Laura Hosman , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: Siegel Hall 116 B
3301 S. Dearborn St.
Phone: 312.567.5131
Fax: 312.567.5767
Email: laura.hosman@iit.edu
Web: click here
Expertise
- Information and communication technologies, international development, science and technology policy, renewable energy, action-oriented research/projects
Education
- Ph.D. (2006) University of Southern California, Political Economy and Public Policy
- M.A. (2004) University of Southern California, Economics
- M.A. (2000) University of Amsterdam, International Relations
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
Laura Hosman is assistant professor of political science and associate chair of the Department of Social Sciences. Her research specializations are information and communications technologies, international development, public policy, and renewable energy. She is the 2011 winner of the Dean's Excellence Award for Teaching in the College of Science and Letters, as well as the 2011 winner of the Outstanding Faculty Award in IIT's Interprofessional Projects Program (IPRO).
Prior to joining IIT in 2009, Hosman was a Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow in National Resource Economics and Political Economy atUniversity of California, Berkeley. In 2006-2007, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Communication Technology Management at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. She was a lecturer in 2007 at the School of Public Policy and Development at USC. She is also a recipient of the Student Fulbright Scholarship, which she used toward earning her first M.A.
Additionally, Hosman has created a personal blog on WordPress.org that looks at work being done on the ground in various locations that she has visited and documents her field work, such as the IIT IPRO solar powering project in Haiti. Visit Hosman's personal blog.
Prior to joining IIT in 2009, Hosman was a Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow in National Resource Economics and Political Economy atUniversity of California, Berkeley. In 2006-2007, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Communication Technology Management at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. She was a lecturer in 2007 at the School of Public Policy and Development at USC. She is also a recipient of the Student Fulbright Scholarship, which she used toward earning her first M.A.
Additionally, Hosman has created a personal blog on WordPress.org that looks at work being done on the ground in various locations that she has visited and documents her field work, such as the IIT IPRO solar powering project in Haiti. Visit Hosman's personal blog.
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
Hosman, L. & Baikie, B. (forthcoming). Re-Engineering Cloud Computing Data Centers for Developing Regions: Making Solar PV Energy Feasible. IEEE: IT Professional.Hosman, L., & Fife, E. (forthcoming). The Use of Mobile Phones for Development in Africa: Top-Down-Meets-Bottom-up Partnering. The Journal of Community Informatics.
Baikie, B., & Hosman, L. (2011). Green Cloud Computing in Developing Regions: Moving Data and Processing Closer to the End User. Proceedings of the 2011 Technical Symposium at ITU Telecom World (ITU WT), Geneva, Switzerland, IEEE Press, 24-28.
Hosman, L. (2011). Making the Transition from Pilot to Scale: Examining Sustainability and Scalability Issues in a Public-Private Telecenter Partnership in Sri Lanka. Information Technology for Development, 17(3) 232-248.
Hosman, L. (2010). Policy Considerations from a Nationwide IT-in-Education Initiative: Macedonia Connects. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 7(4) 369-383.
Hosman, L. (2010). Policies, Partnerships, and Pragmatism: Lessons from an ICT-in-Education Project in Rural Uganda. Information Technology for International Development, 6(1), 48-64. Available at http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/488/213
Hosman, L. (2009). Dividing the Oils: Dynamic Bargaining as Policy Formation in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry. Review of Policy Research, 26(5), 609-632.
Hosman, L., Fife, E., & Armey, L. E. (2008). The Case for a Multi-Methodological, Cross-Disciplinary Approach to the Analysis of ICT Investment in the Developing World. Information Technology for Development, 14(4), 308-327.
Hosman, L. & Fife, E. (2008). Improving the Prospects for Sustainable ICT Projects in the Developing World. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 4(1), 51-70.
Hosman, L. & Fife, E. (2007). Public Private Partnerships and the Prospects for Sustainable ICT Projects in the Developing World. Journal of Business Systems Governance and Ethics, 2(3), 53-66. Available at http://www.jbsge.vu.edu.au/issues/vol02N03.html
Professional Society Memberships
Editorial Board Service
Professional Society Service
Grants
- IEEE Foundation. Principal Investigator: “Solar Transformation for Haitian Education,” Illinois Institute of Technology: IIT Empowering Haiti.
- Pacific Telecommunications Council. Principal Investigator: “Regional Renewable Energy ICT Policy Assessment Study: Focus on Five Pacific Island Nations.”
- Internet Society (ISOC) Community Grants Programme. Principal Investigator: “Connecting the Community of Lascahobas, Haiti to the Internet”
