Darrell M. West

Darrell M. West is the Vice President of Governance Studies and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA. He holds the Douglas Dillon Chair in Governance Studies. Previously, he was the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and Director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. He is the author of twenty-two books including Megachange: Economic Disruption, Political Upheaval, and Social Strife in the 21st Century (Brookings, 2016), Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust (Brookings, 2014), Digital Schools (Brookings, 2012), and The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation (Brookings, 2011).