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Faculty/Staff listing
Faculty
Kent Worcester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science and Int'l Studies
email
212-774-4845
Degrees
B.A., University of Massachusetts at Boston
M.A., Columbia University
M.Phil., Columbia University
Ph.D., Columbia University
Kent Worcester is an associate professor of political science and international studies. He is the author of 'C.L.R. James: A Political Biography' (1996) and 'The Social Science Research Council, 1923-1998' (2001), and the coeditor of 'Trade Union Politics: American Unions and Economic Change, 1960s-1990s' (1995) and 'Violence and Politics: Globalization's Paradox' (2002). He teaches courses on democratic theory, international relations, social movements, and contemporary warfare.
Recent Publications:
“Toon Town: New York City and Comic Books.” Seaport: New York’s History Journal. Forthcoming.
A Comics Studies Reader, edited by Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester. University Press of Mississippi. 2009.
“The Academy Discovers Comics.” MoCCA Art Festival Program (June 2009): pp. 8-9.
Review of David Hadju, The Ten-Cent Plague. New Politics (XII/2 Winter 2009): pp. 156-158.
“Interview with Kevin Pyle.” New Politics (XII/1 Summer 2008): pp. 157-163.
Recent Presentations/Productions:
“Comic Books and New York City.” Dutchess Community College. April 23, 2009. (Speakers in the Humanities Program, New York Council for the Humanities)
“Is Comics Studies a Branch of Journalism History?” Keynote address to the Joint Journalism History Conference. Marymount Manhattan College. March 14, 2009.
Panelist, “Graphic Novels and Academic Acceptance.” New York Comic-Con. February 6, 2009.
“Teaching the Graphic Novel at the Undergraduate Level.” Graphica in Education: Fordham University. January 31, 2009.
“Comic Books and New York City.” French-American School. January 30, 2009. (Speakers in the Humanities Program, New York Council for the Humanities).
“The Republican Defeat.” post-election divisional roundtable. Marymount Manhattan College. November 11, 2008.
“The McCain Campaign.” pre-election divisional roundtable. Marymount Manhattan College. October 23, 2008.
Chair and discussant, “The State of Comix: Cultural Identity, the Nation, and the Visual Politics of American Comics.” American Studies Association annual conference. Albuquerque, NM. October 17, 2008.
“What is the Textus Roffensis?” Faculty Projects Luncheon Series. Marymount Manhattan College. October 15, 2008.
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