Doctor of Liberal Studies
Denise Bedford

Dr. Denise Bedford is currently an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Communication, Culture and Technology program. She has also taught at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Catholic University, the Schulich School of Business, York University, and Kent State University. She has served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Coventry and as a Distinguished Practitioner and Virtual Fellow with the U.S. Department of State. She has taught a range of graduate-level courses in information sciences, knowledge sciences, enterprise architecture, and data sciences. She is the co-editor of the Emerald/Wiley Series - Working Methods for Knowledge Methods, and is the North American Regional Editor for the Journal of Knowledge Management. She has authored 21 books. Dr. Bedford retired from the World Bank in 2010, where she was Senior Information Officer. From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Bedford was the Goodyear Professor of Knowledge Management at Kent State University. Dr. Bedford has also worked for Intel Corporation, NASA, University of California Systemwide Administration, and Stanford University. Her educational background includes a B.A. triple major in History, in Russian Language/Literature, and in German Language/Literature from the University of Michigan; an M.A.in Russian History also from the University of Michigan; an M.S. in Librarianship from Western Michigan University, and a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bedford's non-academic interests include collecting 18th-century mid-Atlantic and Southern antiques, caring for her very large rescue dogs, heirloom gardening, historical tourism and the preservation of historic cemeteries.