Richardson Dilworth
| Position: | Associate Professor |  |
| Field: | American political development, urban politics, public policy | |
| Office: | 3025 MacAlister | |
| Phone: | (215) 895-2471 | |
| Email: | dilworth@drexel.edu | |
| CV: | Richardson Dilworth's CV | |
| Office Hours: | click here for current office hours |
Personal Statement
I'm a political scientist who specializes in urban politics, public policy, and American political development. My research has centered on the relationship between the legal and physical development of American cities. I teach undergraduate courses in urban politics, American government, and state and local government, and graduate courses on natural resources policy and development (water in particular) and urban systems management.
Education
- B.S., magna cum laude, Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University, 1993
- Ph.D., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
Recent Publications
- "Privatization, the World Water Crisis and the Social Contract." In PS: Political Science and Politics 40 (January 2007): 49-54.
- Editor, Social Capital in the City: Community and Civic Life in Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2006).
- "Introduction: The Place that Loves You Back?" In Dilworth, ed., Social Capital in the City.
- The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005).
- "When Cities Get Married: Constructing Urban Space through Gender, Sexuality, and Municipal Consolidation." Kathryn Trevenen, co-author. Urban Affairs Review 40 (November 2004): 183-209.
- "From Sewers to Suburbs: Transforming the Policymaking Context of American Cities.” Urban Affairs Review 38 (May 2003): 726-739.
- "Urban Infrastructure Politics and Metropolitan Growth: Lessons from the New York Metropolitan Region." Public Works Management and Policy 6 (January 2002): 200-214.
Courses Usually Taught
- PSCI 100 -- Introduction to Political Science (Current Syllabus)
- PSCI 110 -- American Government I (Current Syllabus)
- PSCI 313 -- State & Local Government (Current Syllabus)
- PSCI 372 -- Urban Politics (Current Syllabus)
- PSCI 373 -- American Policy Process
- HIST 591 -- Vital Systems of Cities (Current Syllabus)
