Peter J. Balint

Schar School of Policy and Government 
George Mason University 
4400 University Drive, MSN 3F4 
Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone: 703-993-1404 
Email: pbalint@gmu.edu

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2016-present 
Professor, George Mason University

2008-2016 
Associate Professor, George Mason University

2002-2008 
Assistant Professor, George Mason University

1996-2002 
Graduate Student and Post-Doc, University of Maryland

1973-1996 
English Teacher, Albany (NY) City School District

EDUCATION

2000 
Ph.D. 
Policy Studies (Environmental Policy specialization) University of Maryland 
Dissertation: Balancing Conservation and Development in Rural El Salvador: Results from Two Case Studies 
Dissertation Advisor: David A. Crocker

1998 
M.S. 
Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology University of Maryland 
Scholarly Paper: Conservation Case Study of the Mongolian Gobi Bear

1972 
M.A. 
Education 
University at Albany (SUNY)

1971 
B.A. 
English 
Haverford College 
Honors thesis: Minor Characters in James Joyce’s Ulysses

RESEARCH AREAS

Environmental policy Community-based conservation Natural resource management Wicked environmental problems

PUBLICATIONS (*Peer-reviewed)

BOOKS

Conant, J.K., and P.J. Balint.2016. The Life Cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency: 1970-2035. New York: Oxford University Press.*

Balint, P.J., R.E. Stewart, A. Desai, and L.C. Walters.2011. Wicked Environmental Problems: Managing Uncertainty and Conflict. Washington, DC: Island Press.*

Badarch, D., R.A. Zilinskas, and P.J. Balint, editors. 2003. Mongolia Today: Science, Culture, Environment, and Development. London, UK: Routledge Curzon.*

Zilinskas, R.A., and P.J. Balint, editors.2001. The Human Genome Project and Minority Communities: Ethical, Social, and Political Dilemmas. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Destler, I.M., and P.J. Balint.2000. The New Politics of American Trade: Trade, Labor, and the Environment. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics.*

Zilinskas, R.A., and P.J. Balint, editors.1998. Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits. Boston: Kluwer.

JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Manongi, F.S., and P.J. Balint. 2014. Prayer Behavior in Rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53(4): 760-774.*

Donahoe, S.B., D.C. Parker, B.J. Kronenfeld, and P.J. Balint.2014. Integrating Micro-Scale Timbering Events and Decision making into Landscape Models Using Logistic and Multilevel Regression. Forest Science 60(5): 962-972.*

Balint, P.J, and J.K. Conant. 2013.The Environmental Protection Agency’s Budget from 1970 to 2010: A Lifecycle Analysis. Public Budgeting & Finance 33(4): 22-42.*

Regan, P.M., G. FitzGerald, and P.J. Balint. 2013. Generational Views of Information Privacy Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 26(1-2): 81-99.*

Balint, P.J., and J. Mashinya. 2012. The Decline of a Model Community-Based Conservation Project: Governance, Capacity, and Devolution in Mahenye, Zimbabwe. In W. G. Moseley, editor. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on African Issues, 4th Edition. New York: McGraw- Hill [anthologized version of previously published journal article listed below.]

Conant, J.K., and P.J. Balint.2011. The Council on Environmental Quality at 40: A Life-Cycle Analysis. Environmental Practice 13(2): 113-121.*

Zirbel, K., P. Balint, and E.C.M. Parsons.2011. Navy Sonar, Cetaceans and the US Supreme Court. Marine Pollution Bulletin 63(1-4): 40-48.*

Zirbel, K., P. Balint, and E.C.M. Parsons.2011. Public Awareness and Attitudes towards Naval Sonar Mitigation for Cetacean Conservation. Marine Pollution Bulletin 63(1-4): 49-55.*

Balint, P.J., and J. Mashinya. 2008. CAMPFIRE during Zimbabwe’s National Crisis: Local Impacts and Broader Implications for Community-Based Wildlife Management. Society & Natural Resources 21(9): 783-796.*

Balint, P.J., and J. Mashinya. 2008. CAMPFIRE through the Lens of the ‘Commons’ Literature: Nyaminyami Rural District in Post-2000 Zimbabwe. Journal of Southern African Studies 34(1): 127-143.*

Balint, P.J. 2007. Practicing What We Preach: Approaching Praxis through Classroom Governance. Journal of Public Affairs Education 13(3/4): 509-518.*

Balint, P.J. 2007. A Proposed General Model for Southern African Community-Based Wildlife Management. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 12(3): 169-179.*

Balint, P.J. 2006. Improving Community-Based Conservation near Protected Areas: The Importance of Development Variables. Environmental Management 38(1): 137-148.*

Balint, P.J. 2006. Bringing Solar Home Systems to Rural El Salvador: Lessons for Small NGOs. Energy Policy 34(6): 721-729.*

Balint, P.J., and J. Mashinya. 2006. The Decline of a Model Community-Based Conservation Project: Governance, Capacity, and Devolution in Mahenye, Zimbabwe. Geoforum 37(5): 805-815.*

Mealey, S.P., J.W. Thomas, H.J. Salwasser, R.E. Stewart, P.J. Balint, and P.W. Adams.2005.

Precaution in the American Endangered Species Act as a Precursor to Environmental Decline: The Case of the Northwest Forest Plan. In R. Cooney and B. Dickson, editors. Biodiversity and the Precautionary Principle: Risk and Uncertainty in Conservation and Sustainable Use. London, UK: Earthscan, pp. 189-204.*

Balint, P.J. 2003. How Ethics Shape the Policy Preferences of Environmental Scientists: What We Can Learn from Lomborg and His Critics.Politics and the Life Sciences 22(1): 14-23.*

Balint, P.J., and J.A. Steinberg. 2003.Conservation Case Study of the GobiBear. In D. Badarch,

R.A. Zilinskas, and P.J. Balint, editors. Mongolia Today: Science, Culture, Environment, and Development. London, UK: Routledge Curzon, pp. 238-257.*

Zilinskas, R.A., and P.J. Balint.2001. The Human Genome Project and Minority Communities: The Importance of Dialogue and Access to Information. In R.A. Zilinskas and P.J. Balint,

editors. The Human Genome Project and Minority Communities: Ethical, Social,and Political Dilemmas. Westport, CT: Praeger, pp. 125-134.

Balint, P.J. 1999. Marine Biotechnology: A Proposal for Regulatory Reform.Politics and the Life Sciences 18(1): 25-30.*

Balint, P.J. 1999. Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Developing World: The Miskito Coast of Honduras and Nicaragua as a Case Study. Journal of Public and International Affairs 10(1): 99-117.

Balint, P.J., R.R. Colwell, J.J. Gutrich, D. Hite, M. Levin, S. Stenquist, H. Whiteman, and R.A. Zilinskas. 1998. Risks and Benefits of Marine Biotechnology: Conclusions and Recommendations. In R.A. Zilinskas and P.J. Balint, editors. Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits. Boston: Kluwer, pp. 213-220.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTS

Balint, P.J., R.E. Stewart, A. Desai, and L.C. Walters.2006. Managing Wicked Environmental Problems: Integrating Public Participation and Adaptive Management. Proceedings of the 2006 National Convention of the Society of American Foresters. Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters.

Stewart, R.E., L.C. Walters, P.J. Balint, and A. Desai. 2004. Managing Wicked Environmental Problems. Report for the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region.

Walters, L.C., P.J. Balint, A. Desai, and R.E. Stewart. 2003. Risk and Uncertainty in Management of the Sierra Nevada National Forests. Report for the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region.

Balint, P.J. 2001. Improving Science and Security Policy: Results from an Informal Survey of Experts. Report for the MacArthur Foundation.

IN REVIEW

Balint, P.J., and F.S. Manongi. Is Religiosity Underestimated as a Source of Environmental Beliefs and Actions? A Case Study from Rural Tanzania. In review at Society & Natural Resources.

GRANT ACTIVITYWHILE AT MASON

FUNDED

Funder: USAID
Project: Natural resource management in Tanzania
Role: PI
Amount: $380,000
Year: 2015-17

Funder: Mason Center for Global Studies
Project: Zimbabwe field research
Role: PI
Amount: $1,400
Year: 2004

Funder: US Forest Service
Project: Forest management in Sierra Nevada
Role: Co-PI
Amount: $200,000
Year: 2003-4

APPLIED FOR BUT NOT FUNDED

Funder: Sea Grant
Project: Ecology, economics, and policy of oyster aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay
Role: Co-PI
Amount: $440,000
Year: 2012

Funder: NSF
Project: IGERT: Climate change adaptation governance and policy
Role: Faculty participant
Amount: $2.9 million
Year: 2011

Funder: NSF
Project: Climate change and social dynamics
Role: Senior personnel
Amount: TBD
Year: 2009

Funder: USAID
Project: Data collection for natural resource management in Tanzania
Role: PI
Amount: $1.3 million
Year: 2008

Funder: Africa-US Higher Ed. Initiative
Project: Tanzania higher education needs assessment
Role: PI
Amount: $132,000
Year: 2008

Funder: USAID
Project: Conservation program evaluation
Role: PI
Amount: $29,000
Year: 2005

Funder: UNDP/GEF
Project: Ecosystem management training
Role: Co-PI
Amount: $200,000
Year: 2004

PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS

2016 
‘Economic Policies for Community-Based Conservation in Tanzania’; presented at seminar for government, private, NGO, and community stakeholders, Dar es Salaam. Tanzania.

2015 
‘Natural Resource Consumption in Rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania’; paper presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual meeting, Newport Beach, CA.

2012 
‘Appropriating for Environmental Protection from 1970-2010: A Life Cycle Analysis’; paper presentation at the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management annual meeting, New York.

2011 
‘Wicked Environmental Problems: Managing Uncertainty and Conflict’; poster presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, Washington, DC.

2011 
‘Environmental Politics and Policymaking’; presentation at the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment, George Mason University.

2009 
‘The Learning Curve for Southern African Community-Based Wildlife Management: CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe and Conservancies in Namibia’; coordinated lectures at the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, and the Phoenix Zoo.

2009 
‘Curriculum in MPP/MPA Programs with Environmental Concentrations’; plenary session presentation at Environmental Policy: A Multinational Conference on Policy Analysis and Teaching Methods, sponsored by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Seoul, Korea.

2009 
‘Assessing the History of the US Council on Environmental Quality on its 40th Anniversary’; paper presentation at the Department of Public Administration, Chung- Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

2009 
‘Economy and Environment”; Earth Day panel presentation; George Mason University.

2008 
‘Environmental Management in Emerging and Developing Countries: The Role of Institutions’; panel presentation at the George Washington University Center for International Business Research, Washington, DC.

2007 
‘Environmental Justice’; panel chair at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, Washington, DC.

2007 
‘The Galapagos’; poster presentation at the National Science Foundation SENCER Summer Institute, Portland, ME.

2007 
‘CBNRM: Impacts and Lessons Learned’; panel discussant at the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group workshop, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC.

2007 
‘Challenges to CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe’s Crisis’; paper presentation at the International Association for Society and Natural Resources annual meeting, Park City, UT.

2007 
‘Graduate Public Affairs Classroom Management’; paper presentation at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Charlotte, NC.

2006 
‘Managing Wicked Environmental Problems: Integrating Public Participation and Adaptive Management’; paper presentation at the Society of American Foresters annual convention, Pittsburgh, PA (with Ron Stewart).

2006 
‘The Importance of Governance in African Community-Based Conservation Projects’; presentation at the Institute for African Development, Cornell University, Ithaca NY.

2005 
‘Analytic Methods to Augment Public Deliberation: Wicked Analysis to Deal with Wicked Problems’; paper presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management annual meeting, Washington, DC (with Anand Desai).

2005 
‘The Decline of a Community-Based Conservation Project in Mahenye, Zimbabwe’; presentation at the College of African Wildlife Management, Tanzania.

2005 
‘Effective Research Design’; presentation at the College of African Wildlife Management, Tanzania.

2005 
‘A Research Agenda for African Community-Based Wildlife Management’; presentation at the College of African Wildlife Management, Tanzania.

2004 
‘Risk and Uncertainty in Management of the Sierra Nevada National Forests’; paper presentation at the American Society for Public Administration annual meeting, Portland, OR (with Ron Stewart and Larry Walters).

2004 
‘Promoting Environmental Policy Collaborations’; panel presentation at the US State Department Junior Faculty Development Program workshop, Washington, DC.

2003 
‘Democratizing Management of Environmental Uncertainty and Risk’; panel presentation at the Deliberative Democracy workshop, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, College Park, MD.

2002 
‘Social Science Methods for Environmental Journalism’; panel presentation at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual meeting, Baltimore, MD.

2002 
‘Improving Environmental Policymaking’; panel presentation at the International Human Dimensions Programme workshop, Mauritius.

2001 
‘Science and Security Policy: Linking Congress and Academia’; presentation at the Federation of American Scientists, Washington, DC.

2001 
‘Building a National Plan for Sustainable Development’; presentation at the MERMAID workshop, University of Mauritius.

2000 
‘NGO Effectiveness in International Development Projects’; presentation at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

2000 
‘Bringing Solar Energy to Rural El Salvador’; presentation at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

1999 
‘Trade, Labor, and the Environment’; presentation at the Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC (with I.M. Destler).

1999 
‘Brown Bears and People in the Mongolian Gobi’; paper presentation at the Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting, College Park, MD.

1999 
‘Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Developing World’; presentation at the Graduate Research Interaction Day, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

1998 
‘Marine Biotechnology: A Proposal for Regulatory Reform’; paper presentation at the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences annual meeting, Boston, MA (winner of APLS national graduate student paper award).

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2012-present 
Tanzania: Research on natural resource management.

2004-2009 
Zimbabwe: Research on community-based conservation.

2005 
Tanzania: Research on community-based conservation as research affiliate at the College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka.

2001-2003 
Mauritius: Planning for sustainable development.

1999-2000 
El Salvador: Doctoral dissertation research on small-scale rural projects attempting to integrate conservation and development.

1998-2000 
Mongolia: Research for master’s degree on the conservation status of the Gobi bear.

1997 
Nicaragua: Internship for master’s degree on ecotourism opportunities in Miskito areas of Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast.

CONSULTING

1. Review of BA in Policy, Planning, and Development for University of Qatar (2012)
2. Review of grant proposals for Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (2009)
3. Review of US Department of Defense training manuals, Africa Region (2009)
4. Report on Science Policy for MacArthur Foundation (2001)

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COMPLETED

Mason Professional Certificate courses in Geographic Information Systems (2008)

1. GIS 100: Introduction to GIS
2. GIS 110: Introduction to ArcGIS 9.2
3. GIS 300: Introduction to Spatial Analysis
4. GIS 401: Introduction to Database Issues and Integration

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2009-2014 
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies 
Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University

2002 
Director, Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs

2001 
Interim Director of Admissions and Graduate Studies School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

2001 
Ph.D. Program Coordinator 
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002-present 
Asst./Assoc./Full Professor, Research Methods and Environmental Policy George Mason University

1998-2002 
Lecturer, Quantitative Methods and Environmental Policy University of Maryland

1999-2000 
Instructor, Advanced Statistics 
Summer Institute in Public Policy and International Affairs University of Maryland

1973-1996 
English Teacher, Albany(NY) City School District 
Taught ‘at-risk’ students in Albany’s inner-city alternative high schools

STUDENT ADVISING AND OTHER TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Doctoral Students: Dissertation Committee Chair

1. Christmas, John, ESP, graduated May 2011
2. White, Harold, ESP, graduated May 2011
3. Sanchez, Rafael, ESP, graduated May 2009 (co-chair with Julia Nord)
4. Stoyanova, Irina, ESP, graduated August2009
5. Shah, Kalim, ESP, graduated May 2007 (co-chair with Jorge Rivera)

Doctoral Students: Dissertation Committee Member

1. Boules, Caroline, ESP, in progress (Susie Crate, chair)
2. Dolan, Dana, SPGIA, in progress (Paul Posner, chair)
3. Ransom, Neil, ESP, in progress (Susie Crate, chair)
4. Sevilla, Nereyda, SPGIA, in progress(Greg Koblenz, chair)
5. Slate, Robert, ESP, graduated August2014 (Jim Conant, chair)
6. Fitch, Robin, ESP, graduated December 2013 (Susie Crate, chair)
7. Osae-Kwapong, John, PS, graduated December 2013 (David Wilsford, chair)
8. Greenblott, Joseph, ESP, graduated May 2013 (Lee Talbot, chair)
9. Kurapatskie, Brent, ESP, graduated December2012 (Nicole Darnall, chair)
10. Luksenburg, Jolanda, ESP, graduated December2012 (Chris Parsons, chair)
11. Sharma, Sandeep, ESP, graduated May 2012 (Tom Wood, chair)
12. Donahoe, Sean, ESP, graduated May 2011 (Barry Kronenfeld, chair)
13. Kopsick, Deborah, ESP, graduated May 2011 (Roger Stough, chair)
14. Wolf, Kristen, ESP, graduated December 2010 (Changwoo Ahn, chair)
15. Kim, Younsung, ESP, graduated May 2010 (N. Darnall& P. Posner, co-chairs)
16. Hartke, Jason, SPP, graduated May 2009 (Jim Pfiffner, chair)
17. Greene, Mary, ESP, graduated May 2008 (Larry Walters, chair)
18. Bordelais, Jean-Philippe, ESP, graduated December2007 (Don Kelso, chair)
19. Hall, William, ICAR, graduated December 2007 (Dan Druckman, chair)
20. Baer, Mitchell, ESP, graduated May 2007 (Tom Dietz, chair)
21. Habibi, Mohamed, ESP, graduated December2006 (Fran Harbor, chair)
22. Kanbar, Nancy, ESP, graduated May 2006 (Tom Dietz, chair)

Master’s Students: Thesis or Project Committee Chair

1. Cheiquer, Deyina, ESP graduated December2015
2. Knudson, Leigh, MAIS, graduated December2015
3. Stickel, Wendy, ESP, graduated December2013
4. Hamlin, Rachel, ESP, graduated December2011
5. Perlson, Stephanie, PS, graduated December2010
6. Zirbel, Kylie, ESP, graduated May 2010
7. Duray, Amy, ESP, graduated May 2009
8. DeGrood, Cindy, PS, graduated May 2006
9. Stoyanova, Irina, ESP, graduated May 2006

Master’s Students: Thesis or Project Committee Member

1. Stockschlaeder, Erin, ESP, graduated May 2015 (Chris Jones, chair)
2. Roland, Elly, ESP, graduated December 2013 (Chris Parsons, chair)
3. Griffith, Dana, ESP, graduated May 2010 (Chris Parsons, chair)
4. Ricci, Beth, MAIS, graduated May 2010 (Randy Gabel, chair)
5. Willis, Tyler, ESP, graduated December2009 (Chris Parsons, chair)
6. Wynne, Danielle, ESP, graduated August2007 (Chris Jones, chair)
7. Chen, Michael, PS, graduated May 2007 (Char Miller, chair)
8. King, Amanda, ESP, graduated May 2006 (Doug Mose, chair)
9. O’Connell, Sarah, ESP, graduated May 2005 (Jorge Rivera, chair)

Master’s International Students: Peace Corps Project Advisor

1. Varanay, Emily, MPA, Mozambique, completed December 2014
2. Duffey, Tyler, MPA, Morocco, completed August 2014
3. Hankinson, Lucy, MPA, Panama, completed December 2013
4. D’Albora, Caitlin, PS, Dominican Republic, completed May 2013
5. Fabrico, Stefanie, MPA, Guatemala, completed May 2012
6. Fellows, Rachel, MPA, Niger/Tonga, completed May 2012
7. Ware, Kristin, MPA, Uganda, completed May 2012

Graduate Research Assistants Supervised

1. Grant, Kevin, PS GRA, 2011-2012 (with Jim Conant)
2. Marking, Susanna, MPA GRA, 2009-2010
3. Chen, Michael, PS GRA, 2007-2008
4. Stoyanova, Irina, High Potential GRA, 2003-2006
5. Kanbar, Nancy, Interdisciplinary GRA, 2003-2004
6. Chundevalel, Beena; Nancy Kanbar; Melissa Milne; and David E. Phillips, GRAs on Forest Service grant, 2003-2004 (with Larry Walters and Ron Stewart)

PIA Undergraduate Students Supervised for Honors Research Project

1. Carter, Jasmine, Spring 2012
2. Allen, Jonathan, Spring2011
3. Meda, Rudo, Spring2009

Courses Developed

1. PUAD/EVPP 642, Environmental Policy
2. GOVT/EVPP 361, Introduction to Environmental Policy
3. PUAD/GOVT 511, Problem Solving and Data Analysis I, in Distance Education format, with a grant from Mason DE office (2013)

Independent Study Courses Taught at Mason

1. EVPP 798, Fall 2015 (Deyina Cheiguer)
2. MAIS 798, Fall 2015 (Leigh Karp)
3. PUAD 796, Fall 2014 (Emily Varanay)
4. PUAD 796, Summer2014 (Tyler Duffy)
5. PUAD 794, Fall 2013 (Lucy Hankinson)
6. GOVT 794, Spring2013 (Caitlin D’Albora)
7. GOVT 796, Summer2012 (Rebecca Lollar)
8. GOVT 496, Spring 2012 (Jasmine Carter)
9. PUAD 794, Spring2012 (Rachel Fellows)
10. PUAD 794, Spring 2012 (Stefanie Fabrico)
11. PUAD 794, Spring 2012 (Kristin Ware)
12. EVPP 693, Spring 2012 (Maheen Aziz)
13. GOVT 361, Spring 2011 (Isaac Youn)
14. GOVT 496, Spring 2011 (Jonathan Allen)
15. EVPP 693, Spring 2011 (Robert Slate)
16. GOVT 798, Fall 2010, 3 credits(Stephanie Perlson)
17. GOVT 496, Spring 2009, 3 credits(Rudo Meda)
18. EVPP 793, Summer 2008 (Bob Rosenthal)
19. EVPP 793, Spring 2008 (Bob Rosenthal)
20. GOVT 798, Spring 2006 (Cindy DeGrood)
21. EVPP 396, Fall 2005 (Isabelle Bertrand)
22. EVPP 693, Spring 2005 (Amy Duray)
23. EVPP 693, Fall 2004 (Fred Engle)
24. PUAD 749, Summer 2003 (Marriane Miclat)
25. BIS 491, Spring 2003 (Matthew Bortnicker)
26. PUAD 796, Spring 2003 (William Helin)
27. PUAD 749, Fall 2003 (Aaron Roth)

Guest Lectures at Mason

1. UNIV 300, Fall 2012, Discussion on US elections
2. CONS modules in MCCS, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring2010, Spring 2009
3. EVPP 480, Spring 2011, Sustainability and Policy
4. EVPP 543, Spring 2010, Tropical Ecosystems
5. EVPP 543, Spring 2009, Tropical Ecosystems
6. GOVT 500, Fall 2008, Research Methods in Political Science
7. GOVT 491, Fall 2008, Honors Seminar
8. EVPP 543, Spring 2008, Tropical Ecosystems
9. GOVT 500, Fall 2007, Research Methods in Political Science
10. GOVT 491, Fall 2007, Honors Seminar
11. EVPP 638, Fall 2006, Corporate Environmental Management
12. EVPP 543, Spring 2006, Tropical Ecosystems
13. GOVT 491, Fall 2002, Honors Seminar

Other Teaching/Advising Activities at Mason

1. Lectures on environmental auditing to Chinese delegation from Beijing Municipal Bureau of Audit, through Mason’s Executive Education program (2015)
2. Faculty mentor for Environmental and Sustainability Studies concentration in Environmental Policy and Politics (2010-2012)
3. Nominated for Undergraduate Advisor of the Year award (2009)
4. Participant in Sustainability across the Curriculum project (2008)

External Teaching/Media

1. Lectures on research to support policymaking, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2016)
2. Lectures on economic policy for conservation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2016)
3. Interview with Japanese public television NHK on US climate change politics (2014)
4. Lectures on environmental policy at Mkwawa University, Iringa, Tanzania (2013)
5. Course on data analysis at GIPA, Tbilisi, Georgia (2013)
6. Presentation on Tanzaniato Fairfax Girl Scout troop (2006)
7. Presentation on climate change to Herndon-Dulles Chamber of Commerce (2005)
8. Research methods courses at College of African Wildlife Management, Tanzania (2005)

SERVICE

To Units in the University

1. SPGIA: Provost’s Sustainability Studies Advisory Council (2015-present)
2. SPGIA: Reappointment committee for John Marvel(2015)
3. SPGIA: Bylaws committee(2014-2015)
4. SPGIA: BS in Public Administration undergrad curriculum committee(2014)
5. SPGIA: Reappointment committee chair for Ahsan Butt (2014)
6. PIA: Associate chair for undergraduate studies(2009-2014)
7. PIA: Undergraduate curriculum committee (2009-2014)
8. PIA: Undergraduate advising committee (2010-2014)
9. PIA: Doctoral program American field exam committee(2010-2014)
10. PIA: Established Global Politics Fellows program (with Mills Kelly) (2011-2012)
11. PIA: Committee to revise Political Theory and Law concentration (2011-2012)
12. PIA: Committee to restructure BS in Public Administration (2011)
13. PIA: Committee to restructure GOVT 300 (2010-2011)
14. PIA: Exploration of MPA joint degree program with Chung Ang University (2010-2011)
15. PIA: Undergraduate curriculum development for Songdo initiative (2010)
16. PIA: Reappointment committee for Mariely Lopez Santana (2010)
17. ESP: Promotion and tenure committee for Chris Kennedy (2016-present)
18. ESP: Promotion and tenure committee for Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers (2013)
19. ESP: Reappointment committee for Chris Kennedy(2012)
20. ESP: Promotion and tenure committee for Rebecca Forkner (2011-2012)
21. ESP: Executive committee (2002-2009)
22. CHSS: Committee to develop minor in intelligence analysis (2009)
23. CHSS: Curriculum committee (2006-2008)
24. Provost level: Committee assessing marketing for Songdo initiative (2010)
25. Provost level: Undergraduate cross-disciplinary curriculum committee (2008-2010)
26. Provost level: Committee on Center for Global Studies(2002-2003)
27. Environmental and Sustainability Studies: Affiliate faculty (2013-present)
28. Center for Conservation Studies, Smithsonian Semester: Affiliate faculty (2008-2012)
29. Center for Global Studies: Affiliate faculty (2004-present)
30. Center for Global Studies :Editorial introduction to Global Studies Review (2008)
31. Search committees
    1. PIA staff search committees
       1. Department Business Manager: Cohen hired (2011)
       2. Academic Coordinator: Green hired (2011)
       3. Department Business Manager: Anderson hired (2010)
    2. ESP faculty search committees
       1. Tenure-track position in Environmental Social Science: no hire (2012-2013)
       2. Tenure-track position in Environmental Social Science: no hire (2011-2012)
       3. Tenure-track position in Environmental Economics: Kennedy hired (2010-2011)
       4. Two tenured/tenure-track positions in Energy Policy: no hire (2008)
       5. Tenure-track position in Environmental Policy: Darnall hired (2005)
       6. Tenure-track position in Human Ecology: Crate hired (2004)
       7. Adjunct position in Human Ecology, one year duration: position filled (2003)

To the Profession

1. Reviewer

Journals

Environmental Studies and Sciences; Environmental Management; Human Ecology Review; Journal of Environmental Management; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change; Politics and the Life Sciences; Society & Natural Resources

Publishers 

Island Press 
CQ Press

Government agencies

USAID, Nature, Wealth, and Power Reports, 2005-2006 US Climate Change Science Program, Strategic Plan, 2003

2. Co-organizer of 2009 APPAM conference on environmental policy held in Seoul, Korea

3. Member of the 2004 AAAS Risk Policy Fellowship selection committee

Professional Societies

American Society for Public Administration Association for Politics and the Life Sciences Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

International Association for Society and Natural Resources National Capital Area Political Science Association

Society for Conservation Biology

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion