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Sheldon Kamieniecki

Sheldon Kamieniecki   
Sheldon Kamieniecki
    Title:  Professor; Dean of Social Sciences
    Type:  Faculty Member
    Email:  sk1@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-3212 Office
(831) 459-3661 Fax
    Office:  Humanities/Social Sciences Building Room 460
    Office Hours:  By appointment only.
    Personal Page:  http://www2.ucsc.edu/socialsciences/administration/

Courses Taught 
At UCSC:
Politics 125 - Political Organizations in American Politics

At USC:
Environmental Politics and Policy
Research Methods
Interest Groups
American Politics

Interests 
Environmental politics and policy at the local, state, national, and international level.

Long Description 
Sheldon Kamieniecki is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He was a member of the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California (USC) between 1981 and 2006. He was Chair of the political science department and the founding Director of the Environmental Studies Program at USC. He received the Raubenheimer Award for Outstanding Senior Faculty in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at USC in 1999.

Education History 

Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Political Science, 1978

M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Political Science, 1976

B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo (magna cum laude), 1970-1974 Major: Political Science

Selected Publications 

Michael E. Kraft and Sheldon Kamieniecki, editors, Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, in press, 2007.

Sheldon Kamieniecki, Corporate America and Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way? Stanford University Press, 2006, pp.1-327.

Steven Cohen, Sheldon Kamieniecki, and Matthew A. Cahn, Strategic Planning in Environmental Regulation: A Policy Approach That Works, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2005, pp. 1-316.

Sheldon Kamieniecki, George A. Gonzalez, and Robert O. Vos, editors, Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking: Controversies in Achieving Sustainability, State University of New York Press, 1997, pp, 1-367. Recipient of the Lynton K. Caldwell Award for the best book in environmental politics and policy, 1995-1997, Section on Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics, American Political Science Association, 1998.

Sheldon Kamieniecki, editor, Environmental Politics in the International Arena: Movements, Parties, Organizations, and Policy, State University of New York Press, 1993, pp. 1-291. This was the last book published in Professor Lester W. Milbrath's book series, Environmental Public Policy.

Steven Cohen and Sheldon Kamieniecki, Environmental Regulation through Strategic Planning, Westview Press, 1991, pp. 1-194.

Harlan Hahn and Sheldon Kamieniecki, Referendum Voting: Social Status and Policy Preferences, Greenwood Press, 1987, pp. 1-170.

Sheldon Kamieniecki, Robert O'Brien, and Michael Clarke, editors, Controversies in Environmental Policy, State University of New York Press, 1986, pp. 1-322.

Sheldon Kamieniecki, Party Identification, Political Behavior, and the American Electorate, Greenwood Press, 1985, pp. 1-228. Received Honorable Mention in the Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Program, USC, 1986.

Sheldon Kamieniecki, Public Representation in Environmental Policymaking: The Case of Water Quality Management, Westview Press, 1980, pp. i-xi, 1-131.

Journal Symposium:

Sheldon Kamieniecki and Margaret Scully Granzeier, symposium editors, The Many Faces of Canadian Environmental Policy: Is Canada Moving Toward a Sustainable Society?, Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2000, pp. 155-252.

In addition, he has published numerous articles in the top political science and public policy journals as well as book chapters on state, federal, and international environmental policy issues.

Curriculum Vitae 
 
Sheldon Kamieniecki's Curriculum Vitae File Type:DOC (81 KB)