Curriculum Vitae

Mark Stephan

Washington State University

Department of Political Science and Program in Criminal Justice

14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686

(W) 360.546.9467, stephanm@vancouver.wsu.edu

EDUCATION

Princeton University, Department of Politics. Ph.D. (June 2000).

Fields: American Politics, Quantitative Methods, Political Theory.

Princeton University, Department of Politics. M.A. (October 1995).

University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Psychology. B.A.

(June 1990). Honors in the Major, Honors in the Thesis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor: Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA. Department of Political Science and Program in Criminal Justice. August 2001 – Present.

Visiting Assistant Professor: Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Department of Government. June 2000 – July 2001.

Visiting Instructor: Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Department of Government. September 1999 – May 2000.

PUBLICATIONS

“Democracy in Our Backyards: A Study of Community Involvement.” Environment and Behavior, forthcoming.

“Citizens as Representatives: Bridging the Democratic Theory Divides.” Politics and Policy. March, 2004.

“Environmental Information Disclosure Programs: They Work, But Why?” Social Science Quarterly. March 2002, Volume 83(1), 190-205.

“Citizen Participation, Federalism, and the Limits of Civic Environmentalism.” With Troy Abel. American Behavioral Scientist. December 2000, Volume 44(4), 614-628.

“Introduction.” With Denise Scheberle (co-editor). American Behavioral Scientist. December, 2000, Volume 44(4), 536-537.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS

“Tools of Environmental Justice: Transitions to Participatory Policy?” Article Manuscript currently being revised (Co-author: Troy Abel)

“Information Disclosure and Decisionmaking in Environmental Policy.” Conference paper being revised for publication to State and Local Government Review (Co-authors: Michael Kraft and Troy Abel)

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

· “Pollution Geography and Information Politics,” National Science Foundation Grant (Research Experience for Undergraduates Program), 2004-2005, $2600 (Co-PI).

· “Information Disclosure and Environmental Decision-Making,” National Science Foundation Grant, 2003-2005, $300,000 (Co-PI).

· “Environmental Justice Small Grants: An Empirical Evaluation,” Washington State University Vancouver, 2002 – 2003, $3000.

· Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Grant, Resources for the Future, 1997 – 1998, $15,000.

· National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1996 -1997.

· Princeton University Full Fellowship, 1993-1997.

· Regents Scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1986-1990.

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate Courses: American Public Policy, Voting and Elections, Political Parties and Interest Groups, Mass Media and Politics

Graduate Courses: Normative Theory, Seminar in American Institutions

ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (partial list)

Workshop Leader, “Environmental Problem Solving and Decision-Making,” Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. October, 2003.

Field Researcher, Evaluation of the Columbia Plateau Agricultural Initiative, Division of Governmental Studies and Services (Washington State University), June 2002 – December 2002.

Research Assistant for Dr. Daniel Fiorino, Office of Policy Development, Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency, October 1998 – August, 1999. Collected and organized information about alternative regulatory frameworks for reducing pollution by private industry.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Political Science Association, 1993 – Present.

Midwest Political Science Association, 1998 – Present.

Western Political Science Association, 2001 – Present.

Northwestern Political Science Association, 2002 – Present.