William D. Kay

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University

329 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-4401
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
w.kay@neu.edu

Areas of Study

Public Policy and Administration, Organization Theory, Science and Technology Policy

Defining NASA: The Historical Debate Over the Agency's Mission. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005.
Can Democracies Fly in Space? The Challenge of Revitalizing the U.S. Space Program. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995
"Problem Definition and Policy Contradiction: John F. Kennedy and the 'Space Race.'" Policy Studies Journal 31:1 (2003), pp. 53-69.
"Advocacy Coalitions and National Space Policy" in Elgar Sadeh (ed), Space Politics and Policy: An Evolutionary Perspective. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, pp. 43-57 (co-authored with C. J. Bosso)

Presentation, "The 'Proper' Role of Government in Space Exploration," National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Air and Space Museum Workshop on Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight, Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Conference Center, Washington, DC, March 2005.
President, American Political Science Association Organized Section on Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics, 1995-2000
Moderator, “Commercial Space Policies of the 1980s: A Retrospective Examination,” Oral History Forum, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, November 1, 1999
1997 NASA Budget Authorization, testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 104th Congress, 2nd session, Washington, DC, April 17, 1996
Invited Participant, Workshop on Fusion Energy Policy, U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC, June 8, 1994

Fall 2007

Fall 2006

Fall 2005

Spring 2006

Fall 2004

Spring 2005