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Jane E. Fountain is a Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She serves as Director of the National Center for Digital Government and the Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Initiative. Her research focuses on organization theory, information technology's impact on governance, economic sociology, and gender studies in technology fields. Fountain has held prestigious fellowships including Radcliffe, Yale, and Mellon.
Education: PhD in Organizational Behavior and Political Science from Yale University, with additional graduate degrees from Harvard and Yale. Former faculty member at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for 16 years.
Research leadership includes directing the National Center for Digital Government (NSF-funded), the STS Initiative, and projects like IDEESE (ethics in science/engineering) and CAITE (IT education). She leads the Women in the Information Age Project to increase women’s participation in IT.
Awards include the 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title for her book *Building the Virtual State*. Active in global advisory roles: World Economic Forum Global Advisory Council on Government Futures, ABA’s e-Rulemaking Commission, and NSF advisory panels. Her work engages governments globally (e.g., EU, Japan, UAE) and institutions like the World Bank.
Labs/Tech Initiatives: National Center for Digital Government (research infrastructure on tech/governance), STS Initiative (interdisciplinary tech research), and Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (as Senior Researcher).
