MPA Faculty with Research Related to Sustainability
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The MPA’s program approaches sustainability from a number of vantage points. Dianne Rahm teaches two comprehensive courses on environmental policy and the politics of ecology and sustainability. Billy Fields approaches sustainability from the perspective of urban planning to create transportation alternatives to fossil fuel burning vehicles. Christopher Brown offers insights into Texas water policy in the next century: how the state can satisfy its citizens’ burgeoning water demand given population growth and the potentially dramatic impact of climate change on the state’s water supply. Brown has also offered a public law class focused specifically on legal responses to climate change at the international, federal, state, and local levels. These faculty members have produced scholarship on sustainability, transportation planning, and state water policy. In addition to these approaches, Nandhini Rangarajan has examined sustainability education in public affairs programs and greening human resource initiatives in local governments.
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Dr. Christopher R BrownBrownChristopherHe/Him/His/HimselfAssociate ProfessorEmail: cb56@txstate.eduTHH 345(512) 245-4404Biography and EducationChristopher R. Brown serves as Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at Texas State University, where he focuses on legal studies and public administration. He completed his undergraduate studies in History and Biology Phi Beta Kappa at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois....View Full Biography and Education for Dr. Christopher R BrownTeaching Interests
Created and received approval for course entitled Environmental Litigation, which which will offer students an in-depth analysis of the nexus between environmental and administrative law and the resulting issues unique to this area that must be addressed to take an environmental case to court at...Research InterestsSee Professional Interests.
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Dr. Willard M Fields IIIFieldsWillardProfessorEmail: wf16@txstate.eduTHH 332(512) 245-7726Biography and EducationBilly Fields (Ph.D., Urban Studies, University of New Orleans) is a Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. His research focuses on understanding the key elements of resilient communities. He is the lead author of the Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities (Routledge 2021)...View Full Biography and Education for Dr. Willard M Fields III
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Dr. Dianne RahmRahmDianneProfessorEmail: dianne.rahm@txstate.eduTHH 374(512) 245-1565Biography and EducationDianne Rahm, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Her research interests include environmental policy, energy policy, science and...View Full Biography and Education for Dr. Dianne Rahm