Dr. Nanette S. Levinson
    Associate Professor of International Relations
    School of International Service




  Short Biography
  Nanette S. Levinson is Associate Professor of International Relations 
and Director (as of Fall 2008) of the International Communication Division 
in the School of International Service, American University, Washington, 
D.C.  In January 2008, she was elected Chair of the Global Internet 
Governance Scholars Academic Network, GigaNet; she also serves as 
past Chair of the International communications Section, and current Chair 
of the International Communication Section, International Studies 
Association and its Compendium Project Section Editor. During March 
2007, she was a Visiting Professor, Fondation Nationale des Sciences 
Politiques-L'Institut d'études politiques (IEP) de Paris. She is also on the 
Board of the Information Technology and Politics Section of the American 
Political Science Association.

Recipient of awards including those for outstanding teaching,
program development, academic affairs administration, multicultural 
affairs and honors programming, she has designed co-curricular 
collaborative learning opportunities including the Freshman Service 
Experience and the Graduate Portal Program. 

Having served as Chair (and the first woman elected to this position) of 
the Board of the National Conference on the Advancement of Research, 
as Secretary-General of the Transatlantic Informational Exchange 
Services, and as a Board Member of the Women's Foreign Policy Group 
(where she co- authored a report on women leaders), Prof. Levinson has 
a special interest in leadership and in social entrepreneurship studies in 
international affairs.  
 
Her recent research includes a project with colleagues at the University 
of Paris I on innovation and cross-national strategic alliances and a 
project with an SIS graduate student on technology and grassroots 
development involving both local and international organizations. 
Currently, she is examining internet governance, institutional change, and 
interorganizational learning; cross-national, virtual teamwork; and 
international cyberinfrastructure policy with a focus on development. 
Prof. Levinson's writings appear online and in journals ranging from 
Organizational Dynamics to I nternational Studies Perspectives.   

She served as Associate Dean of the School of International Service from 
1988-2005 and received her Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral Degrees 
from Harvard University. A lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox, 
she also cheers for France’s Les Bleus and for Japan's Hanshin Tigers. 
Occasionally, she can be found, together with colleagues and students, 
at nearby Camden Yards or RFK Stadium.

Professor N Levinson
nlevins@american.edu

Tel: (202) 885 1480

Office Hours: 
Tuesday 10am-12pm
Wednesday 3:30-5:30pm 
after class, as well as by 
appointment, or anytime
via email 

Office Location: 
McCabe 206

Address: SIS 
4400 Massachusetts Ave
Washington DC 20016-8071