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Selected Publications

Books  
Conflicts Over Natural Resources Conflicts in Natural Resources: A Reference Handbook (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007).
Managerial Discretion in Government Decision Making: Beyond the Street Level (Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2007), co-authored with Eric Otenyo.
Environmental Politics 5th edition Environmental Politics: Domestic and Global Dimensions, Fifth ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2007).
Geroge W. Bush's Healthy Forests George W. Bush's Healthy Forests: Reframing the Environmental Debate (Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2005), co-authored with Hanna J. Cortner.
Environmental Politics 4th edition Environmental Politics: Domestic and Global Dimensions, Fourth ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2004).
Disabled Rights *Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003).

* Nominated for the 2003 Gustavus Myers Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights
* Nominated for the 2003 Louis Brownlow Award from the National Academy of Public Administration
Environmental Activism Environmental Activism: A Reference Handbook (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003).
Green Backlash Green Backlash:  The History and Politics of  Environmental Opposition in the U.S. (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997).
The Play of Power *The Play of Power:  An Introduction to American Government, co-authored with James Eisenstein, Mark Kessler, and Bruce A. Williams (New York:  St. Martin's Press, 1995).  Also served as the sole author of the Instructor's Manual for the textbook.

*"Best Treatment of Women in an Americaan Government Textbook," awarded by The Women's Caucus for Political Science (1997)

Book Chapters  
"Political Challenges Facing Ecological Restoration in Protected Areas in the United States," in Global Challenges of Parks and Protected Area Management, ed. Carlo Delfino (Italy: Fondazione Banco di Sardegna, 2004), co-authored with Hanna J. Cortner, Jeremy Legg, and Margaret Moote.
"The Preservation of Natural Resources: Preventing Their Waste and Destruction," An Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Paris, France: UNESCO-EOLSS Publishers, 2001).
"Climate Change: Challenges and Options," in James P. Sterba, ed. Earth Ethics: Environmental Ethics, Animal Rights and Practical Applications (Toronto: Prentice-Hall, Canada, 1995).
Peer-Reviewed Articles  
"Using Parallel Strategies to Promote Change: Forest Policymaking Under George W. Bush," Review of Policy Research, Vol. 21, No. 6 (November 2004), co-authored with Hanna J. Cortner.
"National Trends in the Use of Forest Service Administrative Appeals," Journal of Forestry, Vol. 102, no. 2 (March, 2004), co-authored with Gretchen M.R. Teich and Hanna J. Cortner.
"Local Government Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Factors Affecting Statutory Compliance, " Policy Studies Journal, Vol 29, no. 4 (2001).
"Influencing Environmental Policy in Rural Communities," Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 29, no. 1, (2001).
"Environmental Marketing: How Interest Groups Are Forcing A Green Agenda," National Social Science Journal, Vol. IV, No. 5, Spring (1992).
"What Do Amway and McDonalds Have In Common? The New Corporate Environmentalism," Social Science Perspectives, Vol. 6, No. 5 (1991).
Other Projects and Publications  
Article, "Reform By Rumor: Administrative Appeals and the U.S. Forest Service," Public Administration Times, Vol. 26, No. 9 (September 2003).
Analyzing USDA Forest Service Appeals: Phase 1: The Database. ERI Papers in Restoration Policy, Northern Arizona University, March 2003 (co-authored with Hanna J. Cortner and Gretchen M. R. Teich).
Designing a Framework for Evaluating the Impacts and Outcomes of Forest Service Appeals. ERI Papers in Restoration Policy, Northern Arizona University, March 2003 (co-authored with Hanna J. Cortner and Gretchen M. R. Teich).
Symposium Editor, "The Americans With Disabilities Act: Ten Years Later," Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 29, no. 4 (2001).
Grants and Fellowships
Grant Incentive Program Award, Northern Arizona University (2002-2003)
Program Grant, Southwest Fire Initiative, Ecological Restoration Institute (2001-2003)
Organized Research Grant, Northern Arizona University, "Law Enforcement and People with Disabilities: An Analysis of Compliance, Procedures, and Training," (1999-2000)
Organized Research Grant, Northern Arizona University, "A Comparative Analysis of Local Government Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act," 1998-1999 Dissertation Fellowship, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978.
Honors and Awards
Chair, Betty Nesvold Award Committee, Western Political Science Association (2003-2004)
Golden Axe Mentor Award, Northern Arizona University (2002)
LOUIE Award, Northern Arizona University (2001)
Chair, Charles Redd Award Committee, Western Political Science Association,(2000-2002)
Giving Heart Award, Sharon Manor Transitional Living Facility (2001)
Chair, Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize Award Committee, American Political Science Association,(2000-2002)
Member, Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize Award Committee, American Political Science Association,(1999-2000)
LOUIE Award, Northern Arizona University  (1999)
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (1996-)
Faculty Member of the Year, Southern Oregon State College (1994-95)