Social Sciences Division
Dean Emeritus, Division of Social Sciences
Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies Department
Faculty
Remote work location
Hillsborough 517
Social Sciences
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Division Of Social Sciences
BIOGRAPHY
Sheldon Kamieniecki was Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz between 2006 and 2017. Before that, from 1981 to 2006, he was a member of the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California (USC). 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. His area of research and interest include environmental politics and policy at the local, state, national, and international level.
EMPLOYMENT
Dean, Division of Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2006-2017
Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2006-2017
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, 1993-2006
Affiliated Professor, School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California, 2002-2006
Visiting Professor, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001-2002
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, 1986-1993
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California, 1981-1986
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, California State University at San Bernardino, 1978-1981
EDUCATION
Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Political Science
M.A. State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Political Science
B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo (magna cum laude), Major: Political Science
Environmental politics and policy at the local, state, national, and international level.
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RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
The Manipulation of Scientific Findings in Politics and Public Policymaking
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Co-Editor (with Michael E. Kraft), Book Series, American and Comparative Environmental Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1997-present
Policy Studies Journal, Editorial Board, 1997-2003
Editor, Book Series, International Environmental Policy and Theory, State University of New York Press, 1991-1997
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 Establishment of an endowed lecture series by the University of California, Santa Cruz, The Kamieniecki Lecture in U.S. Environmental Policy
2009-2010 President, Public Policy Section, American Political Science Association
2005 Recipient of the Water Quality Award for Research Excellence presented by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Control Board
2002-2003 Member, Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee, Bureau of Automotive Repair, California Department of Consumer Affairs, appointed by California Governor Gray Davis
1999 Raubenheimer Award for Outstanding Senior Faculty, College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California
1998-1999 Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship, University of Southern California
1998 Selected Member, Skull and Dagger Honor Society, University of
Southern California
1995 Mortar Board Senior National Honor Society, Faculty of the Month Award, University of Southern California
1994 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Statewide Energy Consortium Project Award
1993-1995 Elected Council Member, Policy Studies Section, American Political Science Association
1992-2006 Associate Member, Center for International Studies, School of International Relations, University of Southern California
1990 University Associates Award for Outstanding Teacher, University of Southern California
1986 Honorary Research Fellowship, University of Exeter, England (Declined)
1985-1986 Award for Outstanding Teacher, Division of Social Sciences and Communication, University of Southern California
Summer, 1985 Visiting Scholar, Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration,
Columbia University
Summer, 1982 Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship, University of Southern California
Summer, 1978 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Environmental Studies Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
Spring, 1978 Argonne National Laboratory Grant, Environmental Studies Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
1977-1978 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Environmental Studies Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
1976-1977 Ford Foundation Fellowship, Environmental Studies Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
Summers, Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Environmental Studies Center,
1976, 1977 State University of New York at Buffalo
Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, “Robert Noyce Teacher Scholars Program,” National Science Foundation, 2009-2013, $750,000.
Principal Investigator, “American Business and Environmental Policy: The Battle to Control the Government’s Agenda,” James H. Zumberge Faculty Research and Innovation Fund, USC, 2002-2003, $24,868.
Principal Investigator, "New Research Design Awards for a More Sustainable Los Angeles Region," John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation, 1999-2001, $50,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, "Urban Environmental Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Doctoral Education Program," National Science Foundation, Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Program, 1998-2003, $2.7 million.
- Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael E. Kraft, editors, Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 1-764.
- Michael E. Kraft and Sheldon Kamieniecki, editors, Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2007, pp. 3-358.
- Sheldon Kamieniecki, Corporate America and Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way? Stanford University Press, 2006, pp.1-327. Recipient of the Lynton K. Caldwell Prize for the best book in environmental politics and policy published in 2004-2006, Section on Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics, American Political Science Association, 2007.
- 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 Prize for the best book in environmental politics and policy published in 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.