Description
The Hixon-Riggs Visiting Professorship is offered to a senior scholar usually for a term of one year. The person may represent any one of a number of academic fields but must demonstrate a substantial interest in topics of "Science, Technology, and Society."

Hixon-Riggs Visitors

• David Noble (History), York University 1997-98 and 1998-1999
• Langdon Winner (Political Science), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Spring 2001
• Andrew Feenberg (Philosophy), San Diego State University Fall 2001
• Darin Barney (Political Science), University of Ottawa Spring 2002
• Sal Restivo (Sociology), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
• Andrea Loettgers (Physics), California Institute of Technology 2005-2006
• Suzanne Moon (History), Colorado School of Mines, 2006-2007
• Gary Marx (Sociology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007-2008

Annual Conferences

• "Digital Diploma Mills" (Spring 1998) by David Noble
• "Engineering/Science, Universities, and Corporations: The Roles of Conscience and/or Consent" (March 10, 1999) by Ralph Nader
• "Biotechnology and Beyond" (March 2000) jointly sponsored with the Claremont STS Program and the President's Office, Pomona College
• "Social Dimensions of Engineering Design" (May 2001) by Langdon Winner and jointly sponsored with the HMC Center for Design Education, Department of Engineering
• "Community in the Digital Age: Philosophy and Practice" (March 2002) by Andrew Feenberg and Darin Barney
• "Workshop on Social Studies of Social Robotics" (April 2003) by Sal Restivo
• "A New Form of Experiment? Exploring the Performative Potential of Models and Computer Simulations" (October 2005)
• "Technology and the Colony" (February 2007)
• "Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology" (March 2008)

Hixon-Riggs Reading Group
Each spring, the Hixon-Riggs Visiting Professor leads a reading group in some area of interest. Participants are drawn from faculty and staff at all of the Claremont Colleges. Buffet dinner and books are provided by the Hixon-Riggs endowment.