BRENDON SWEDLOW

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL  60115

815.753.7061

bswedlow@niu.edu

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002

                                                 

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1992

                                                                          

M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1989

                                     

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1987

 

 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS and EXPERIENCE

 

Northern Illinois University, Assistant Professor, 2003-

 

University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Governance, Fellow, 2002-

 

Duke University, Center for Environmental Solutions, Research Fellow, 2002-2003.

 

University of California, Los Angeles, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2000.

 

University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Student Instructor, 1998-1999.

 

University of California, Berkeley, Research Assistant to Professor Aaron Wildavsky, 1989-1993.

 

Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., Housing Branch Intern, Summer 1989.

 

U. S. Congress, House Budget Committee, Washington, D.C., Minority Staff Intern, Summer 1988.

 

 

WORKING PAPERS and BOOK PROJECTS

 

“Convergence, Divergence, and Nine Other Trends in US and European Precautionary Regulation, 1970-2004,” (with James K. Hammitt, Jonathan B. Wiener, Denise Kall, and Zheng Zhou).

 

“Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Two-Dimensional Conceptions of Ideology and the Structure of Core Political Values,” (with Mikel Wyckoff).

 

“Political Values and Political Attitudes: Toward Convergence on Two Ideological Dimensions,” (with Mikel Wyckoff).

 

“The Political Struggle for Scientific Authority: Boundary-Work and Pollution Claims among Owl and Forest Scientists and their Allies and Opponents.”

 

“Political Cultural Conditions for Society to Influence Science (and for Scientists to become Influential in Society), with examples from Spotted Owl and Forest Research and Management in the Pacific Northwest.”

 

“Reason for Hope?  The Spotted Owl Injunctions and Policy and Social Change.”

 

Scientists, Judges, and Spotted Owls: Policymakers in the Pacific Northwest.

 

Risk, Safety, & Environment, Transaction Publishers, Editor (Forthcoming Posthumously Published Collection of Aaron Wildavsky’s Papers). (Refereed)

 

 

ARTICLES

 

“Precautionary Regulation in Europe and the United States: A Quantitative Comparison” (with  James K. Hammitt, Jonathan B. Wiener , Denise Kall, and Zheng Zhou), Risk Analysis, 25, 5, 2005: 1215-1228. (Refereed)

 

“Scientists, Judges, and Spotted Owls: Policymakers in the Pacific Northwest” Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, 8, 2 (Spring), 2003: 187-278. (Law Review)

 

“Toward Cultural Analysis in Policy Analysis: Picking Up Where Aaron Wildavsky Left Off,” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 4:3 (November), 2002. (Refereed)

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS, INTRODUCTIONS, and POSTSCRIPTS

                                      

“Precautionary Regulation in Europe and the United States: A Comparative Analysis of 100 Representative Risks, 1970-2004,” (with Denise Kall, Zheng Zhou, James K. Hammitt, and Jonathan B. Wiener) in The Reality of Precaution: Comparing Risk Regulation in The US and Europe, Jonathan B. Wiener, Michael D. Rogers, James K. Hammitt, and Peter H. Sand, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2006. (Refereed)

 

“Introduction” to Aaron Wildavsky, Cultural Analysis: Politics, Public Law, & Administration, Brendon Swedlow, ed., Transaction Publishers, 2005. (Refereed)

 

"Postscript:  Aaron Wildavsky, Cultural Theory, and Budgeting," in Aaron Wildavsky, Budgeting and Governing, Brendon Swedlow, ed., Transaction Publishers, 2001. (Refereed)

 

"Dioxin, Agent Orange, and Times Beach," with Aaron Wildavsky, in Aaron Wildavsky, But Is It True?  A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Issues, Harvard University Press, 1995. (Refereed)

 

"Reporting Environmental Science," in Aaron Wildavsky, But Is It True? A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Issues, Harvard University Press, 1995. (Refereed)

 

"Cultural Influences on Policies Concerning Mental Illness," in Politics, Policy & Culture, Dennis J, Coyle and Richard J. Ellis, eds., Westview Press, 1994.

 

"Is Egalitarianism Really on the Rise?,"  with Aaron Wildavsky in Aaron Wildavsky, The Rise of Radical Egalitarianism, American University Press, 1991. (Refereed)

 

 

EDITED BOOKS

(POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED PAPERS OF AARON WILDAVSKY)

 

             

Cultural Analysis: Politics, Public Law, & Administration, Transaction Publishers, 2005. (Refereed)

 

Budgeting and Governing, Transaction Publishers, 2001. (Refereed)                                

 

Federalism and Political Culture, with David Schleicher, co-editor, Transaction Publishers, 1998. (Refereed)

                                    

Culture and Social Theory, with Sun-Ki Chai, co-editor, Transaction  Publishers, 1998. (Refereed)

 

 

GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS

 

Northern Illinois University, Research and Artistry Grant, 2006

 

Earhart Foundation Research Grant, 2003.

 

University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Governance, Fellow, 2002-

 

Duke University, Center for Environmental Solutions, Research Fellow, 2002-2003.

 

Randolph Foundation Presidential Grant, 1999-2001.

 

Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship, 1999.

 

Earhart Foundation Fellowship, 1995-1998.

                                      

Bradley Foundation Fellowship, 1989-1994.

 

 

CONFERENCE and INVITED PRESENTATIONS

 

“Convergence or Divergence? Yes, But How Much? Trends in US and European Precautionary Regulation, 1970-2004,” (with James K. Hammitt, Jonathan B. Wiener, Denise Kall, and Zheng Zhou), Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2006.

 

“Convergence and Divergence in US and European Precautionary Regulation,” (with James K. Hammitt, Jonathan B. Wiener, Denise Kall, and Zheng Zhou), Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 2006.

 

“Reason for Hope?  The Spotted Owl Injunctions and Policy and Social Change,” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, June 2005.

 

“The Libertarian and Communitarian Political Attitudes and Values of Independent Voters and Ideological Moderates,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 2005.

 

“The Political Struggle for Scientific Authority: Boundary-Work and Pollution Claims among Owl and Forest Scientists and their Allies and Opponents,” Michigan State University, East Lansing, March 2005.

 

“Political Cultural Conditions for Society to Influence Science (and for Scientists to become Influential in Society), with examples from Spotted Owl Research and Management in the Pacific Northwest,” Michigan State University, East Lansing, March 2005.

 

“Precautionary Regulation in Europe and the United States:  A Quantitative Comparison,” (with James K. Hammitt, Jonathan B. Wiener, Denise Kall, and Zheng Zhou). Risk Management in a Complex World: The Fourth Transatlantic Dialogue on Precaution, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, September, 2004.

 

“Reason for Hope?  The Spotted Owl Injunctions and Political and Social Change,” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, May, 2004.

 

“Political Values, Ideology, Attitudes, and Sophistication: Toward Convergence on Two Dimensions” (with Mikel Wyckoff), Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April, 2004.

 

“Reason for Hope?  The Spotted Owl Injunctions and Political and Social Change,” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March, 2004.

 

“Scientists, Judges, and Spotted Owls: Policymakers In The Pacific Northwest,” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June, 2003.

 

“Culture, Values, and Communication: Strategy and Research,” Value-Based Communications Workshop, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., April, 2003.

 

“Scientists, Judges, and Spotted Owls: Policymakers In The Pacific Northwest,” Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, March, 2003.

 

“Scientists, Judges, and Spotted Owls: Policymakers In The Pacific Northwest,” Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, January, 2003.

 

“Scientists, Judges, and Spotted Owls: STS Lessons From the Pacific Northwest,” Next Generation of leaders in Science and Technology Policy Conference, Washington, D.C., November, 2002.

 

“Scientists, Judges, and Spotted Owls: Policymakers in the Pacific Northwest,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2002.

 

“The Cultural Construction of Nature and the Natural Destruction of Culture,” Workshop on The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Center for Governance, University of California, Los Angeles, October, 2001.

 

“The Political Struggle for Scientific Authority: What the Spotted Owl Can Teach Us About Paradigm Shifts,” Conference on Biopolitics II, Center for Governance, University of California, Los Angeles, March, 2001.

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Review of “Allan Mazur’s True Warnings and False Alarms: Evaluating Fears about the Health Risks of Technology, 1948-1971,” Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2004. In Environmental Science and Policy, 8, 4 (2005): 432-435.

 

 

REPORTS PREPARED UNDER CONTRACT

 

Editorial Assistant, Field Guide for Effective Communication, Fred L. Smith, Jr. and Alex Castellanos, editors, A Publication of the Competitive Enterprise and National Media Institutes, Washington, D.C., 2004.

 

Designer and Analyst of Pre-and Post-Forum Surveys for the  Fisheries for the Future Forum, Designed by the World Wildlife Fund and Hosted by Passionfish and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Fall 2003. (Analyzed with Paul Culhane)