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Christopher T. Coward

Head, ICT and Development program

ccoward@u.washington.edu
Tel: 206.616.9102

Courses

PBAF 537: Information Technology and International Development

Chris Coward is founding director of the Center for Internet Studies (now the Center for Information & Society) which he helped established in 1999. He currently heads the ICT and Development Program where he splits his time between building the Program and his own research.  Chris believes that the best way to understand the important questions of ICT and develop is through creating multidisciplinary teams with full participation of overseas research partners, an approach reflected in all of the Program’s research.  Chris’s research focuses on understanding the socio-economic impacts of ICT, particularly in public access settings. This work involves adapting methodologies from different disciplines to the ICT and development field. Chris also examines and advocates for greater developing world university based research in this emerging field of study.

Chris holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) and a Master of Arts in International Studies (MAIS), both from the University of Washington.