Dr. Diana L. Burley is an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Learning and the Executive Leadership Doctoral Program at the George Washington University. For more than 15 years, Dr. Burley has worked to deepen public understanding of the social implications of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in organizational settings. Her research interests include: electronic government, knowledge management, electronic networks, and 21st century IT workforce challenges. Prior to joining the GW faculty, Dr. Burley served as a Program Director in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at The National Science Foundation (NSF). At NSF, she managed multi-million dollar grant programs designed to increase the capacity of the U.S. higher education enterprise to produce professionals in scientific fields. Based on her work, she was honored by the Federal Chief Information Officers Council and the Colloquium on Information Systems Security Education for her outstanding efforts toward the development of Federal IT workforce. 

Dr. Burley holds an M.S. in Management and Public Policy, an M.S. in Organization Science, as well as a Ph.D. in Organization Science and Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. Her academic career includes 
faculty appointments at both Syracuse University and Indiana University. She has presented her work at several national and international conferences, and has more than two-dozen publications that explore the relationship between ICTs and changes in individual behavior and organizational action. She is a successful grant writer and has received financial support for her research from several public and private sources; including the National Science Foundation, the Natural Hazards Center, and the Price Waterhouse Coopers Center for the Business of 
Government. Dr. Burley works and consults with a wide array of public, private, and nonprofit agencies to inform management and public policy, and to advance understanding of how new technologies impact organizations and society. 

View a list of Dr. Burley's publications.

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