Draft:Anthony Pennings

Anthony J. Pennings is an American academic. A full professor at the State University of New York (located in Songdo, South Korea) he is undergraduate program director for the BS in Technological Systems Management that has a specialization in ICT4D.

Career
Pennings was an early pioneer of ICT4D, co-authoring a book, Computerization and Development in Southeast Asia (1987), with Syed A. Rahim while he was at the East-West Center's Communication Institute. Pennings was a degree participant in the 1980s where he participated in the National Computerization Policy Program with Meheroo Jussawalla, a development economist. He taught global media and economics at Hannam University in South Korea.

Pennings was on the faculty of New York University from 2002 to 2012. He created the BS in Digital Media and Communications, and the BS in Information Systems Management when he was hired at NYU to redesign the previous BS in Communication Technology degree. At NYU he primarily taught Digital Economics, Comparative Political Economy, and Macroeconomics. He designed the FOMC Simulation which is still used today to help students to understand the Federal Reserve Bank and its monetary policy. He also taught at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas.

Pennings took his first academic position at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.where he researched privatization and participated in the development of an early Internet-based tele-learning system based on audio-graphics. The project connected students around several cities in New Zealand, and one course with graduate students at the University of Hawaii.

Research interests
Pennings is primarily concerned with broadband policy and net neutrality stemming from a long history in telecommunications research. He is concerned with how net neutrality can affect different edge applications including AI, Connected Cars, and VPNs. He has also been investigating the digital spreadsheet since his PhD dissertation.

Pennings is a blogger, building a substantial block of data for a future AI project on his work. The blog includes books and films, data analysis, digital media, financial technology, and global communication resources.