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Jane Fountain
Fellow

Jane Fountain

Member Since 1969

Biography

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science; Distinguished Adjunct Professor, College of Information and Computer Science; University of Massachusetts Amherst; Director, National Center for Digital Government, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Former positions at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Associate Professor, Public Policy; Assistant Professor; Instructor. Former: Research Associate, Wesleyan University; Radcliffe Institute Fellow; Massachusetts Governor’s Innovation Council of Advisors; American Bar Association Blue Ribbon Committee on the Status and Future of Electronic Rulemaking; Chair, Vice Chair, Member, World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Public Policy School of Public Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst 2013 current
Adjunct Distinguished Professor College of Computer and Information Science University of Massachusetts 2013 current
Director National Center for Digital Government University of Massachusetts-Amherst 2001 2022
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Department of Political Science and Center for Public Policy & Administration University of Massachusetts Amherst 2005 2013
Adjunct Professor Department of Computer Science University of Massachusetts Amherst 2009 2013
Associate Professor of Public Policy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 1996 2005
Assistant Professor of Public Policy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 1990 1996
Instructor John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 1989 1990
Fellow Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (and Radcliffe Center) Harvard University 1999 2001
Research Associate Departments of Government and Mathematics Wesleyan University 1984 1985
Director School of Public Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst 2022 current

Expertise

Primary Sector

Academic

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty Academic Administration
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