In the next 20 years we will need to invest $150 billion to store, clean, and transmit clean water in the United States. Who will manage the financing and construction of that critical infrastructure?

Faculty

Howard N. Apsan
Adjunct Professor of Public Affairs
School of International and Public Affairs University Director, Environmental Health Safety and Risk Management, The City University of New York

420 West 118th St.
Mail Code: 3323
Tel: 973-296-2850
email: hna1@columbia.edu

PROFILE

B.A., M.A., Brooklyn College, 1979; M.Phil., Columbia University, 1981; Ph.D., 1985.
Adjunct Professor of Public Affairs at SIPA since 1986; University Director, Environmental Health Safety and Risk Management, at CUNY since 2003; environmental and management consulting for commercial, industrial, and government clients, since 1986; policy and management positions: New York City Department of Sanitation, New York City Board of Education, and New York City Mayor’s Office, prior to 1986. His research interests include public management; administrative leadership; and environmental policy.

COURSES

Fall

ENVP U8200 Public Management

Spring

EMPA U6224 Management Skills for Policymakers II

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Howard N. Apsan welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

Auditing and Assessment
Program Management
Remediation
Strategic Environmental Management
EPA’s College and University Environmental Auditing Initiative

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Kathy Callahan
Lecturer
School of International and Public Affairs

email: kc2378@columbia.edu

PROFILE

B.A., Hunter College, City University of New York, 1971; Harvard?s Environmental Policy Program 1980; Washington Executive Seminar 1987; Risk and Decision Making, 1988; Certified Total Quality Management Executive Facilitator, 1992.  US EPA Deputy Regional Administrator

(Retired) , 2003-2008; Associate Regional Administrator for New York City Response and Recovery Operations, 2001-2003; Director, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, 1996-2001; Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division, 1991-1996; Deputy Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division, 1989-1991; Deputy Director, Division of Planning and Management, 1979-1989; Chief of the Planning and Evaluation Branch, Office of Policy and Management, 1977-1979; Program Analyst, 1973-1977; Enforcement Analyst, 1971.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U9229 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management I

Fall

ENVP U9230 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management II

Spring

ENVP U9232 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis

Steven A. Cohen
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy
School of International and Public Affairs
Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University

1408 IAB
Mail Code: 3328
Tel: 212-854-4445
Fax: 212-864-4847
email: sc32@columbia.edu
http://www.columbia.edu/~sc32 (Personal Website)

PROFILE

BA, Franklin College of Indiana, 1974; MA, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, 1977; PhD, 1979. Director, Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 1985–98; vice dean, 1998–2001; associate dean, 1987–98. Management consultant, ICF, Inc., 1985–91; project director, National Academy of Public Administration, Hazardous Waste Management Project, 1985; senior associate, ICF, Inc., 1984; environmental protection specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Organization, 1980–81; Rockefeller fellow in environmental policy implementation, 1978–79; research fellow, Environmental Studies Center, SUNY, Buffalo, 1976–79. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, 1992–94; U.S. DOE, 1983–84; USEPA, 2005-present, 1981–97, 1977–78. His research interests include environmental policy and management; energy policy; nuclear waste policy; urban policy and politics; public management and management effectiveness.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U9229 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management I

Fall

ENVP U9230 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management II
EMPA U8200 Public Management

Spring

ENVP U9232 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis
EMPA U9500 Portfolio Presentation Workshop
 

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Steven A. Cohen welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

New York City Politics and Policy
Public Management
Environmental Policy and Management
Solid Waste Management
Citizen Participation

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Books

Cohen, Steven, and William Eimicke., The Responsible Contract Manager, Georgetown University Press, 2008 

Cohen, Steven, William Eimicke and Tanya Heikkila. The Effective Public Manager, 4^th. edition.  Jossey-Bass, 2008.

Cohen, Steven.  Understanding Environmental Policy.  Columbia University Press, 2006.

Cohen, Steven, and Sheldon Kamieniecki, and Matthew Kahn. Strategic Planning in Environmental Regulation.  The MIT Press, 2005.

Cohen, Steven, and William Eimicke.  Tools for Innovators: Creative Strategies for Managing Public Sector Organizations.  Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Cohen, Steven, and William Eimicke.  The New Effective Public Manager: Achieving  Success in a Changing Government. Jossey-Bass, 1995.

Brand, Ronald, and Steven Cohen.  Total Quality Management in Government: A Practical Guide for the Real World.  Jossey-Bass, 1993.

Cohen, Steven, and Sheldon Kamieniecki.  Environmental Regulation through Strategic Planning.  Westview, 1991.

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Cohen, Steven.  “Governing New York City: Progressive Government Reforms Hiding in Plain View.” Public Performance and Management Review June 2004.

Cohen, Steven, and William Eimicke.  “America Works’ Criminal Justice Program: Providing Second Chances Through Work.”  Civic Bulletin, Manhattan Institute November 2002.

Cohen, Steven, William Eimicke, and Jessica Horan.  “Catastrophe and the Public Service: A Case Study of the Government Response to the Destruction of the World Trade Center.” Public Administration Review September 2002.

Recent Book Reviews

Review of “Superfund’s Future: What Will it Cost?” by Katherine N. Probst, David M. Konisky, et. al.,   Political Science Quarterly, Volume 117, Number 4, Winter 2002-2003.

Review of “The End of Government as We Know It: Making Public Policy Work”, by Elaine Ciulla Karmack, Political Science Quarterly: Volume 122, Number 4, Winter , 2007-2008

Review of “Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector,” by Stephen Goldsmith and Willian Eggers, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management: Volume 24, Number 5, Winter, 2005. 

Review of “Bringing Society Back In: Grassroots Ecosystem   Management, Accountability, and Sustainable Communities,” by Edward P. Weber. Political Science Quarterly Spring 2004.

Cohen, Steven. Review of “Out of Bounds, Out of Control: Regulatory Enforcement at the EPA,” by James V. DeLong.  Political Science Quarterly Summer 2003.

Fanny K. Ennever
Adjunct Assistant Professor
School of International and Public Affairs

60 Haven Ave B1-123
Tel: 212-305-3464
Fax: 212-305-4012
email: fke1@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA, Harvard University, 1976; MS Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977-78; MA, PhD, Harvard University, 1985. Teacher, Physical Science Department, Bronx High School of Science, 1998-Present; Adjunct Lecturer, Division of Environmental Sciences, Columbia School of Public Health, 1994-Present; Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Department of Physiology/Pharmacology, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 1991-1994; Principal Scientist, ICAIR, Life Systems, Inc. 1989-1991; Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1986-1989; Environmental Scientist, Permits Division, Office of Enforcement, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1978-1980.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U6221 Environmental Toxicology

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Books

Pet-Edwards, J., V. Chankong, YY Haimes, H.S. Rosenkranz, and F.K. Ennever. Risk Assessment and Decision Making Using Test Results: The Carcinogenicity Prediction and Battery Selection (CPBS) Approach.  Plenum Publishing Co., 1989.

Book Chapters

Perz, J.F., F.K. Ennever, and S.M. Le Blancq. “A Framework for Assessing the Risks

of Waterborne Cryptosporidium.” International Symposium on Waterborne Cryptosporidium Proceedings.  Eds. C.R. Fricker, J.L. Clancy, and P.A. Rochelle. American Water Works Association, 1997.

Ennever, F.K. “Metals.” Principles and Methods of Toxicology, Third Edition. Ed. A.W. Hayes. Raven Press, 1994.

Ennever, F.K., H.S. Rosenkranz, L.B. Lave, and G.S. Omenn. “Value-of-information Analysis of Testing Strategies: Estimating the Effect of Uncertainty about the Proportion of Chemicals that Are True Human Carciongens.” Mutation and the Environment, Part D.   Ed. M.L. Mendelsohn. Wiley-Liss, Inc., 1990.

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Ennever, F.K., and L.B. Lave. “Implications of the Lack of Accuracy of the Lifetime Rodent Bioassay for Predicting Human Carcinogenicity.” Reg Toxicol Pharmacol, 38:52-3 2003.

Perz, J.F., F.K. Ennever, and S.M. Le Blancq. “Cryptosporidium in Tap Water: Comparison of Predicted Risks with Observed Levels of Disease.” Am J Epidemiol, 147:289-301 1998.

Ennever, F.K., D.J. Zaccaro, R. Fernando, and B.T. Jones. “Blood Lead Levels in North Carolina Painters.” Hum Exper Toxicol 14:456-61 1995.

Adela Gondek
Adjunct Professor of Public Affairs
School of International and Public Affairs

13th Floor IAB
Mail Code: 3323
Tel: 212-854-3646
email: ajg2@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA, Goucher College, 1970; PhD, Harvard University, 1981. Public ethics consulting for political and educational organizations, 2006-present; Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1984-1987; Assistant Professor, Rider College, 1980-1984; Legislative Aide to Massachusetts State Senator David H. Locke, 1972-1978.

COURSES

Fall

ENVP U6225 Ethics, Values, and Justice

Spring

EMPA U6025 Public Sector Ethics

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Adela Gondek welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

The Concept of the Person in Modern Liberalism
Forms of Justice and the Formation of Political Coalitions in the U.S.
Politics and Public Ethics

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Book Chapters

Gondek, Adela.  “The Dialectic of Religion and Politics.”  Totalitarianism and the Challenge of Democracy.  Eds. Andrezj W. Jablonski and Wojciech Piasecki. Uniwersytet Wroclawski-Wydawnictwo, 1992.

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Gondek, Adela.  “On Academic Integrity.” EMPA Handbook, Columbia University Picker Center, 2006. 

Gondek, Adela.  “Social Status in the Debate Over Abortion.”  Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1985.

Gondek, Adela.  Senate Committee Report on Reform of the Corrections System.  Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1973.

Gondek, Adela.  Senate Committee Report on Consumer Product Safety—Flammable Fabrics.  Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1973. 

Gondek, Adela.  Senate Committee Report on the Executive Director of the Consumers Council.  Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1972.

Reviews

Gondek, Adela. "Social Status in the Debate Over Abortion." Journal of Health, Politics, Policy and Law Vol. 10, No. 2, 1985.

Tanya Heikkila
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs
School of International and Public Affairs
Associate Director, Columbia Water Center

1408 IAB
Mail Code: 3323
Tel: 212-854-5208
email: th2063@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA, University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors College, 1992; MPA, University of Arizona, School of Public Administration and Policy, 1998; PhD, 2001. Postdoctoral research fellow, Indiana University, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 2001–2002; research associate, University of Arizona, School of Public Administration and Policy, 1997–2000; instructor, University of Arizona, School of Public Administration and Policy, summer 1998, 1999; research assistant, University of Arizona, The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, 1997; teaching assistant, University of Arizona, School of Public Administration and Policy, 1996–97. Tanya Heikkila has been an assistant professor with Columbia University’s MPA program in Environmental Science and Policy in the School of International and Public Affairs since 2002. She has taught courses in environmental policy and public management, and workshops in policy implementation and policy analysis. Heikkila’s research interests focus on comparative analyses of public institutions and water resource management.

COURSES

Fall

ENVP U9230 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management II

Spring

ENVP U9232 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis
INAF U6241 Environmental Politics and Policy Management
 

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Tanya Heikkila welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

Water Resource Management
Water Policy
Government Performance Management
Citizen Participation in Environmental Decision-Making

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Books

Book Chapters

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Lall, U. T. Heikkila, C. Brown and T. Siegfried. 2008. “Water in the 21st Century: Defining the Elements of Global Crises and Potential Solutions.” Journal of International Affairs.

Heikkila, T. and K. R. Isett. 2007. “Citizen Involvement and Performance Management in Special Purpose Governments.” Public Administration Review 67(2): 237-247.

Gerlak, A. K. and T. Heikkila.  2007. “Collaboration and Institutional Endurance in U.S. Water Policy,” PS: Political Science and Politics. (January) 55-60.

Gerlak, A.K. and T. Heikkila. 2006. “Comparing Collaborative Mechanisms in Large-Scale Ecosystem Governance.” Natural Resources Journal. 46.

Heikkila, T. and A. K. Gerlak. 2005. “The Formation of Large-scale Collaborative Resource Management Institutions: Clarifying the Roles of Stakeholders, Science, and Institutions.” Policy Studies Journal 33(4): 583-612.

Blomquist, William, Tanya Heikkila and Edella Schlager. “Building the Agenda for Institutional Research in Water Resource Management.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association August 2004.

Heikkila, Tanya and Kimberly R. Isett. “Modeling Operational Decision-Making in Public Organizations: An Integration of Two Institutional Theories.” American Review of Public Administration 34(1) 2004.

Heikkila, Tanya. “Institutional Boundaries and Common-Pool Resource Management: A Comparative Analysis of Water Management Programs in California.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 23(1) 2003. 

Heikkila, Tanya. “Coordination in the Management of Water Resources: Understanding the Role of Property Rights Institutions.” Water Policy 5(4) 2003. Williams, Bryan L., Hoi K. Suen, Sarah E. Rzasa, Tanya Heikkila, and Maria Pennock-Roman. “Diffusion of US Army Chemical Weapons Disposal Technologies: Public Perception of Technology Attributes.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 46(4) 2003. 

Blomquist, William, Tanya Heikkila and Edella Schlager. “Institutions and Conjunctive Water Management among Three Western States.” Natural Resources Journal 43(1) 2001.

Reviews

Katherine McFadden
Assistant Professor
School of International and Public Affairs
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Scientific Coordinator, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy School of International and Public Affairs

2910 Broadway
Hogan Hall, MC 4501
212-854-0035
email: kwm6@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz 1995; MS Wildlife & Fisheries Science, Texas A&M University, Dec 1999; M. Phil in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Columbia University, 2003; Advanced Certificate, Environmental Policy and Law, Columbia University, 2001;
PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Columbia University, August 2004. Biologist and Sea Grant Fellow, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2005-2006. Adjunct Assistant Professor, SIPA, Columbia University 2004- 2005. Postdoctoral Scientist, Oct 2004- Jan 2005, American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Herpetology, New York. National Science Foundation GK12 Fellow; Research Assistant, Mammalian Conservation Genetics Laboratory, Columbia University, 2000-2003; Environmental Policy Consultant, Council for Health in Women and Children, 2001; Research Biologist and Field Camp Leader, National Marine Fisheries Service, Hawaiian Monk Seal Project, 1995 -1998; Her research interests include an array of topics in terrestrial and marine ecology, evolution and conservation, with a central focus on mammalian carnivores. Current projects include determining the feeding habits of endangered carnivores in Mexico using stable isotope analyses. Her research also
examines the phylogenetic uniqueness, demographics, history, ecology, and conservation of dwarf island carnivores and marine mammals & turtles. Her environmental policy interests focus on ecosystem approaches to management on local, regional, and global scale.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U6110 Ecology and Biodiversity

Fall 2006

U6240 Environmental Science for Sustainable Development

Spring 2007

G6125 Behavioral Ecology and Conservation

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Katherine McFadden welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

Wildlife Conservation Biology
Carnivores Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Wildlife Feeding Ecology Using Stable Isotopes
Determining Species Uniqueness Using Phylogenetic Tools

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Selected Publication Citations

K. McFadden and C. Barnes. 2008. Perspectives in implementing an ecosystem approach to management in a federal government agency. Journal of Marine Policy (in press).

K. McFadden, D.G. Vasco, A. Cuaron, D. Valenzuela and M. Gompper. 2008. Conservation and population assessment of the endangered endemic dwarf carnivores from Cozumel Island. Submitted to Biological Conservation.

K. McFadden, M. Gompper, D. Valenzuela, and J.C. Morales. 2008. Evolutionary history of the critically endangered Cozumel dwarf carnivores inferred from mitochondrial DNA analyses. Journal of Zoology (in press).

C. Barnes and K. McFadden. 2008.  Marine ecosystem approaches tomanagement: challenges and lessons in the United States. Marine Policy 32: 387-392.

K. McFadden, T. Lacher and G. Worthy. 2006. The development of a photogrammetric technique as a tool for assessing body condition in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Aquatic Mammals 32:31-40.

K. McFadden, M. Gompper, R. Medellín and R. Sambrotto. 2006. Feeding habit analysis of the endangered pygmy raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus) based on stable isotopes and fecal analyses. Journal of Mammalogy 87:501-509.

K. McFadden, S. Wade, E. Dubovi, and M. Gompper. 2005. A serology and fecal parasitology survey of the critically endangered pygmy raccoon. Journal of Wildlife Disease 41:615-617

A. Cuaron, M.M. Morales, K. McFadden, M. Gompper and D. Valenzuela. The status of dwarf carnivores on Cozumel Island. 2004. Biodiversity and Conservation 13:317-331.

Matthew I. Palmer, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology

Schermerhorn Ext - 10th Floor
Mail Code: 5557
Tel: 212-854-4767
email: mp2434@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BS, Cornell University 1996; Ph.D. Rutgers University 2005
In addition to teaching, research, and advising at Columbia, Dr. Palmer advises the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NYC Parks, NY State DEC, NJ DEP, and several NGOs on conservation, restoration, and ecological management issues. His research interests are primarily in plant community ecology, with emphases on conservation, restoration, and ecosystem function.

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Palmer, M.I., L. Dickinson, S. Gaffin, and P. Mott. 2008. Northeastern grassland communities on urban rooftops. Proceedings of the Northeast Natural History Conference.

Palmer, M.I., E.C. Craig, and S. Elbin. 2007. The plant ecology of New York Harbor islands: Impacts of colonial waterbirds and restoration targets. Proceedings of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Colonial Waterbirds Working Group.

Palmer, M.I. and J.G. Ehrenfeld. 200X. Hydrology and the effects of microtopography on the soil environment and plant performance in New Jersey Pine Barrens fens. Accepted pending revisions. Wetlands.

Louise Rosen
Director, Office of Academic and Research Programs, The Earth Institute
Associate Director, MPA Program in Environmental Science and Policy
School of International and Public Affairs
Adjunct Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs

1407 IAB
Mail Code: 3328
Tel: 212-854-0643
email: lar46@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BS in Economic and Political Geography, London School of Economics, “Examining the Use of Socially Constructed Values When Lobbying for a Natural Environment,” 1997; MS, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1999.  Director of Recruitment, Earth Institute, Columbia University, 2001-2002; writer/reporter, Fortune Small Business, 2000-2001; writer, Upside Today, 2000; reporter, Forbes, 1999-2000; reporter/writer, Newsweek.com, 1999; researcher, Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song, 1999; education correspondent, The Teacher Magazine, 1997-1998 “What to Do With the Bully Boys and Girls.” Research interests include economic and political development, and environmental justice.

COURSES

INAF U4329 EPD – Earth Institute Practicum

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Louise Rosen welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

Economic and Political Development
Environmental Justice

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Rosen, Louise “Long Island Cancer?” Series of reports on cluster of rare pediatric cancers.  Newsweek.com.

Rosen, Louise. “Food Fight.”  Protests over Genetically Engineered Foods. Newsweek.com.

Rosen, Louise.  “A House To Show Off for A Cause.” Restorations for Community and Charity.  New York Times.  

Rosen, Louise. “Don’t Pooh Pooh The Pooh Bear: How Royalties Live On.”  Forbes.

Rosen, Louise. “Online Advertising.” Fortune Small Business.

Rosen, Louise. “What to Do With the Bully Boys and Girls.”  The Teacher.

Rosen, Louise. “Ghosts of Advertising Past.” Series on America Online Time Warner merger.  Upside, Technology Magazine

Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development
Professor of Health Policy and Management
School of International and Public Affairs

314 Low Library
535 West 116Th St.
Mail Code: 4327
Tel: 212-854-8704
Fax: 212-854-8702
email: sachs@columbia.edu
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/about/director/index.html (Personal Website)

PROFILE

BA, Harvard, 1976; MA, 1978; PhD, 1980. Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research: Economic Adviser, governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa; Special Adviser to Secretary General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals; Cochairman, Advisory Board of The Global Competitiveness Report Consultant: the IMF, World Bank, OECD, United Nations Development Program; Formerly, Director of the Center for International Development (CID) and Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), and the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade at Harvard University; Chairman, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health of the World Health Organization, 2000–2001; member, International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission established by the U.S. Congress, September 1999 –March 2000.

COURSES

Fall

SDEV U9602 Macroeconomics and Sustainable Development
SDEV U9240 Human Ecology and Sustainable Development

Spring

SDEV U9290 Economics of Poverty

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Jeffrey D. Sachs welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

Health and Development
Economic Geography
Globalization
Transition to market economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
International Financial Markets
International Macroeconomic Policy Coordination
Emerging Markets
Economic Development and Growth
Global Competitiveness
Macroeconomic Policies in Developing and Developed Countries

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Books

Edited Volumes

Andrea Schmitz
Adjunct Lecturer
School of International and Public Affairs

13th Floor IAB
Mail Code: 3323
Tel: 212-854-3239
email: schmitza@coned.com

PROFILE

BA, University of California at San Diego, 1985; MPA, Columbia University, 1987. Deputy Ombudsman, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc, (September 2007 - present); Director, Environment, Health and Safety, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., (November 2005 - September 2007), responsible for the Company's environmental laboratory and the Environmental Response Team; Manager, Asbestos and Wetlands Programs, Environment, Health and Safety, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 2003-2005; Manager, Environmental Section, Gas Operations, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.,
1996-2003; Manager, National Gas Star Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Division, 1993-1996; Analyst, Office of Underground Storage Tanks, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1991-1993; Commercial Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, Foreign Commercial Office, Moscow, Russia, 1988-1990; Junior Analyst, Moody's Investors Service, 1987-1988.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U9229 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management I

Glenn Sheriff
Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs
School of International and Public Affairs

1405 IAB
Mail Code: 3323
Tel: 212-854-0027
Fax: 212-864-4847
email: gs2096@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BS, Georgetown University, 1993; MS, 2000, and PhD, 2004, University of Maryland.
Assistant Professor in the Department of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Faculty Fellow of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, and affiliate of the Earth Institute. He joined the Columbia faculty in 2002, and teaches Microeconomics for Policy Analysis I & II and Economics of Sustainable Development. He is interested in research topics covering environment, agriculture, productivity analysis, contracts and regulation. Recent
publications include "Optimal environmental regulation of politically influential sectors with asymmetric information" Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2008), and "Rational waste? Why farmers over-apply nutrients and implications for policy design" Review of Agricultural Economics (2005). Prior to Columbia, he conducted research at the World Bank
(2002), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Toulouse, France 2001), USDA Economic Research Service (2000, 2001), Inter-American Investment Corporation (1997), and Inter-American Development Bank (1994-1997).

COURSES

Fall

ENVP U8213 Microeconomics and Policy Analysis I

Spring

ENVP U8216 Microeconomics and Policy Analysis II
ENVP U6230 Economics of Sustainable Development

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Glenn Sheriff welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

Agricultural Policy
Environmental Policy
Natural Resource Policy

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Books

Sheriff, Glenn.  SMEStat: Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Inter-American Investment Corporation, 1997.

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

Sheriff, G. "Optimal Environmental Regulation of Politically Influential Sectors with Asymmetric Information." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 55 (January 2008):72-89.

Sheriff, G. "Effcient Waste? Why Farmers Over-apply Nutrients and the Implications for Policy Design." Review of Agricultural Economics. 27(Winter 2005):542-557.

Sheriff, G. "Measuring Profit Efficiency with McFadden's Gauge Function." Economics Letters. 88 (August 2005):272-277.

Reports

Sheriff, G. and D. Osgood. "Imperfect Signals and Product Safety Disclosure: A Shepherd's Dilemma." ISERP Working Paper 08-02.

Mueller, V. and G. Sheriff. "Simultaneous Estimation of Hedonic Equations with Unbalanced Data." ISERP Working Paper 07-08.

Sheriff, G. "Implementing Second-Best Environmental Policy under Adverse Selection." ISERP Working Paper 07-01.

Sheriff, G. and G. Fleischer. "Toward Economically Rational Pesticide Policies."

Sheriff, G., W. Musser, M. Commer, Jr., N. Wallace, S. Teichner, and W. Rhodes. "Economic Impact of Horse Racing in Maryland."  Policy Analysis Report No. 99-01.  Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy.  University of Maryland College Park, January 1999.

Tobias Siegfried
Adjunct Assistant Professor
School of International and Public Affairs

918 S.W. Mudd Building
Mail Code 4711
5000 W. 120th Street

Tel: 212-854-1695
Fax: 212-854-7081
email: ts2392@columbia.edu

PROFILE

Graduate Studies, Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (1992-1997); Post-Graduate Study, London School of Economics and Political Science (1998-1999); Research Assistant, Institute of Hydromechanics and Water Resources Management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (2000-2004); PhD Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2004; Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Institute of Hydromechanics and Water Resources Management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (2004-2005); Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Center for Comparative and International Studies, International Relations, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (2005); Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Columbia University (2005-2006). His research interests include upstream-downstream conflicts in the Aral Sea Basin, Syr Darya River; the current and future water challenge of India - development of novel approaches to sustainable water resources development; and development strategies for a conflict prone region under scarcity conditions - the case of Darfur, Sudan.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U6116 Hydrology

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

 Books

Siegfried, Tobias Ulrich. “Optimal utilization of a non-renewable transboundary groundwater resource - Methodology, case study and policy implications.” Schriftenreihe des Instituts fuer Hydromechanik und Wasserwirtschaft, Zuerich 2005.

Recent Journal Articles

Siegfried, T., and W. Kinzelbach. “A multiobjective discrete stochastic optimization approach to shared aquifer management: Methodology and application.” Water Resources Research. Res., 42, W02402, doi:10.1029/2005WR004321, 2006.

Zammouri M., Siegfried T., El Fahem T., Kriaa S., Kinzelbach W. “Salination of Groundwater in the Nefzawa Oases (Tunisia): Results of a Regional–Scale Hydrogeologic Approach.” Hydrogeology Journal, accepted for publication, 2005.

Kinzelbach W., Bauer P., Siegfried T. And Brunner P., Sustainable Groundwater Management Problems and Scientific Tools, Episodes, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 2003.

Kinzelbach W., Bauer P., Siegfried T. And Brunner P. “Sustainable Groundwater Management Problems and Scientific Tools.” Episodes, Vol. 26, No.4, December 2003.

Kunstmann H., Kinzelbach W., Siegfried T. “Conditional first-order second-moment method and its application to the quantification of  uncertainty in groundwater modeling.” Water Resources Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2002.

Jason E. Smerdon
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Storke-Doherty Lecturer, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,Columbia University

201A Oceanography
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
United States

Tel: 845-365-8493
Email: jsmerdon@ldeo.columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA Physics, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1998; MS Physics, University of Michigan, 2000; PhD Applied Physics, University of Michigan, 2004; Lamont-Doherty Postdoctoral Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University, 2005-2007; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Barnard College, 2007-2008; Storke-Doherty Lecturer, LDEO and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, 2008-present; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 2008-present. His research focuses on global and hemispheric reconstructions of climate during the past several millennia. His work also focuses on geothermal and tree-ring reconstruction methods, on attempts to model the connections between climate and proxy systems and on the statistical methods used to perform reconstructions of past climate patterns using millennial simulations from global climate models to test the robustness of climate reconstruction techniques. 

Selected Publication Citations

Recent Journal Articles and Reports

D'Arrigo, R., R. Allan, R. Wilson, J. Palmer, J. Sakulich, J.E. Smerdon, S. Bijaksana and L. Ode Ngkoimani (2008), Indian Oceanclimate signals in tree-ring records of Java drought, International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.1679.

D'Arrigo, R., and J.E. Smerdon (2008), Indian and Pacific Ocean influences on drought variability over Java, Indonesia, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L05707, doi:10.1029/2007GL032589.

Smerdon, J.E., and A. Kaplan (2007), Comment on "Testing the fidelity of methods used in proxy-based reconstructions of past climate": The role of the standardization interval, by M.E. Mann, S. Rutherford, E. Wahl, and C. Ammann, Journal of Climate, 20(22), 5666-5670.

Hegerl, G. C., T.J. Crowley, M. Allen, W.T. Hyde, H.N. Pollack, J. Smerdon, and E. Zorita (2007), Detection of human influence on a new, validated 1500-year temperature reconstruction, Journal of Climate, 20(4), 650-666.

Stevens, M.B., J.E. Smerdon, J.F. González-Rouco, M. Stieglitz, and H. Beltrami (2007), Effects of bottom boundary placement on subsurface heat storage: Implications for climate model simulations,Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L02702, doi:10.1029/2006GL028546.

Stieglitz, M., and J.E. Smerdon (2007), Characterizing land-atmosphere coupling and the implications for subsurface thermodynamics, Journal of Climate, 20(1), 21-37.

Smerdon, J.E. and M. Stieglitz (2006), Simulating heat transport of harmonic temperature signals in the Earth's shallow subsurface: Lower-boundary sensitivities, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L14402, doi:10.1029/2006GL026816.

Smerdon, J.E., H.N. Pollack, V. Cermak, J. W. Enz, M. Kresl, J. Safanda, and J.F. Wehmiller (2006), Daily, seasonal and annual relationships between air and subsurface temperatures, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 111, D07101, doi:10.1029/2004JD005578.

Pollack, H.N., S. Huang, and J.E. Smerdon (2006), Five centuries of climate change in Australia: The view from underground, Journal of Quaternary Science, 21(7), 701-706. 

E. Gail Suchman, Esq.
Adjunct Professor
School of International and Public Affairs
Special Counsel, Environmental, Energy and Climate Change, Stroock Stroock and Lavan

email: gs2166@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BS Environmental Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 1976; Juris Doctor, Boston College Law School, 1979. Consultant and Legal Advisor, Earth Institute at Columbia University, present; teaches Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development Law at the law school in the fall; Consultant, New York City Economic Development Corporation, 2004; Visiting Law Faculty and Senior Specialist, University of Cape Town and Legal Resources Centre, 2003; Consultant, Sasaki Associates, 2001; Senior Environmental Counsel, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, 1998-2004; Regional Director, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, 1996-1998; Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau, New York State Attorney General’s Office, 1985-1996; Special Policy Advisor, Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development, 1984-1985; Senior Attorney, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, 1982-1984; Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1979-1982.

COURSES

Spring

ENVP U9232 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Books

Balloumi, M., Siegfried, T., Matoussi, M., Kinzelbach,, W., An efficiency comparison of two institutional types of farms, in preparation, 2007.

Bernauer, T. and Siegfried, T., On Cooperation, Compliance and Performance in International Water Management, Global Governance, submitted, 2006 .

Siegfried, T. and Bernauer, T., Estimating the Performance of International Regulatory Regimes: Methodology and Empirical Application to International Water Management in the Naryn / Syr Darya Basin , Water Resources Research, accepted for publication, 2006.

Siegfried, T. and Brown, C., Game-theoretic Framework for Water Allocation Decisions using Stochastic Learning Methods, in preparation, 2006.

Siegfried, T., and W. Kinzelbach, A multiobjective discrete stochastic optimization approach to shared aquifer management: Methodology and application, Water Resour. Res., 42, W02402, doi:10.1029/2005WR004321, 2006.

Siegfried T., Kinzelbach W. Spatial Economic Aspects of Groundwater Management, Water Resources Research, in preparation, 2005.

Siegfried, T., Bleuler, S., Laumanns, M. Zitzler, E., Kinzelbach, W. Multi-Objective Groundwater Management Using Evolutionary Algorithms, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, submitted, 2005.
 

Sara Tjossem
Associate Director for MPA-ESP Curriculum
Lecturer
School of International and Public Affairs

1316 IAB
Mail Code: 3323
Tel: 212-854-0424
email: sft2101@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA Biology, Swarthmore College, 1983; MS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 1990; PhD History of Science, Cornell University, 1994. Lecturer & Researcher, Columbia University DIPA and the Earth Institute, 2003-present; Lecturer, University of Washington, 1998-2003; Assistant Director, Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability, University of Minnesota, 1996-1998; Lecture, University of Minnesota, 1995-1998. Tjossem's teaching and research interests are on the intersection of science and society, the history of biology, particularly 20th century; history of ecology and agriculture; marine science, and development of environmental movements.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U641 Earth Systems and Environmental Politics, Policy, and Management

Fall

ENVP U6320 Political Context of Public and Private Management

Spring

ENVP U9232 Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Policy Analysis

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Sara Tjossem welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

History of 20^th Century Biology
History of Ecology and Agriculture
Marine Science
Development of Environmental Movements

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Louise Rosen at lar46@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-0643.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Journal Articles and Reports

Tjossem, Sara. The Journey of PICES: Scientific Cooperation in the North Pacific. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 2005.

Warren S. Wooster, Sara F. Tjossem, "Scientific Cooperation in the North Pacific: The PICES Project" (in press).  San Diego International Law Journal.  2004.

Warren S Wooster, Sara F. Tjossem, "Multilateralism and International Ocean-Resources Law: Chapter 5. Scientific Cooperation in the North Pacific: The PICES Project" (February 21, 2003).  Law of the Sea Institute. Conference Proceedings.  Paper 2003f.

Tjossem, Sara. Biography of Rachel Fuller Brown. Notable American Women, vol. 5. Harvard Univ. Press, 2004.

Reviews

Tjossem, Sara. Review of Vaclav Smil, "Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization." Isis 90: 796-797.

Tjossem, Sara. Review of Robert Croker: "Stephen Forbes and the Rise of American Ecology" Quart. Rev. Biol. 77 (4) 440.

Bogdan Vasi
Assistant Professor
School of International and Public Affairs
Department of Sociology

13th Floor IAB
Mail Code: 3323
Tel: 212-854-3239
email: bv2125@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA, University of Bucharest, 1997; MA Central European University, 1998; PhD, Cornell University, 2004. Ion Bogdan Vasi is Assistant Professor at SIPA and the Department of Sociology. He teaches courses in quantitative research methods, consumerism, collective action and social movements. His present research focuses on the adoption and implementation of local programs to address global climate change, on the development of the wind energy industry, and on strategies for coping with tragedies of the commons.

COURSES

Fall

ENVP U6310 Quantitative Techniques and Systems Analysis in Policy Making and Management I

Spring

ENVP U6311 Quantitative Techniques and Systems Analysis in Policy Making and Management II

MEDIA EXPERTISE

Bogdan Vasi welcomes media inquiries on the following subjects:

Global Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Consumerism

You may contact faculty directly or if you need assistance contact Sarah Cook at sc2591@columbia.edu or at (212) 854-8177.

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Book Chapter

Vasi, Bogdan. “Public Support for Sustainable Development: A Mile Wide, but How 

Deep”, Is Sustainable Development Feasible?, 2008, Forthcoming

Journal Articles and Reports

Vasi, Bogdan.  The Environmental Movement and the Global Development of the Wind Energy Industry, 1996-2007, 2008, Submitted for publication

Vasi, Bogdan.  “Thinking Globally, Planning Nationally, and Acting Locally: Nested Organizational Fields and the Adoption of Environmental Practice.” Social Forces. 86(1): 113-137, 2007.

Vasi, Bogdan.  “Organizational Environments and Compatibility: The Diffusion of the Program against Global Climate Change Among Local Governments in the U.S.” Sociological Forum. 21(3): 439-466, 2006

Vasi, Bogdan.  “The New Anti-War Protests and Miscible Mobilizations.” Social Movement Studies. 5(2):137-153, 2006

Vasi, Bogdan and Macy, Michael “The Mobilizer?s Dilemma. Crisis,  Empowerment, and Collective Action.” Social Forces, 81(3): 983-1002, 2003

Paula Wilson
Adjunct Professor
School of International and Public Affairs

email: pw122@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BA Literature, State University College of New York, Oneonta; Master in Social Work Degree, Management Concentration, State University of New York, Albany. Vice President for Policy, United Hospital Fund, present; Associate Professor, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 1998-2005; Executive Director, The New York Academy of Medicine Council on Biomedical Research and development, 1998-1999; Senior Vice President for Corporate Programs, Beth Abraham Health Services, 1996-1998; Executive Director, Managed Healthcare Systems of New Jersey, 1996; President and Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Health Care, 1995; Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, 1992-1994; Deputy Director, New York State Division of the Budget, 1987-1992; Program Associate, New York State Governor’s Office, 1983-1987; Senior Budget Examiner/Budget Examiner, New York State Division of the Budget, 1978-1983; Project Coordinator, The Parents and Children’s Center, 1974-1978; Caseworker, Income Maintenance/Medicaid Examiner, Albany County Department of Social Services, 1973-1974; Independent management consultant and part-time Associate Clinical Professor at New York University's Wagner School of Public Administration, present; the United Hospital Fund present should change to 2005-2007.

COURSES

Spring

ENVP U8201 Colloquium on Financial Management in Government

Lori Zaikowski
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of International and Public Affairs

email: lz2178@columbia.edu

PROFILE

BS Biological Sciences, Stony Brook University, SUNY; MS Chemistry, Stony Brook University SUNY; PhD Organic Chemistry, Stony Brook University, SUNY. Chemistry Department Chair, Dowling College, 1995-present; Associate Professor of Chemistry and Natural Sciences, 2000-present; Brookhaven National Laboratory Guest Appointment, Chemistry Department Thermal and Photoreactions Group, 2005-present; Research Assistant, Stony Brook University, Chemistry Department, 1990-1996; Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University, Chemistry Department, 1990-1992.

COURSES

Summer

ENVP U6220 Environmental Chemistry

RESEARCH
Selected Publication Citations

Books

Cracraft, J. and Zaikowski, L. (work in progress, under contract) Sourcebook on Biodiversity.  New York: Oxford University Press. Anticpated 2007 publication.

Zaikowski, L. (1996). Flash Vacuum Thermolysis of Non-volatile Compounds. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Dissertation Services.

Book Article

Zaikowski, L. (2005) “Advancing societal well-being through evolutionary science: Implications for public health, drug discovery, and the environment.” In Cracraft, J. and Bybee, R (eds). Evolutionary Science and Society: Educating a New Generation.  Colorado: BSCS.

Recent Journal Articles

Zaikowski, L., McDonnell, K., Craven, J. (2006 submission). “Spatial and temporal dissolved oxygen variations in South Shore Estuary tributaries: Carmans, Patchogue and Swan Rivers.” Estuaries.

Zaikowski, L., Lichtman, P., and King, V. (accepted). “Community Collaborations: Working to better society by engaging students in solving real-world problems.” The Science Teacher.

Zaikowski, L., Lichtman, P., and Quarless, D. (accepted). “Scientific Discovery for All: Research program for minority students leads the way for next generation of scientists.” The Science Teacher.