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Dr.
Ron Westrum
Professor
Science, Technology, and Society
School of Technology Studies
(734) 487-1161
122 Sill Hall
College of Technology
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
ron.westrum@emich.edu
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Courses
Taught :
INDT 150 UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY
Short
Bio:
B.A. Harvard, Social Relations (honors) 1966; M.A.
University of Chicago, Sociology, 1969; Ph.D University
of Chicago, Sociology, 1972. Assistant, Associate,
and Full Professor, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti,
MI 48197, 1972-present
Areas
of Expertise:
Sociology of science and technology,
innovation, systems safety, sociology of anomalous
events.
Most Important/Recent Publications (More available
upon request):
Book: (with Khalil Samaha), COMPLEX
ORGANIZATIONS: GROWTH, STRUGGLE, AND CHANGE (Prentice-Hall,
1984);
Book:
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIETY: THE SHAPING OF PEOPLE AND
THINGS (Wadsworth, 1992);
Book:
SIDEWINDER: CREATIVE MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AT CHINA
LAKE (Naval Institute Press, 1999)
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