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Program in Science,
Technology, and Society
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Kenneth Keniston
Professor Keniston received his B.A. from Harvard College
(Government, 1951) and a D.Phil. from Oxford University where he
was a Rhodes Scholar (Social Studies, 1956). After being a Junior
Fellow at Harvard University, he taught at Harvard University and
at Yale University, where he was Professor of Psychology in the
Department of Psychiatry. From 1972 to 1977 he was Chairman and
Director of the Carnegie Council on Children.
He moved to MIT in 1977 and was the Director of the Program in
Science, Technology, and Society from 1987-1992. He has been a
visiting scholar at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation
(Ecoles des Mines, Paris) and at the University of Paris V
(Sorbonne). His research has been supported by the National
Institute of Mental Health, the Ford Foundation and NEC. He has
been a Guggenheim Fellow and is a member of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the
Director of the MIT India Program.
His research focuses on issues of equity, diversity, and
information technology, especially in India. With Jill Ker Conway
and Leo Marx he published Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Humanistic
Studies of the Environment in 2000. With Deepak Kumar, he is
editing another book, Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from
India, to be published by Sage (Delhi) in 2002.
Activities:
Equity, Diversity, and Information Technology in
India
Professor Kenneth Keniston (http://www.kken.net) continues his
research on cultural aspects of software localization with support
from the NEC Corporation (via the Provost's MIT Research Support
Committee), the Provost's HASS Fund, and the Mustard Seed
Foundation. He has an ongoing grant from the Ford Foundation for
the study of "Equity, Diversity, and Information Technology in
India." Prof. Keniston spent the Fall of 1999 in Bangalore as a
Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies,
Indian Institute of Science.
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