Catherine Z. Worsnop is an associate professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland-College Park and a research fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM). Her research focuses on global governance and, specifically, on the role of international organizations in global health security. Current projects examine international cooperation during global health emergencies and state compliance with the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations. Work on these topics has been published or is forthcoming in The British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Review, The Review of International Organizations, International Studies Perspectives, Globalization and Health, Global Health Governance, Health Security, BMJ Global Health, and The Lancet, among other venues. Other ongoing projects address international cooperation in human trafficking, US health security preparedness, and the design of COVAX.
Worsnop is a co-PI on the Pandemics & Borders project, which examines international trade and travel restrictions during COVID-19 and other outbreaks and is funded by the Government of Canada's New Frontiers in Research Fund. She is a former chair of the International Studies Association Global Health Studies Section and has served on expert committees for the World Health Organization.
Worsnop holds a PhD in Politics from Brandeis University and a BA in government from Colby College. Before joining UMD, she was an assistant professor in the Health Sciences Department at Worcester State University. Previously, she worked with the Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care (now the Leadership Consortium for a Value & Science-Driven Health System) at the National Academies.
- Global governance; international relations; international organizations; security studies; global health
Today's most pressing problems do not stop at national borders. Meeting these challenges requires a range of state and non-state actors to work together. In this course, students gain familiarity with key actors in the global system and how they approach today's most intractable problems, including violent conflict, human rights, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, migration, trade, climate change, and global health. How do countries, international organizations, multinational corporations, and nongovernmental organizations find ways to cooperate when their interests and capabilities sometimes differ drastically? What barriers exist that impede such cooperation? This course can be taken as a stand-alone class for those interested in issues of global cooperation and problem-solving and will also prepare students in the GAPS focus area for more advanced electives.
An integrative course that allows policy students to explore the complexities of the policy-making process from the perspective of specific policy topics. They will learn about and discuss subject- based issues in a seminar format led by faculty and policy experts. Site visits to federal agencies, guest speakers, and round table sessions ensure that students receive a variety of real-world perspectives on their chosen policy area. Restricted to students who have earned a minimum of 90 credits.
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In today’s security environment, civil conflicts, mass migration, climate change, epidemics, and other emergent phenomena create multiple, often overlapping, instabilities that exacerbate human insecurity.
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