Darrell M. West

Darrell West (born October 6, 1954) is an American author, political scientist, and political commentator. West is the vice president and director of governance studies and director of the center for technology innovation at the Brookings Institution.^[1] He has written about technology policy, mass media, and campaigns and elections in the United States. The spring 2008 semester was his final semester at Brown University after 26 years on the faculty.^[2]

He was born in Richmond, Indiana and graduated with a B.A. from Miami University (Ohio) in 1976 and a Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University in 1981.^[1] He taught at Brown University from 1982 to 2008.^[2][1] He was the director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.^[1] His book Digital Government is the winner of the Don K. Price award for best book on technology^[3] and his co-authored book Cross Talk won the Doris Graber award for best book on political communications.^[4] His most recent books are Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy (Brookings Institution Press, 2010) and Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era (Brookings Institution Press,2009; co-authored with Edward Miller). His latest book is The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation (Brookings Institution Press, 2011).

Starting in 2000, he has undertaken annual studies on the websites of the 50 states, the leading federal agencies, and the 198 nations around the world. His e-government reports are available online at InsidePolitics.org and Brookings.edu. The Center that he directs examines a wide range of topics related to technology innovation including governance, democracy, and public sector innovation; policy architecture, legal and Constitutional aspects of technology; digital media and social networking; health information technology; virtual education, and green technology. Its mission is to identify key developments in technology innovation, undertake cutting-edge research, disseminate best practices broadly, inform policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels about actions needed to improve innovation, and enhance the public’s and media’s understanding of the importance of technology innovation.

He has delivered lectures in a dozen different countries around the world, including China, Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, Bahrain, and the United States. He has been quoted in leading newspapers, radio stations, and national television networks around the world. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, the Gates Foundation, Kauffman Foundation, Ford Foundation, and McCormick Foundation.

Books

• Public Opinion in Rhode Island (1994) with Thomas Anton and Jack Combs
• Cross Talk: Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign, (1996) with Marion Just, Ann Crigler, Dean Alger, Tim Cook, and Montague Kern
• The Sound of Money: How Political Interests Get What They Want (1999) with Burdett Loomis
• Checkbook Democracy: How Money Corrupts Political Campaigns (2000)
• Patrick Kennedy: The Rise to Power (2000)
• Celebrity Politics, (2002) with John Orman
• The Rise and Fall of the Media Establishment (2001)
• Digital Government: Technology and Public Sector Performance (2005)
• Evaluating Campaign Quality: Can the Electoral Process Be Improved? (2007) with Sandy Maisel and Brett Clifton
• Biotechnology Policy Across National Boundaries (2007)
• Air Wars: Television Advertising in Election Campaigns, 1952-2008 (2009)
• Digital Medicine: Health Care in the Internet Era (2009) with Edward Miller
• Brain Gain: Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy (2010)
• The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation (2011)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Darrell M. West". Brookings Institution. http://www.brookings.edu/experts/westd.aspx. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Roehrkasse, Alexander (2008-04-03). "Darrell West leaving for Brookings". The Brown Daily Herald. http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/04/03/CampusNews/Darrell.West.Leaving.For.Brookings-3300949.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 
3. ^ "Digital Government". Princeton University Press. http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8088.html. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 
4. ^ "Graduate Faculty". A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy. http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Grad/gradfaculty.html. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 

External links

• Darrell West page at Brown University (http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/)
• Darrell West homepage (http://www.InsidePolitics.org)
• Darrell West profile at the Brookings Institution

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