In 2010, he was appointed to the editorial advisory board of Demand Media, a U.S. Internet company that focuses on generating large amounts of low-cost content that is highly search engine optimized, and is often described as a content farm. In 2017, he joined the board of The Conversation US, a non-profit news site. He is the recipient of numerous research fellowships and awards, including an international affairs fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is married to Dr. Francille Rusan Wilson, Ph.D., a labor and intellectual historian. They have two sons. Work Wilson’s scholarship focuses on the convergence of communication and information technology, public policy, and the public interest. He is a student of the “information champions,” the leaders of the information revolution around the world. His current work concentrates on China-Africa relations, global sustainable innovation in high-technology industries, and the role of politics in the diffusion of information and communication technologies. Books Wilson has published two books: The Information Revolution in Developing Countries and Negotiating the Net in Africa. He co-edits the MIT Press series, The Information Revolution and Global Politics, and is a founding editor of the journal entitled, Information Technologies and International Development. CPB Nominated by President Bill Clinton, Wilson served on the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 2000-2010, and as chairman in the last year. He was reappointed to the CPB board by President George W. Bush in 2004. Selected publications Rodriguez, Francisco, and Ernest J. Wilson III. Are poor countries losing the information revolution?. (2000). Wilson, Ernest J. The information revolution and developing countries. MIT Press, 2004. Articles, a selection: Patterson, Rubin, and Ernest J. Wilson III. "New IT and Social Inequality: Resetting the Research and Policy Agenda." The Information Society 16.1 (2000): 77–86. Wilson Iii, Ernest J., and Kelvin Wong. "African Information Revolution: A Balance Sheet." Telecommunications Policy 27.1 (2003): 155–177. References Living people 1940s births University of Southern California people The Harvard Lampoon alumni Harvard College alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences University of Michigan faculty People from Washington, D.C.