Dr. J. P. Singh teaches and researches international trade and negotiations, international development and cultural policies, and qualitative research methods.
He is the author of "Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring" (SUNY, 1999) and co-editor (with James N. Rosenau) of "Information Technologies and Global Politics: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance" (SUNY, 2002). His current book project is titled "Negotiating the Global Information Economy." 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 in 2001. Refereed article publications include those in Information Technology and International Development, Journal of International Communication, Telecommunications Policy, Info, International Negotiation, Prometheus, Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication, Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, and several edited collections.
Dr. Singh holds several appointments related to his research interests. He is the In-coming Editor-in-Chief for Review of Policy Research, an official journal of the Policy Studies Organization, published by Blackwell. He is also a political consultant for Voice of Americas Hindi broadcasts and appears regularly on their radio and television shows. He was a Visiting Scholar at the World Trade Organization in Geneva in 2004 and a Visiting Fellow at the New America Foundation (2002-04) in Washington, DC.
He also holds several positions in professional associations. He chairs the Science, Technology and Environmental Politics section of the American Political Science Association. He is the Vice President (and President-elect) of the International Communication section of the International Studies Association. He is also a Vice President of the Policy Studies Organization.
Grants and fellowships include those from the Social Science Research Council, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Ford Foundation, White House, and The Asia Society. He was one of the lead people involved in the World Bank-CCT e-commerce development project "Cottage Industry Global Marketplace" implemented in Himachal Pradesh, India, from 2000 to 2003.
