Ray Williamson, Ph.D.

Dr. Williamson is Research Professor of Space Policy and International Relations. Before joining the Institute in 1995, Dr. Williamson served as a senior associate at the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress. From 1979 to 1995, he directed most of OTA's space-related studies. At the Institute, Dr. Williamson's research focuses on policy analysis in several areas including earth observations, space transportation, and national security space.  Dr. Williamson is also a member of the International Editorial Board of Space Policy.

His books include:

2001:  Space and Military Power in East Asia: The Challenge and Opportunity of Dual-Purpose Space Technologies, July 2001, editor, with Rebecca Jimerson.

2001: Commercial Observation Satellites: At the Leading Edge of Global Transparency, ed., with John C. Baker and Kevin O'Connell (RAND and ASPRS).

2000: Science and Technology In Historic Preservation, editor, with Paul Nickens (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers).

1997: Cowboys and Cave Dwellers: Basketmaker Archaeology In Utah's Grand Gulch, with F. Blackburn (Santa Fe: School of American Research Press).

1993: First Houses: Native American Homes and Sacred Structures (Houghton Mifflin)-with Jean G. Monroe.

1992: Earth and Sky: Visions of the Cosmos in Native American Folklore (University of New Mexico Press)-c oeditor with C. R. Farrer;

1987: They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths (Houghton Mifflin)-with Jean G. Monroe;

1984: Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the American Indian (Houghton Mifflin; paper edition, University of Oklahoma Press 1987)-a uthor;

1981: Archaeoastromy in the Americas (Los Altos, CA: Ballena Press)-editor.

Recent articles include:

2002 Remote Sensing for Transportation Security, with Stanley Morain, Amelia Budge, and George Hepner, National Consortium for Safety, Hazards, and Disaster Assessment, July 2002 (peer-reviewed report).

2002 “Lending A Helping Hand: Using Remote Sensing to Support the Response and Recovery Operations at the World Trade Center”, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, September, Vol. 68, No. 9, pp.

2002 “Legal and Policy Issues in Satellite Remote Sensing,” in Project 2001—Legal Framework for the Commercial Use of Outer Space, Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, ed., Vol. 16, Schriften zum Luft- und Weltraumrecht, Köln: Carl Heymanns Verlag KG, pp. 165-178.

2002: “The Socioeconomic Benefits of Earth Science and Applications Research: Reducing the Risks and Costs of Natural Disasters in the USA,” (with Henry Hertzfeld) Space Policy 18: 57-65.

2002 “Improving Transportation Security with Remote Sensing Technologies,” Imaging Notes, November/December, pp. 22-23.

2002 “Landsat: A Continuing Story?”, Space News, 29 July.

2002  “Information as Security: Remote Sensing, Transportation Lifelines, and Homeland Security,” Imaging Notes, June/July.

2001 "Using Geospatial Technologies to Enhance and Sustain Resource Planning on Native Lands," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, February (with Jhon Goes In Center).

2000 "The Implications of Emerging Satellite Information Technologies for Global Transparency and International Security" (with John C. Baker). In: Kristin Lord and Bernard Final, Power and Conflict in the Age of Transparency. New York: St. Martin's Press.

1999 "Access to Space: Steps to the Saturn V. In John M. Logsdon, Roger D. Launius, and Stephen J. Garber, eds., Accessing Space, Vol. 4 in Exploring the Unknown, Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program.

1999 "The Space Shuttle." In John M. Logsdon, Roger D. Launius, and Stephen J. Garber, eds., Accessing Space, Vol. 4 in Exploring the Unknown, Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program.

1999 "The U.S.-Europe Technology Gap in Space Transportation: the View From the United States," Nuova Civiltà delle Macchine, Vol 17, n. 1.

1998 "Implications of Previous Space Commercialization Experiences for the Reusable Launch Vehicle," (with Richard Obermann), Space Policy 14, 17-25.

1998 "Satellite Remote Sensing and Maintaining Environmental Security: The Market Perspective," In G. Haskell and M. Rycroft, eds, New Space Markets, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 283-290.

1998 "Environmental Security and NASA's Mission to Planet Earth." In Pecora 13 Proceedings, Sioux Falls, SD.

1997 The Landsat Legacy: Remote Sensing Policy and the Development of Commercial Remote Sensing, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 63: 877-885.

1997 Toward an Integrated International Data Policy Framework for Earth Observations: A Workshop Report, ISU/REP/97/1, International Space University, Illkirch, France.

RECENT CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY:

2002  “Meeting State and Local Needs for Space-based Data and Information,” Testimony before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas City, KS, May 20, 2002.

1998 “International Satellite Sales and Launch Services: The Case of China,” Testimony before the House Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People’s Republic of China (The Cox Committee), November.