklahoma

1987Highest distinction, Soldier’s End-of-Cycle test, August 1987, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.

1985United States Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) 4-Year Scholarship

1985National Merit Scholarship (semi-finalist)

Research Interests

  • Institutional mechanisms of global governance for information and communication technology
  • Transnational policy-actor networks and epistemic communities in global regime formation
  • Socio-technical infrastructure for geographically-distributed collaboration in knowledge work

Current Research Program

My research program uses mixed-methods approaches to investigate three inter-related themes. The first theme takes an interdisciplinary social science approach to explore the institutional mechanisms for information and communication technology, with a particular focus on epistemic communities and the role, development, and functioning of transnational policy networks in global governance and international regime formation. Applied, use-inspired research drives the second theme, which focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating virtual organizationalstructures to support geographically distributed social networks. We are studying the impact of universally accessible socio-technical collaboration infrastructure—cyberinfrastructure—on distributed actors collaborating in knowledge work at national and international levels. Finally, the third theme takes lessons learned from these streams and integrates them into an exploration of geographically distributed collaborative learning environments. This research agenda is organized through my Center for Research on Collaboratories and Technology-Enhanced Learning Communities (

Research Grants

Total Research Funding as Principal Investigator/Project Director (PI/PD): $416,914

Total Research Funding as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): $4,227,149

Total Research Funding as Investigator: $10,200,00

Grand Total: $14,844,063

Grants Awarded

Co-Principal Investigator (with Smith, et. al) - “Syracuse University Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.” Department of Education, $1,157,150, 5-years.

Principal Investigator/Project Director – “Enhancing the Cyberinfrastructure for National AGEP Integration: Rapid Prototyping and Evaluation of a Pilot NY AGEP Collaboratory,” NSF Grant No. HRD-060347, $188,367, 2-years.

Principal Investigator - “Building and Evaluating a Pilot Collaboratory for the Southeast ADA Technology Assistance (SEADATA) Center.” Seed grant, Georgia Tech, $15,000, 6 months.

Co-Principle Investigator (with Blank, et al) – “Demand-Side Employment Placement Models” NIDRR National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). $2.5 Million, 5-years.

Co-Principle Investigator (w/Hermann et al) – “Transnational Non-Governmental Organizations as Agents of Change: Towards Understanding Their Governance, Leadership and Effectiveness,” NSF, Human and Social Dynamics, Grant Number SES-0527679, February, 2005, $499,999 2005-07.

Principal Investigator/Project Director – “Leadership in the Digital Age: South African Quad Leadership in Information Infrastructure Development,” University of Maryland, Center for International Development and Conflict Management/Markle Foundation, $1,500, 2004.

Principal Investigator/Project Director – “From Pawns to Partners: Involving University of Michigan Students in the Development of an ICT Policy Collaboratory at the World Summit on the Information Society,” University of Michigan, International Institute, Advanced Studies Center, $10,000, 2003.

Principal Investigator/ Project Director – “From Pawns to Partners: Policy Collaboratories and Their Impact on the Global Governance of Cyberinfrastructure,” Hewlett Packard Equipment Grant, $5, 547, 2003-04.

Principal Investigator/Project Director—“Going Global, Locally: Understanding the Socio-Technical Factors Supporting Distributed Collaborative Learning between Developed and Developing Countries,” Microsoft Corporation, Community Affairs, $50,000, 2 years, 2003.

Principal Investigator/Project Director—“Support for the Global Graduate Seminar 2003,” equipment grant, Cisco Systems, $1,500, 2002.

Principal Investigator/Project Director—“Cotelco and the Global Graduate Seminar: Understanding Globally-Distributed Collaborative Learning Through the Use of Complex, Cross-National Virtual Teams,” Microsoft Research, partially funded, $5,000, .5 months, 2001.

Investigator—National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0114368): “IGERT: Socio-Technical Infrastructure for Electronic Transactions, (with Mackie-Mason, Wellman, Gordon, Resnick, et al.), Awarded, $2.7 M, 5-years, 2001.

Principal Investigator/Project Director – “Collaboratory on Technology Enhanced Learning Communities (Cotelco) and the Global Graduate Seminar on Globalization and the Information Society”, W.K. Kellogg Foundation / Alliance for Community Technology, 1999 ($10,000), 2000 ($10,000), 2001 ($40,000).

Investigator—National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0085951): “ITR/SOC + IM: Sustainable and Generalizable Technologies to Support Collaboration in Science” (with Olson, Olson, Finholt, Teasley, Atkins, Hedstrom, Radev, Yakel), National Science Foundation, 2.4 US$M, 5-years, 2001.

Co-Principal Investigator– “Building the Information Society in Africa: Cultural Preservation and Networking in Emerging Democracies,” (with Hedstrom), USIA/US Department of State, $70,000, May 2001.

Principal Investigator/Project Director—UNESCO, "Analyzing Distributed Collaborative Learning Approaches for Africa," $5,000, 1999-2000.

Principal Investigator/Project Director—W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Grant No. P0058119), "Addressing the Challenges to Africa of Globalization and the Information Society with Theoretical and Applied Methods," $75,000 1998-1999.

Grants Under Review

Co-Principle Investigator (with Tice et al) – Advancing Women Graduate Students in Science and Engineering: A Virtual Collaboratory (WISE-VC) for Persistence and Professional Preparation. Department of Education. $479,631.

Co-Principal Investigator (with Garcia-Murillo, et al) –REU Site: REU Technologies for Information Science Research (TISR). NSF, $327,655.

Co-Principal Investigator (with Stanton, et al) – CI-Facilitators: Information Architects Across the STEM Disciplines. NSF, $244,355.

Co-Principal Investigator (with Lee-Glauser, et al) – “AGEP: Program Element 1515 Central NY, Caribbean,” Hopkins AGEP Alliance. NSF, $5,000,000.

Grants Submitted (Not Awarded)

Co-Principal Investigator (with McKnight, et al) – Developing the Wireless Grid Engineering Virtual Organization (WiGEVO). Collaborative proposal with Tufts University. NSF, $130,428.

Principle Investigator – Collaborative Research (with Ross, et. al,, Cornell) Support for an Earth System Science Informal Education Network (ESSIEN). NSF Proposal No. 0714684. Five years, overall budget $2.46 million; SU $220,000.

Principle Investigator – Supporting the Syracuse Community Entrepreneurship Initiative (SCEI)
Through a Geographically Distributed Teaching and Learning Collaboratory. Pre-proposal submitted to the Sloan Foundation by the SU Vice Chancellor.

Principle Investigator (with Crowston, Hermann, Davidson, and Blanck) – “IGERT: Cyberinfrastructure for Virtual Collaboration (CiViC): Understanding the Socio-Technical Infrastructure to Support Geographically Distributed Groups, NSF, IGERT Competition, March 2006, $2.5 Million, 5-years.

Co-Principle Investigator (with Crowston, Liddy, Heckman) – “Group Maintenance Behaviors for Cyber-Infrastructure-Support Distributed Groups,” $300,000, 2-years. National Science Foundation.

Co-Principle Investigator (with Small, Fiese, Eccles, and Gay) – “The CaSE for Learning Center: Curiosity and Sustained Engagement in Learning,” NSF, Science of Learning Center competition, June 2005.

Co-Principle Investigator (with Murillo-Garcia) – “Pathways to Progress: Advancing Talent Through Research Activities in Computing Technology” NSF, Broadening Participation in Computing competition, June 2005.

Co-Principle Investigator (with Liddy and Hermann) – “YDOT: Your Data Our Tools: An Organizational Testbed for Facilitating NLP Analysis of Large-Scale Digital Data Through Cyberinfrastructure-Enabled Social Science Research Teams” NSF, Next Generation Cybertools competition, June 2005.

Investigator (w/ Glauser, Castillo et al) – “Applications of Multi-Scale Fluid Dynamics in Homeland Security” – National Science Foundation, Integrated Graduate Education and Training (IGERT) competition, 2005.$2.4 Million, 5-years.

Co-Principal Investigator (w/ Blanck, Friedman et al) – “Promoting the International Exchange of Information and Expertise in Disability and Rehabilitation Research” – Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, June, 2005.$500,000, 3-years.

Investigator (w/ Crowston et al) – “Virtual Collaboration IGERT” – National Science Foundation, Integrated Graduate Education and Training (IGERT) competition, January 2005.

Principal Investigator/Project Director – “From Pawns to Partners: Exploring the Impact of Policy Collaboratories on Transnational Advocacy Networks and Multistakeholder participation in the Global Governance of Cyberinfrastructure,” National Science Foundation, 3-years, $188,040.

Principal Investigator/Project Director—National Science Foundation NSF: CAREER: “From Pawns to Partners: Policy Collaboratories and their Impact on the Governance of Global Cyberinfrastructure, $490,482.00 (5 years).

Principal Investigator/Project Director—Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, “Expanding the Global Graduate Seminar Complex Cross-National Virtual Teams, $10,000, 2002.

Principal Investigator/Project Director—National Science Foundation ITR/PE+IM (CISE) Understanding Globally-Distributed Collaborative Learning Through Complex Cross-National Virtual Teams, 2001.

Investigator—National Science Foundation STC (Science and Technology Centers): A Center for Collaboratories in Science and Research, 2001.

Publications (Many of these publications are available online at

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Cogburn, D. L., Battacharrya, S., Johnsen, J. (Accepted). “Distributed Deliberative Citizens: Exploring the Impact of Cyberinfrastructure on Transnational Civil Society Participation in Global ICT Policy Processes.” Journal of Culture and Media Politics.
  1. Myhill, W., Cogburn, D.L. Samant, D., Addom, B. Blanck, P. (Accepted). “Accessible Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Knowledge Communities in the National Disability Community: Theory, Practice and Policy” Journal of Assistive Technology.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. and N. Levinson (in-press). "Teaching Globalization, Globally: A Seven Year-Case Study of South Africa-US Virtual Teams." Information Technology and International Development.
  1. Cogburn, D.L.; Mueller, M.; McKnight, L.; Klein, H.; Mathiason, J. (2005). “The US Role in Global Internet Governance.” IEEE Communications Magazine. December 2005, pp. 12-14.
  1. Cogburn, D.L., (2005) “Partners or Pawns? The Impact of Elite Decision-Making and Epistemic Communities in Global Information Policy on Developing Countries and Transnational Civil Society.” Knowledge, Technology & Politics. Vol 18, # 2, Summer 2005, pp. 52-82.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. (2004) “Diversity Matters, Even at a Distance: Evaluating the Impact of Computer-Mediated Communication on Civil Society Participation in the World Summit on the Information Society” Information Technology and International Development.(Vol. 1, No. 3-4, Spring/Summer, 2004), pp. 15-40.
  1. Cogburn, D.L., and L. Zhang (2004) “Still Going Global, Locally: The Impact of Team Mode in a Distributed Collaborative Learning Environment (Revised, extended, and updated version of 2003 paper),” IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet, Vol. 1., No.1. pp. January 2004.
  1. Cogburn, D.L., (2003) Governing Global Information and Communication Policy: Emergent Regime Formation and the Impact on Africa, Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 27, Issue 1-2 pp 135 – 153.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. & Levinson, N. S. (2003) U.S.–Africa Virtual Collaboration in Globalization Studies: Success Factors for Complex, Cross-National Learning Teams. International Studies Perspectives 4 (1), 34-51.
  1. Cogburn, D.L., (1998) “Globalization and state autonomy in the Information Age: Telecommunications sector restructuring in South Africa,” Journal of International Affairs, 51, no 2 (Spring 1998), pp. 583-604.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. (1998). Globalisation, knowledge, education, and training in the information age. International Forum on Information and Documentation 23, 4, 23-29.

Published Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  1. Cogburn, D.L. 2002 “Understanding Distributed Collaborative Learning Between the United States and South Africa” Proceedings of the 2002 World Congress on Networked Learning, ICSC Academic Press, Canada/ The Netherlands.
  1. Cogburn, D.L.; Zhang, L; and Khothule, M. (2002) Going Global, Locally: The Socio-Technical Influences on Performance in Distributed Collaborative Learning Teams, ACM International Conference Proceedings Series, 2002.
  1. Olson, G.M., Teasley, S., Bietz, M.J., and Cogburn, D.L., (2002) Collaboratories to Support Distributed Science: The Example of International HIV/AIDS Research. ACM International Conference Proceedings Series, 2002.

Dissertation and Edited Books

  1. Cogburn, D.L. and N.J. Hafkin, (eds.), Meeting the Challenges of Building National Information and Communications Infrastructure in Africa with Public and Private Sector Cooperation. Washington, D.C.: CSIS and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 1997.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. (ed.). Information and Communications for Development: Nationalism, Regionalism and Globalism in Building the Global Information Society. Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic & International Studies, 1996.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. (1996) “Globalization, Information Technology and State Autonomy: Exploring the Political Economy of South African Telecommunications Restructuring, 1985-1995. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Book Chapters (*indicates peer reviewed)

  1. *Cogburn, D.L. (Accepted). “Enabling Effective Multistakeholder Participation in
    Global Internet Governance Through Accessible Cyberinfrastructure,” In, Andrew Chadwick and Philip N. Howard (eds.) The Handbook of Internet Politics (London: Routledge), 2008.
  1. *Cogburn. D.L and N. Levinson (Accepted). “Help Me, Help You: Maximizing Collaborative Learning In Complex, Cross-National Virtual Teams,” In Orvis. K.L and A.R. Lassiter (eds.) Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: Best Practices and Principles for Instructors. Idea Group.
  1. *Cogburn. D.L. (2006). “Emergent Regime Formation for the Information Society
    and the Impact on Africa.” In Anthony D’Costa (ed). The New Economy in Development. New York: Palgrave.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. (2006) Inclusive Internet Governance: Enhancing Multistakeholder Participation Through Geographically Distributed Policy Collaboratories. Global Multistakeholder Diplomacy. Eds. Kurbalija and Katrandjiev. DiploFoundation, Malta/Geneva.
  1. *Cogburn, D.L., (2004) “Elite Decision-Making and Epistemic Communities: Implications for Global Information Policy,” in Sandra Braman (ed.) The emergent global information policy regime. Houndsmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. (2003). “Globalization, Education and Learning in the Information Economy” in Derek C. Mulenga (ed.) Globalization and Lifelong Education: Critical Perspective, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  1. Cogburn, D.L., L. Zhang, and V. Wielbut, (2003) “Still Going Global, Locally: The Impact of Team Mode in a Distributed Collaborative Learning Environment,” in Pedro Isaías (ed) E-Societies, IADIS Press: Lisbon.

United Nations and Government Publications

  1. Cogburn, D.L. (2004) “Global Internet Governance: Building Human Capacity Through Geographically Distributed Policy Collaboratories,” in Internet Governance. Geneva, International Telecommunication Union, pp. 299-305, 2004.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. Emergent Global Information Infrastructure/Global Information Society Regime Formation: Impacts on Africa United Nations University/ World Institute for Development Economics Research, (DP2002/116) 2002.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. and C.N. Adeya. Prospects for the Digital Economy in South Africa: Technology, Policy, People, and Strategies United Nations University/ World Institute for Development Economics Research, Discussion Paper, May 2001.
  1. Cogburn, D.L and C.N. Adeya. Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities for Africa in the Information Economy United Nations University/Institute for New Technologies, Maastrich, Discussion Paper 2003, July 2000.
  1. Cogburn, D.L., and C.N. Adeya, Globalisation and the Information Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa, Commissioned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 1999.
  1. Cogburn, D.L; Skouby, K.E; Fouche, B; Falch, M.; Henten, A. Knowledge in Development: Multi-Media, Multi-Purpose Community Information Centres as Catalysts for Building Innovative Knowledge-Based Societies. Washington: World Bank, 1998.
  1. Cogburn, D.L. Global Electronic Commerce in Africa?: Contribution Towards a Way Forward – A Concept Paper in Support of the African Information Society Initiative. Africa Telecom ’98, Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 1998.
  1. Cogburn, D.L., Africa Telecom '98: Strategies Summit Executive Summary, Geneva: International Telecommunication Union, 1998.
  1. Geerts, C., Wild, K., and D.L. Cogburn, International Information Technology Sector Scan: South Africa Foresight Exercises. Pretoria: South African Department of Arts Culture Science and Technology, 1997.
  1. Curtis, P.K., and D.L. Cogburn, Africa: Basic Political Facts, Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service (95-484 F), 1996.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers