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Elena B. Shainyan Settles

e-mail: elena@cerbanet.org

PhD 2004

Dissertation Title: "Russia in the Electronic World: Multilevel Pattern Analysis of Information Technology Presence, Distribution, Access, and Development"

Chair: Robert Warren | Committee Members: Jerome Lewis, Maria Aristigueta, and William Boyer

positions:
Regional Director
Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (CERBA)
Moscow, Russia
and
Professor
American Institute of Business and Economics (AIBEC)
Moscow, Russia

Introduction

Prior to coming to the University of Delaware, Elena Shainyan Settles received a business and economics graduate degree and worked for city government in Russia, focusing on education administration and personnel reform. She received her MPA and PhD graduate degrees from the University of Delaware's School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy. She served as a Research Assistant with the Institute for Public Administration from 1999 to 2004. Her work and research interests were primarily in the areas of state and local governance and information-technology-development policy and management. Elena's work with IPA entailed conducting research, collaborating with the state and local public agencies, and preparing reports and websites for public service projects ranging from community technology access to personnel administration to commercial-vehicle operations management.