Eileen Trauth
Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies
The College of The Liberal Arts
Affiliate Professor of International Affairs
The School of International Affairs
Affiliate Professor of Labor Studies and Employee Relations
The College of The Liberal Arts
Affiliate Professor of Management and Organization
The Smeal College of Business Administration
M.S.I.S. University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Science 1976
B.S., English, Speech Communications, and Theology, Magna Cum Laude University of Dayton, School of Education 1972
Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies
The College of The Liberal Arts
Affiliate Professor of International Affairs
The School of International Affairs
Affiliate Professor of Labor Studies and Employee Relations
The College of The Liberal Arts
Affiliate Professor of Management and Organization
The Smeal College of Business Administration
ist.psu.eduEducation
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Science 1979M.S.I.S. University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Science 1976
B.S., English, Speech Communications, and Theology, Magna Cum Laude University of Dayton, School of Education 1972
Web Sites
http://etrauth.ist.psu.edu/Biographical Information
Eileen M. Trauth is Associate Dean for Diversity, Outreach and International Engagement, and Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University. Trauth's research is concerned with societal, cultural and organizational influences on information technology and the information technology professions with a special focus on the role of diversity and social inclusion. During 2008 she held the University of Klagenfurt (Austria) Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Gender Studies. She has lectured about and investigated gender under representation in the information technology professions in Austria, Australia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania, South Africa, Spain the UK and the United States.Trauth was also the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar award to investigate socio-cultural influences on the emergence of Ireland's information economy. She has lectured about and analyzed cultural, economic, infrastructure and public policy influences on the development of the information technology sectors in The Netherlands, Egypt, Romania and various locations in the U.S.
Trauth's research has been supported by grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Australian Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland. She has published 9 books and over 100 scholarly papers on her work on gender and social inclusion, the information economy, qualitative research methods, critical theory, global informatics, information policy, information management, telecommunications policy and information systems skills
