The Pomona Politics Department
Richard K. Worthington
- Professor of Politics
- Department Chair
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley
- M.S., Ph.D., University of Oregon
- Contact Information
- Office: Carnegie 102
- Phone Number: 909-607-3529
- Home Phone: 323-257-9049
- E-mail: richard.worthington@pomona.edu
- Office Hours
- Monday, Wednesday 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
- Classes
- Politics 136: Politics of Environmental Action (current)
- Politics 138: Organizational Theory (current)
- Politics 139: Politics of Community Design
- Politics 190E: Senior Seminar in Political Community Development
- Public Policy Analysis 190: Internship and Thesis Seminar
- Public Policy Analysis 195: Internship in Public Affairs
- Expertise Areas
- Environmental Action
- Globalization
- Science Policy
- Information Technology
- Research Interests
- I am interested in the transition to an equitable, democratic, and ecologically sustainable society. My focus is on the policies and actions that will get us there. I am especially interested in how science and technology can be shaped by common citizens, rather than corporations and the military.
- Selected Publications
- Rethinking Globalization: Production, Politics, and Action (Peter Lang Publishing, 2000)
- The Internet a la fin de siecle (University of Southern California, Center for Telecommunications Management, 1998)
- "The North American Free Trade Agreement and the Politics of Environmental Discourse," in Greening Environmental Policy (M. Black and F. Fischer, eds., Paul Chapman, 1995)
- "Globalization of Science and Repression of Scientists in Mexico," in Science, Technology and Human Values, Winter 1993
- "The Silence of the Labs," Los Angeles Times, July 1, 1993
- "Learning Landscapes: A Century of Environmental Transformation in Claremont" with Yamini Bala and Michael Black
- Reconstructing the World: From Artifact to Politics
- Awards and Honors
- John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation, Fellowship, Summer 2000
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Grant, 1993-94
- USC Center for Telecommunications, Management Grant, 1991-95
- Rockefeller Institute of Government, Senior Fellow, 1984-85