Faculty & Staff
John M. Wilkes
Associate Professor
Faculty Listing
Office: Atwater Kent Laboratories, 125
Phone: +1-508-831-5578
Fax: +1-508-831-5896
jmwilkes@wpi.edu
Educational Background
- B.A., Bates College, 1970
- M.A., Cornell University, 1973
- Ph.D., Cornell University, 1976
Research & Teaching Interests
Cognitive styles; Research styles; Learning Styles; Small group Dynamics; Equality in testing and evaluation, cultural and cognitive diversity; Organizational mindsets; International comparative space policy; Creativity; Organizational change; Technological literacy and educational reform; The experience of women in scientific and technical careers; Attitudes toward technology; The nuclear power debate; The hacker debate; Sociology of Science; Psycho-sociology of science; Technology Assessment (Forecasting and Social Implications); Modernization; Nuclear Power Debate; Space Programs and Space Policy; R and D Lab. Organization; Technological Literacy; Learning Styles; Gender Comparisons of Career Aspirations and Choice
IQP Advising Interests
nuclear energy commercialization of space resources; effect of technology on social systems technology & organizational behaviors international comparisons; science & society studies technology assessment, forecasting technological change, social Impact analysis, modernization, global equity issues, gender and race equity issues, innovation and change, technical manpower pipeline studies, high school student aspirations, cognitive styles and science education, learning styles and educational performance, space policy and space agency organizational mindsets, small group dynamics; technological transfer appropriate technology; assessing educational experience education & technological literacy
Recent Publications
Professional Societies/Memberships
- American Sociological Association
- Eastern Sociological Society
- Society for Social Study of Science
- The National Association for S.T.S.