J.P. Singh is Professor of Global Affairs and Cultural Studies at George Mason University. He specializes in global political economy focusing on issues of global governance and development, cultural economics, socio-economic impact of information technologies, and global diplomacy and deliberations.Professor Singh is author of Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity (Columbia 2011), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Creating Norms for a Complex World (Routledge, 2011), Negotiation and the Global Information Economy (Cambridge, 2008), and Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring (1999). He is editor of International Cultural Policies and Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), and co-editor (with James N. Rosenau of Information Technologies and Global Politics (with James N. Rosenau, 2002). He has authored over five-dozen scholarly articles and book chapters and published in journals such as Information Technology and International Development, International Studies Perspectives, International Studies Review, and Telecommunication Policy. His research has won awards and recognitions from the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, and Choice Editors' Picks. He is also the recipient of several teaching awards and recognitions.Professor Singh has advised international organizations such as UNESCO, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, played a leadership role in several professional organizations, and served as Editor and dramatically increased the impact of Review of Policy Research between 2006 and 2009. He has been a visiting scholar at the World Trade Organization in Geneva and at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC. He was Co-Principal Investigator for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A People Looking Forward, a 300-page report submitted to the U.S. President William J. Clinton in 2001. Dr. Singh holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Public Policy from the University of Southern California.