Area(s) of Expertise

Science, Technology, and Society (STS), Environmental Policy

Education

A.B., Stanford University (1993)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2005)

Research Interests

Science, Technology, and Society (STS); Science & Technology Policy; Genetic Engineering and Society; Politicized Scientific Controversies; Environmental Policy

Courses                    

NR571: Current Issues in Natural Resources Policy
GES508: Emerging Technologies and Society

Publications

• Rules of the road for insect gene drive research and testing (2017)
• Precaution and governance of emerging technologies (2016)
• Navigating controversies in search of neutrality: Analyzing efforts by public think tanks to inform climate change policy (2014)
• Pickens, T. Boone (2013)
• Information beyond the Forum: Motivations, strategies, and impacts of citizen participants seeking information during a consensus conference (2013)
• Policy pathways, policy networks, and citizen deliberation: Disseminating the results of World Wide Views on Global Warming in the USA (2013)
• Strategies of neutrality between political and scientific controversy: Comparing efforts by U.S. public think tanks to inform debates on climate change policy (2012)
• Dammed If you do, dammed if you don't: Tensions between ensuring dam safety and maximizing Colorado?s water supply (2012)
• Seeking the spotlight: World wide views and the U.S. media context (2012)
• Moving forward with citizen deliberation: Lessons and inspiration from the National Citizens' Technology Forum (2012)

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