Ken Rogerson, Lecturer in Public Policy Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies  

Ken Rogerson

Office Location: 148 Sanford Inst Bldg
Office Phone: 919.613.7387
Email Address: rogerson@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • International, United Nations and International Institutions
  • Media and Communications, Internet Politics and Policy

Education:
PhD, University of South Carolina, 2000
M.A., Brigham Young University, 1991
B.A., Bringham Young University, 1990

Teaching (Fall 2008):

  • Pubpol 114.002, Pol analy pub pol making Synopsis
    Sanford 03, MW 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
  • Pubpol 114.04d, Pol analy pub pol making Synopsis
    Sanford 102, F 01:30 PM-02:20 PM
  • Pubpol 114.05d, Pol analy pub pol making Synopsis
    Sanford 150, F 11:40 AM-12:30 PM
  • Pubpol 114.06d, Pol analy pub pol making Synopsis
    Sanford 102, F 10:20 AM-11:10 AM
  • Pubpol 202.01, Policy journalism/media st
    Sanford 03, F 02:50 PM-05:20 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. K.S. Rogerson, Guest Editor. "Technology and Politics." Knowlege, Technology and Policy 18.3 (Fall, 2005).
  2. K.S. Rogerson. "A Lot of Good Questions: A Few Good Answers: A look at Current Research on the Internet and Politics." Political Communication 22.2 (April-June 2005): 237-244.
  3. K.S. Rogerson. "Talking Past Each Other: IO Internet Policy in the Developing World." International Politics 41.2 (June, 2004): 176-195.
  4. K.S. Rogerson. "The Internet as Political Advocacy Forum."  2003
  5. K.S. Rogerson. "Addressing the Negative Consequences of the Information Age: Lessons from Karl Polanyi and the Industrial Revolution." Information, Communication and Society 6.1 (2003): 104-123.

Bio/Profile
Kenneth S. Rogerson is Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Public Policy, and former Research Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy at Duke University. He also serves as chair of the American Political Science Association’s Information Technology and Politics Section.

Rogerson earned a PhD in Political Science at the University of South Carolina, where his research focused on international relations, international communications and media policy issues. In his dissertation, he examined the evolution of U.S. foreign information policy. He has a Masters of Arts degree in International Relations and a BA in Journalism and European Studies from Brigham Young University.

During his studies at the University of South Carolina Rogerson won the Excellence in Teaching Award, and the journal which he edited, Global Governance, was named the Best New Journal in the United States in Business, Social Sciences and the Humanities by the Association of American Publishers. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Walker Institute of International Studies at the University of South Carolina, where he organized conferences and seminars and assisted in the publication of working papers, newsletters and annual reports.