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2024

  • Liu, Xinsheng. (2024). “Threat Perception, Issue Knowledge, and Public Coproduction Preferences: Evidence from a National Public Survey on Environmental Health.” Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 4-8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Paper co-authored with Rotem Dvir and Arnold Vedlitz.

2022

  • Liu, Xinsheng. (2022.) “General Science-Technology Orientation, Specific Benefit-Risk Assessment Frame, and Public Acceptance of Gene Drive Biotechnology.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the  Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 6-10. Paper co-authored with Carol Goldsmith, Ki Eun Kang, Arnold Vedlitz, Zach Adelman, Leah Buchman, Elizabeth Heitman, and Raul Medina.
  • Liu, Xinsheng and. (2022). “How Focusing Event Affects Public Opinion: Natural Experimental Evidence from the Orlando Mass Shooting.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the  Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 6-10. Paper co-authored with Youlang Zhang.
  • Kang, Ki Eun and Ann Bowman. (2022). “Policy and Governance for Urban Resilience.” Paper presented at the 50th Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association in Washington DC, April 13.
  • Kang, Ki Eun and Ann Bowman (2022). “Resilient Cities: Explaining Policy Adoption.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Western Political Science Association, March 11. Paper is coauthored with Sierra Woodruff and Bryce Hannibal.

2021

  • Alexander, Brittany. (2021). “A Bayesian Model for Inference on Multiple Panel Public Opinion Surveys.” Paper presented at the annual Southern Association for Public Opinion Research Conference October 14. Paper co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Alexander, Brittany. (2021). “Understanding Terrorism Policy Preferences through Bayesian Model Averaging and Multiple Imputation.” Paper presented at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings August 12. Paper co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Kang, Ki Eun. (2021). “Understanding the Relationship Between Collaboration and Income Inequality in Land Development.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, April 10. Paper co-authored with Kyungha Lee.

2020

  • Alexander, Brittany. (2020). “Understanding Terrorism Policy Preferences through Bayesian Model Averaging and Multiple Imputation.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Public Opinion Conference, October 1. Paper co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Alexander, Brittany. (2020). “Understanding Terrorism Policy Preferences through Bayesian Model Averaging and Multiple Imputation.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Conference on November 20. Paper co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz
  • Mumpower, Jeryl. 2020. “Risk Perceptions of the Lone Wolf Terrorism Events: Accuracy, the Hindsight Bias, the Recollection Bias, and the Bias Illusion.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORM)S, held virtually November 8-11. Paper co-authored with Xinsheng Liu, Kent Portney, and, Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Bowman, Ann. 2020. “How Resilient Are Our Cities: Comparison of Resilience Policies and Programs Across U.S. Cities.” Paper presented at the Local Governance and Sustainability Conference within a Conference at the Southern Political Science Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 9-11. Paper co-authored with Sierra Woodruff, Kent Portney, Bryce Hannibal, Garret Sansom, and Rick Feiock.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2020. “Local Air Pollution and Political Trust in China.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 9-11.

2019

  • Migaud, Michael R. 2019. “Policy Tools for Preventing, Mitigating, and Defending Against Orbital Debris.” Paper presented at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s First International Orbital Debris Conference. Sugar Land, TX. December 9-12.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2019. “The Intersection of Social and Planning Networks: A Post-Harvey Study.” Paper presented at the 13th International Academic Association of Planning, Law, and Property Rights Conference, College Station, TX, February 22. Paper co-authored with Sierra Woodruff and Matthew Malecha.
  • Hannibal, Bryce, 2019. “Public Concern and Support for Regulation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Individual and Contextual Influences on Texas Residents.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Western Political Science Association, San Diego, CA. April 18. Co-authored with Kent E. Portney.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2019. “Toward Understanding the Convergence of Researcher and Stakeholder Perspectives Related to Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Challenges: The Case of San Antonio, Texas.” Paper presented at the annual conference the Universities Council on Water Resources, Snowbird, UT, June 11-13. Co-authored with Bassel Daher, Rabi Mohtar, and Kent Portney.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2019. “Air Pollution Lessons Political Trust in China.” Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 21-23.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2019. “How Social Capital Shapes Citizen Willingness to Co-Invest in Public Service: The Case of Flood Control.” Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Public Policy, International Public Policy Association, Montreal, Canada, June 25-28. Paper co-authored with Youlang Zhang and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2019. “Issue-specific Knowledge and Willingness to Coproduce: The Case of Public Security Services.” Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of International Institute of Administrative Sciences Study Group on Coproduction of Public Services, Leuven, Belgium, May 27-28. Paper co-authored with Youlang Zhang and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2019. “Public Environmental Concern, Trust in Government, and Urban-Rural Difference: Evidence from China.” Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Public Policy, International Public Policy Association, Montreal, Canada , June 25-28. Paper co-authored with Guiying Liu, Hongxin Sui, and Yinxi Liu.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2019. “Social Origins and Political Underpinnings of Public Concern about Poverty in China.” Paper presented at the 3rd Peking University-Fudan University Forum on Governance, Peking University, Beijing, China, May 17-19. Paper co-authored with Lan Wu and Yinxi Liu.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2019. “Social Origins and Political Underpinnings of Public Concern about Poverty in China.” Paper presented at the Conference of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, June 17-21, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, June 17-21. Paper co-authored with Lan Wu and Yinxi Liu.
  • Portney, Kent. 2019. “Governing the Water-Energy Nexus in the Metropolitan San Antonio Region.” Paper presented at the Texas A&M Law School’s 10th Annual Energy Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, February 22.
  • Portney, Kent E. 2019. “The Role of Communication in Managing Complex Water-Energy-Food Governance Systems.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association, San Diego, CA, April 18-20. Paper coauthored with Robert A. Greer and Bryce Hannibal.
  • Portney, Kent E. 2019. “What’s Theory Got to Do with It? Institutional Collective Action and Governance of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus in the Metropolitan San Antonio Region.” Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Local Governance and Sustainability Conference within Conference at the Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Austin, TX, January 22. Co-authored with Robert A. Greer and Bryce Hannibal.

2018

  • Baucum, Matt, Richard John, Marcus Mayorga, Paul Slovic, William Burns, Kent Portney, and Jeryl Mumpower. 2018. “The Dynamics of Risk Perception for Soft Target Terrorism.” Paper presented at the 14th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, Los Angeles, CA, September 16–21.
  • Bowman, Ann O’M. 2018. “Multilevel Governance in Designing and Managing City Sustainability Policies.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 4–6. Co-authored with Kent E. Portney and Jeffery M. Berry.
  • Daher, Bassel, Kent E. Portney, Bryce Hannibal, and Rabi Mohtar. 2018. “Towards understanding the level of communication between water-energy-food government organizations in the San Antonio region.” International Conference on Sustainable Development, Columbia University, September 26-28.
  • Greer, Robert A., Bryce Hannibal, Bassel Daher, and Kent E. Portney. 2018. “Network-Based Urban Governance of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Evidence from the San Antonio Case Study.” Paper delivered at the annual conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management, Mexico City, Mexico. July 20.
  • Hannibal, Bryce, and Michael Migaud. 2018. “State Energy Policies and Public Support for Renewable Energy.” Paper presented at the Energy, Law, and Policy Workshop, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. October 3.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2018. “Examining the Mediating Influence of Interlocking Board Networks on Grant Making in Public Foundations.” Paper presented by invitation at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April 5. Paper co-authored with Laurie Paarlberg and Jasmin McGinnis Johnson.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2018. “The Status Insulation Effect: Perceptions of Personal Safety in Response to Lone Wolf Terrorism.” Paper presented at the 113th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA., August 11-14.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2018. “Examining the Mediating Influence of Interlocking Board Networks on Grant Making in Public Foundations: Implications for Minority-led Organizations.” Paper presented at the 113th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, August 11-14.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2018. “Bureaucratic Influence in National Policy Agenda Setting Process: Evidence from Congressional Hearings on Global Warming and Climate Change.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 5-8, 2018. Paper co-authored with Bryce Hannibal and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Liu, Xinsheng, and Haifeng Huang. 2018. “Historical Knowledge and National Identify in China.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 4–6.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2018. “New Measures and Examinations of Bureaucratic Influence in Congressional Policy Agenda Setting on Global Warming and Climate Change.” Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Environmental Politics & Governance. Rånäs Slott, Stockholm Sweden, June 28-July 1.
  • Liu, Xinsheng, Bryce Hannibal, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2018. “Participation, Dispersion, and Centrality: Bureaucratic Agenda Access to Congressional Hearings on Climate Change.” Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference of Comparative Agenda Project, University of Amsterdam, July 4-6.
  • Liu, Xinsheng, Feng Hao, and Kent E. Portney. 2018. “Chinese Public Concern about Global Warming and Climate Change: Social-Value Base, Carbon Economic Dependency, and Public Policy Implication.” Paper presented at the 9th Sino-US International Conference for Public Administration, Renmin University, China, June 15-17.
  • Mumpower, Jeryl. 2018. “Remembrance of Perceived Risks Past: A Study of the Hindsight and Recollection Biases in Terrorism-Related Risk Perceptions.” Poster presented at the 39th annual conference of the Society for Judgement and Decision Making, New Orleans, LA. November 18. Coauthored with Xinsheng Liu, Kent Portney, and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Portney, Kent E. 2018. “Urban Governance and Sustainability through Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Evidence from the San Antonio Area Case Study.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 4–6. Co-authored with Bryce Hannibal.
  • Portney, Kent E., Robert A. Greer, and Bryce Hannibal. 2018. “Environmental Governance in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Implications for Collaboration and Sustainability in the Drought-Prone Metropolitan San Antonio Region.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, August 30.
  • Portney, Kent E., Robert A. Greer, and Bryce Hannibal. 2018. “Fragmentation of Food-Energy-Water Nexus San Antonio Region.” Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy and Management International Conference, Mexico City, July 20.

2017

  • Bowman, Ann O’M. and Kent E. Portney. 2017. “Multilevel Governance and City Sustainability Policies: Does It Exist? Does It Matter?” Paper presented at the Local Governance and Sustainability Conference within Conference at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 12-14. Co-authored with Jeffery M. Berry.
  • Bowman, Ann O’M. 2017. “Multilevel Collaboration in Designing and Managing Sustainability Policy.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, August 31-September 3. Co-authored with Kent E. Portney and Jeffery M. Berry.
  • Bullock, Justin. 2016. “Preferences for Policy Tools: Are They Congruent across Policy Areas?” Paper presented at the 74th annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7–10. Co-authored with Ann O’M. Bowman.
  • Bullock, Justin. 2017. “Mental Models of the Water, Energy, Food Nexus.” Paper presented at the 75th annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 6-9. Co-authored with Bryce Hannibal and Kent E. Portney.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2017. “Throwing It Out: Introducing a Nexus Perspective in Examining Citizen Perceptions of Organization Food Waste in the U.S.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Austin, TX, April 12–15.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2017. “Mental Models of the Water, Energy, Food Nexus.” Paper presented at the 75th annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 6–9 . Co-authored with Justin Bullock and Kent E. Portney.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2017. “The Effect of Environmental Hazards on Attitudes and Behaviors about Water Management: A Multilevel Analysis.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Austin, TX, April 12–15.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2017. “Public Concern and Support for Regulation of UOGD: Individual and Contextual Influences on Texas Residents.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Conference, Montréal, Canada, August 12–15.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2017. “Public Concern and Support for Regulation of UOGD: Individual and Contextual Influences on Texas Residents.” Paper presented at the 112th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 12–15.
  • Kurian, Mathew. 2017. “Governance of Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Social Network Analysis Approach. Paper presented at the Water, Soil and Waste Dresden Nexus Conference: SDGS & Nexus Approach: Monitoring and Implementation, Dresden Germany. May 17–19. Co-authored with Kent E. Portney, Gerhard Rappold, Bryce Hannibal, and Solomon H. Gebrechorkos.
  • Mumpower, Jeryl M. 2017. “Perceived Risk of Terrorism and Policy Preferences for Government Counterterrorism Spending: Evidence from a U.S. National Panel Survey.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, Arlington, Virginia, December 10–13. Co-authored with Xinsheng Liu, Kent E. Portney, and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Portney, Kent E., 2017. “Governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Solving a Common-Pool Resource Challenge?” Paper presented at the Ostrom Workshop Colloquium Series, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 13.
  • Sansom, Lindsay. 2017. “U.S.-Mexico Water Cooperation and Conflict.” Paper presented at the XVI World Water Congress of the International Water Resources Association, Cancun, Mexico, May 29–June 3. Co-authored with Kent E. Portney.
  • Sansom, Lindsay. 2017. “The Hueco Bolson: A Case for Improved Transboundary Aquifer Management.” Paper presented at the XVI World Water Congress of the International Water Resources Association, Cancun, Mexico, May 29–June 3.
  • Sansom, Lindsay. 2017. “Understanding How Risk Perception and Trust Impact Binational Cooperation over Water Sharing: Texas-Mexico Case Study.” Paper presented at the Universities Council on Water Resources Conference, Ft. Collins, CO, June 13–15.
  • Teodoro, Manny. “Trusted Brands: A Model and Experimental Evaluation of Citizen-Based Brand Equity .” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1–4.

2016

  • Bowman, Ann O’M. 2016. “Exploring Citizens’ Support for Policy Tools at the Food, Energy, Water Nexus.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1–4. Co-authored with Justin Bullock.
  • Bullock, Justin. 2016. “Policy Preferences at the Nexus of Water, Energy, and Food.” Paper presented at the 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science and the Environment, Washington, DC, January 19–21. Co-authored with Ann Bowman.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2016. “Social Determinants and Political Implications of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Cognition.” Paper presented at the 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science and the Environment, Washington, DC, January 19–21.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2016. “Cognitive Awareness of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the US: Public Attitudes among the American People.” Paper presented at the 111th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Seattle, Washington, August 20-23. Co-authored with Kent Portney, Carol Goldsmith, Peyton McGee, Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Hannibal, Bryce. 2016. “Political Ideology and the Invisible Environment: A Multi-Level Analysis of Biophysical Impacts on Individual Behaviors and Attitudes about Water.” Paper presented at the 111th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Seattle, Washington, August 20-23. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Portney, Kent. 2016. “Cognitive Awareness of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Ideological and Policy Perspectives.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1–4. Co-authored with Bryce Hannibal, Carol Goldsmith, Peyton McGee, Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Teodoro, Manny. 2016., “Brand Value: Who Do People Trust to Manage the Nexus?” Paper presented at the 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science and the Environment, Washington D.C., January 19–21.
  • Switzer, David. 2016. “Local Issue Severity and Ideological Worldviews: Motivated Reasoning in the Case of Water Scarcity.” Paper presented at the 87th annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 7–9. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.

2015

  • Bullock, Justin. 2015. “Framing and Policy Support for Hydraulic Fracturing: A Quasi-Experiment.” Paper presented at the 86th annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 15–17. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Bullock, Justin. 2015. “Framing and Policy Support for Hydraulic Fracturing: A Survey Experiment.” Paper presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 16–19.
  • Shreck, Brian. 2015. “Perceived Risk, Uncertainty, and Policy Preferences on Hydraulic Fracturing.” Paper presented at the 86th annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 15–17. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2015. “Energetic Women: Evaluating STEM Initiatives on Women’s Energy Knowledge.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 2–4. Co-authored with Kathleen E. Lange, Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2015. “Energetic Women: Evaluating STEM Initiatives on Women’s Energy Knowledge.” Paper presented at the Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life Conference, Pocatello, ID, March 5–6. Co-authored with Kathleen E. Lange, Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Morton, Tabitha. 2015. “Who’s in Charge? An Examination of Public Opinion on Climate Change Policy Management and Willingness to Pay.” Paper presented at the 86th annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 15–17. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2015. “Public Opinion, Climate Change, and Extreme Weather Events: Does the Public Believe Climate Science Predictions?” Paper presented at the 73rd annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 16–19. Co-authored with Kellee J. Kirkpatrick and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2015. “Scientists’ Views and Stands on Global Warming and Climate Change: A Content Analysis of Congressional Testimonies.” Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses and the Climate Change, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 10–11. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz, James W. Stoutenborough, and Scott Robinson.

2014

  • Bromley-Trujillo, Rebecca and James W. Stoutenborough. 2014. “Blurring the Lines of Scientific Objectivity in the Policy Process: Are Climate Skeptic Portrayals of Climate Scientists as Wild-Eyed Fanatics Accurate?” Paper presented at the72nd annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3–6. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Shreck, Brian. 2014. “Deliberation, Public Discourse, and Opinion on Climate Change.” Paper presented at the 72nd annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3–6. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. and Kellee J. Kirkpatrick. 2014. “The Effects of Overconfidence in Complex Domains on Policy Preferences: The Public and Their Understanding of Energy, Climate Change, and Genetically Modified Organisms.” Paper presented at the 72nd annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3–6. Co-authored with Xinsheng Liu and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Shreck, Brian. 2014. “In Defense of Informal Discussion as Deliberative Democracy.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, April 17–19. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.

2013

  • Robinson, Scott E. 2013. “Organizational Trust and Risk Communication: Trust in the EPA and Opposition to Fracking.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 29–September 1. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2013. “Climate Scientists and the Media: Scientists Perceptions of the Accuracy of Climate Change Media Coverage.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, Florida, January 3-5. Co-authored with Kellee J. Kirkpatrick and Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. and Shelbi Sturgess. 2013. “Knowledge, Risk, and Policy Support: Public Perceptions of Nuclear Power.” Paper presented at the 71st annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 11-14. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2013. “Problem Definition and Risk Perceptions: Rethinking the Role of Risk Perceptions on Political Behavior.” Paper presented at the 71st annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 11-14. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2013. “Collective Action and Public Support for Pollution Reducing Energy Policies.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, California, March 28-30. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2013. “The Role of Scientific Knowledge in the Public’s Perceptions of Energy Technology Risks.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, California, March 28-30. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborugh, James W. 2013. “Policy Diffusion and the Public: Public Preferences Regarding Innovation versus Diffusion.” Paper presented at the 84th annual meeting for the Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, Florida, January 3-5. Co-authored with Douglas R. Oxley and Arnold Vedlitz.

2012

  • Liu, Xinsheng. 2012. Presented research findings at the Beijing Forum: The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All, Beijing, China, November 2-4.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2012. “State Mandated Pregnancies: The Evolution of State Living Will Policy.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 12-15. Co-authored with Kellee J. Kirkpatrick and Morgen Johansen.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2012. “Public Opinion and Climate-Related Policy Solutions: A Comparison of the Policy Preferences of the Public, Stakeholders, and Climate Scientists.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 12-15. Co-authored with Arnold Vedlitz.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2012. “Willing to Tolerate: Alternatives to Willingness-to-Pay Evaluations for Homeland Security Regulations.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Western Social Science Association, Houston, Texas, April 11-14. Co-authored with Scott E. Robinson.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2012. “Improving the Likelihood of Successful Policy Outcomes: A Theory of Policy Diffusion Policy Analysis.” Paper presented at the 12th Annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Houston, February 16-18. Co-authored with Douglas R. Oxley.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. 2012. “Policy Learning, Problem Solving, and Analogical Transfer: An Individual-Level Theory of Policy Diffusion.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 12-14. Co-authored with Douglas R. Oxley.
  • Stoutenborough, James W. (2012). “Improving the Likelihood of Successful Policy Outcomes: A Theory of Policy Diffusion Policy Analysis.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 12-14. Co-authored with Douglas R. Oxley.
  • Vedlitz, Arnold. 2012. “Policy Challenges and Opportunities.” Presented research findings at the Water and Energy in Texas: Solutions from Texas A&M Conference, College Station, Texas, October 3-4.

2010

2009

  • Lindquist, E. (2009, May). Political Science, Public Administration and Natural Hazards: Contributions and Connections. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
  • Lindquist, E. (2009). Regional Adaptation to Climate Change in the United States: Are Metropolitan Planning Organizations Responding? Paper presented at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Park, Hyung S., Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz. (2009). “Global Climate Change and Policy Networks: U.S. Congressional Hearings, 1979-2007.” Paper presented at the 104th ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 7-11.
  • Park, Hyung S., and Arnold Vedlitz. (2009). “Global Climate Change: Adaptive Behavior and Policy Support.” Paper presented at Coastal Zone 2009: Revolutionary Times: Catching the Wave of Change, Boston, Massachusetts, July 19-23.

2008

  • Bragg, B., Geva, N., & Liu, X. (2008). How Hot is Global Warming: The Cognitive Calculus of Preference Formation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
  • Lindquist, E. (2008, May). Interdisciplinary Research on Urban Flooding: A Focusing Event Perspective. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
  • Lindquist, E. (2008). Sustainable Development in the United States: A Summary and Discussion. Paper presented at the ASKO Europa-Stiftung and Texas A&M University Transatlantic Fall Symposium, European Academy.
  • Lindquist, E., & Mosher-Howe, K. N. (2008). Nanotechnology: What is it Good For? A Problem Definition Perspective. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual meeting.
  • Liu, X. (2008). Global Warming Challenge and Climate Change Policy: A Social Science Perspective. Paper presented at the Ecological Civilization: Environment, Energy and Social Evolution, 2008 Beijing Forum.

2007

  • Lindquist, E. (2007, May 24-26). Climate Change and Adaptive Strategies in Sub-national Transportation Planning Agencies in the United States. Paper presented at the Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change – Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
  • Lindquist, E. (2007, May). Extreme Urban Flooding as a Focusing Event: the Case of Tropical Storm Allison. Paper presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
  • Liu, X., Vedlitz, A., Lindquist, E., & Vincent, K. (2007). Agenda Setting and Alternative Selection in Local Policy Processes. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
  • Rosenberg, S. (2007, April 17-21). Climate Change Scientists and Decision-Makers: Communication Gaps and Information Exchange. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Rosenberg, S., Cowman, D., & Vedlitz, A. (2007, April 18-21). Climate Change Science: A Profile of Climate Scientists’ Perspectives. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division Annual Meeting, Houston, TX.

2006

  • Brody, S. D., Zahran, S., Vedlitz, A., & Grover, H. (2006, November). Explaining Local Commitment to Climate Change Policy in the United States. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Chin, M., Karinen, R., & Lindquist, E. (2006, August-September). Searching for Cures: Assessing Interest Group Influence in the Federal Grantmaking Process. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Jones, B. D., & Liu, X. (2006). Design Political Institutions to Foster Problem-Solving: An Information-Processing Perspective. Paper presented at the Harmonious Society and Governance Mechanism, 2006 Beijing Forum.
  • Liu, X., & Lindquist, E. (2006, January 5-7). Explaining U.S. Media and Congressional Attention to Climate Change Issue, 1969-2004. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA.
  • Liu, X., & Lindquist, E. (2006). Indicator Change, Focusing Event and Agenda Prominence: Media and Congressional Responses to Climate Change Issue (1969-2004). Paper presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science Association.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2006, January 20). Communication Framing and Stakeholder Alignments in Intractable Environmental Conflicts. Paper presented at the Presentation to Department of Psychology, Organizational and Social Psychology Colloquium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2006, February 3). Questioning a Priori Categorization of Stakeholder Groups: Stakeholders’ Framing of Intractable Environmental Conflict. Paper presented at the Queens School of Business, Queens University, Ontario, Canada.
  • Putnam, L. L., Brummans, B., Gray, B., Hanke, R., Lewicki, R., & Wiethoff, C. (2006). Interpretive Communities and Stakeholders’ Framing of Intractable Environmental Conflicts. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Montreal, CA.

2005

  • Brody, S. D., Vedlitz, A., & Zahran, S. (2005, November). Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change, Risk Perception and Policy Support in the U.S. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C.
  • Lindquist, E. (2005, October). Climate Change and Coastal Transportation Infrastructure: A Preliminary Assessment. Paper presented at the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, 6th Open Meeting, Bonn, Germany.
  • Lindquist, E., & Peck, B. M. (2005, February). Big Problems, Small Solutions: Public Understanding of Nanotechnology. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (poster presentation), Washington D.C.
  • Liu, X., & Jones, B. D. (2005 ). How Do Nations Choose What Game to Plan? The U.S.-China Case. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association.
  • Lubell, M., Vedlitz, A., Zahran, S., & Alston, L. (2005, April). Collective Action, Environmental Activism, and Air Quality Policy. Paper presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, California.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2005, February 9). Communication Framing and Stakeholder Alignments in Intractable Environmental Conflicts. Paper presented at the Presentation for the Centre for Social Research in Communication and Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Putnam, L. L., Brummans, B., Gray, B., Hanke, R., Lewicki, R. J., & Wiethoff, C. (2005, May). How Homogeneous are Stakeholder Groups? Profiling Disputants’ Framing of Intractable Environmental Conflicts. Paper presented at the Top Four Paper, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, New York, NY.

2004

  • Lindquist, E. (2004, January 8-10). Survival and Institutionalization of an Idea: The Rapid Rise of Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems. Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), New Orleans, LA.
  • Lindquist, E., Becker, U., & Jakob, T. (2004, July). Policy Change and Extreme Ecological Events: Urban Floods in a Comparative Context. Paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology Annual Conference, Lund, Sweden.
  • Liu, X., & Vedlitz, A. (2004, October 28-30). News Media Analysis of Climate Change in Texas: Issue Salience, Issue Attributes and Use of Science. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2004, June). Shifting Frames in Intractable Conflict: The Case of the Edwards Aquifer. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2004, June). Turning Points and Frame Changes in the Edwards Aquifer Conflict. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, Pittsburgh, PA.

2003

  • Alston, L., Lindquist, E., Peck, B. M., & Vedlitz, A. (2003, November 6-8). Implementation of Air Quality Improvement Measures in Texas: An Empirical Examination of Elite, Attentive Public and Mass Orientations. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington D.C.
  • Brummans, B., Putnam, L. L., & Boys, S. (2003, October 31). Frame Analysis of Stakeholders in Environmental Conflict. Paper presented at the Department of Communication, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Gray, B. (2003, March 24). The Role of Framing in Intractable Environmental Conflicts. Paper presented at the Department of Management, Katholieke Universitat, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Lewicki, R. J. (2003, June 3). The Framing of Water Disputes in Ohio. Paper presented at the Water Management Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH.
  • Lindquist, E., & Chin, M. (2003). Presidential Management of Interest Group Participation in Federal Advisory Committees. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting.
  • Matlock, M. D. (2003, May 28). Developing an Urban Watershed Rehabilitation Method Using Stakeholder Feedback. Paper presented at the National EPA Research Conference, EPA Region VI, Dallas, TX.
  • Peck, B. M., Vedlitz, A., Alston, L. T., & Lindquist, E. (2003, November 6-8). Air Quality Improvement Measures in Texas: An Empirical Examination of Attentive Public and Mass Public Orientations. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, November 6-8, 2003, Washington, DC.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2003, August 3). Clustering, Site Differences, and Methodological Dilemmas in Stakeholder Research. Paper presented at the Professional Development Workshop on “Researching Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Conflicts,” Academy of Management Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Putnam, L. L., Brummans, B., & Boys, S. (2003, October 31). Frame Analysis of Stakeholders in Environmental Conflict. Paper presented at the Department of Communication Colloquium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Smith, S. (2003). Citizen Initiated Contacts: Are They Influencing the Selection of Capital Improvement Projects? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Cleveland, OH.
  • Smith, S. (2003). Who Decides: The When and How of It. Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Association of European Schools of Planning, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Woodward, R. T. (2003, November 13-14). The Experience of the United States: The Case of the Lake Dillon. Paper presented at the Technical Seminar on the Feasibility of the Application of Tradable Water Permits for Water Management in Chile, sponsored by the Interamerican Development Bank, and the Government of Chile’s National Environmental Commission, Santiago, Chile.
  • Woodward, R. T. (2003, November 7). Market Structures and Multiple Markets in Water Pollution Trading. Paper presented at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center Global Environment Seminar, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
  • Woodward, R. T. (2003, September 12). Water Quality Trading: A Tale of 3 Programs. Paper presented at the Electric Power Research Institute, Environmental Sector Council Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

2002

  • Bhuthimethee, M., Dronen, N. O., & Neill, W. H. (2002, February 11-15). Bluegill Metazoan Parasite Community Structure in 2 Non-point Source Polluted Streams in San Antonio, Texas. Paper presented at the 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting (ASLO/AGU Joint Meeting), Honolulu, HI.
  • Bhuthimethee, M., Dronen, N. O., & Neill, W. H. (2002, April 26-28). Use of Experimental Enclosures in the Comparison of Bluegill Metazoan Parasites from 2 Non-Point Source Polluted Streams in San Antonio, Texas. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, University of Oklahoma Field Station, Lake Texoma, OK.
  • Chin, M. L., & Lindquist, E. (2002, August). Contours of Access in Federal Advisory Committees: A Preliminary Assessment of the Implications for Citizen and Interest Group Participation in the Policymaking Process. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
  • Chin, M. L., & Lindquist, E. (2002, April). How Many Fish Swim in a Policy Stream? Federal Advisory Committees: A Preliminary Assessment of the Implications for Citizens and Interest Group Participation in the Policymaking Process. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • Elgarah, W., & Courtney, J. F. (2002, August). Enhancing the G2c Relationship Through New Channels of Communication: Web-based Citizen Input. Paper presented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, TX.
  • Elgarah, W., Courtney, J. F., & Haynes, J. D. (2002, January). A Dialectic Methodology to Decision Support Systems Design. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Maui, HI.
  • Fontaine, L. P., & Neill, W. H. (2002, February 28-March 3). Assessing Impacts of Urbanization on Fish Performance. Paper presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX.
  • Fontaine, L. P., Neill, W. H., & Clark, K. W. (2002, July 22-25). Fish-Performance Ecoassay of Urbanizing Streams in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas. Paper presented at the International Congress on the Biology of Fish, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
  • Gray, B. (2002, June 4). The Role of Framing in Intractable Environmental Conflicts. Paper presented at the Communication and Innovation Studies Group of University of Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  • Gray, B. (2002, March 25). The Role Of Framing in Intractable Environmental Conflicts. Paper presented at the Department of Urban Planning, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA.
  • Gray, B., & Bryan, T. (2002, May 14). Frame This! The Use of Frames and Framing in Conflict Assessment and Intervention. Paper presented at the Conference on Environmental Conflict Resolution: The State of the Field and its Contribution to Environmental Decision Making, Tucson, AZ.
  • Hanke, R., & Brummans, B. (2002). Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Data Analysis in Intractable Environmental Dispute Research. Paper presented at the International Association of Conflict Management, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Hanke, R., Gray, B., & Putnam, L. (2002, August). Differential Framing of Environmental Disputes by Stakeholder Groups. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Denver, Colorado.
  • Lubell, M. (2002, April 25-28). Consensual Environmental Institutions: All talk and no action? Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il.
  • Matlock, M. D. (2002, November). Stakeholder Involvement in TMDLs. Paper presented at the National TMDL Science and Policy Conference. WEF/EPA/ASIWPCA/USDA, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Matlock, M. D., & Gholkar, T. A. (2002, April). An analysis of wastewater reuse for low flow augmentation to improve dissolved-oxygen concentrations in streams in San Antonio, Texas. Paper presented at the Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Conference, AWRC, Fayetteville, AR.
  • Matlock, M. D., Sabatier, P., Focht, W., Lubell, M., Trachtenberg, Z., & Vedlitz, A. (2002, June). Swimming Upstream: Collaborative approaches to watershed management. Paper presented at the Healthy Ecosystems-Healthy People International Conference of Ecosystem Health, Washington, DC.
  • Matlock, M. D., Vedlitz, A., Samuelson, C., Whitten, G., Peterson, T. R., & Gilbertz, S. (2002, November). The Salado Creek TMDL: A Case Study. Paper presented at the National TMDL Science and Policy Conference. WEF/EPA/ASIWPCA/USDA, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2002, April 12). Intractable Conflicts: Dimensions, Descriptors, and Cases. Paper presented at the Organizational Behavior Symposium, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2002, August). Value-Based and Intractable Conflicts. Paper presented at the Professional Development Workshop on Confronting Ethnic and Ideologically Based Conflicts, Academy of Management Association, Denver, CO.
  • Putnam, L. L., & Brummans, B. (2002, May). Framing Intractable Environmental Disputes. Presentation to Representatives of Texas State Senator Steve Ogden, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Putnam, L. L., & Wondolleck, J. (2002, July). Intractable conflict: Definitions, Dimensions, and Distinctions. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea.
  • Samuelson, C. D., & Whitten, G. (2002, November). Managing Stakeholder Participation and Communication Processes: An Evaluation of Collaborative Learning in an Urban Watershed Restoration Project. Paper presented at the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program on Conflict and Dispute Resolution, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
  • Vo, H. V., Poole, M. S., & Courtney, J. F. (2002). Comparing Methods of Incorporating Multiple Perspectives into Cognitive Maps. Paper presented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, TX.
  • Woodward, R. T., & Wui, Y.-S. (2002, December 12-14). Meta-Analysis of the Economic Value of Wetlands: Lessons about Wetlands, Valuation, and Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at the Master-point International Colloquium on Meta-analysis in Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2001

  • Alston, L., Peck, B. M., & Vedlitz, A. (2001, November 15-17). Attitudes Toward Bio Engineered Foods in the United States and Europe: An Exploration. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Academy for Linguistics, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Cancun, Mexico.
  • Elgarah, W., Courtney, J. F., & Bunker, D. (2001, August). A Dialectical Approach to Decision Support Systems Design. Paper presented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA.
  • Gore, D. C. (2001, November 1-4). Reconstructing Communication and Restoring Creeks: A Rhetorical Ethnography of Stakeholder Involvement in Public Policy Decisions. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Atlanta, GA.
  • Gray, B., & Hanke, R. (2001, August ). Frame Repertoires and Non-Collaborative Behavior. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting – How Governments Matter, Washington, D.C.
  • Lewicki, R. J. (2001, April). Framed: The Consequences of Framing Dynamics on the Resolvability of Environmental Disputes. Paper presented at the The Environmental and Social Sustainability Initiative, Organizational, Behavior and Development Program, George Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
  • Lewicki, R. J. (2001, February 21). The Framing of Environmental Disputes. Paper presented at the Distinguished University Lectures Series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
  • Lewicki, R. J. (2001, November). The Framing of Water Disputes in Ohio. Paper presented at the 30th Fall Conference of the Water Management Association of Ohio, Columbus, OH.
  • Matlock, M. D., & Murawski, M. (2001, April 4). Identifying and understanding potential sources of conflict in Total Maximum Daily Load processes through role-playing. Paper presented at the Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Conference, Fayetteville, AR.
  • Matlock, M. D., Osborn, G. S., Lepori, W., & Engler, C. (2001). Development and Implementation of a Common Investigative Methods Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education 2001 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
  • Peterson, T. R., & Peterson, M. J. (2001). Communication practice in environmental decision making: An application of Niklas Luhmann’s social theory to Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons. Paper presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment, Center for Environmental Communication Studies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2001, November 21). Dimensions of Intractable Conflict: The Edwards Aquifer Case. Paper presented at the Program on Conflict and Dispute Resolution (PCDR), George Bush School of Government and Public Service, TAMU, College Station, TX.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2001, September 8). Identity and Characterization Frames of the Edward Aquifer Authority. Paper presented at the Edwards Aquifer Authority, Guadalupe Ranch, Boerne, Texas.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2001, April 13). Shifting Frames and Conflict Intractability: The Case of the Edwards Aquifer. Paper presented at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
  • Smith, S. (2001). Understanding the Effects of Citizen Input on Capital Improvement Plans. Paper presented at the World Planning Schools Congress, Shanghai, China.
  • Smith, S., & Seidel, A. D. (2001). The Complexities of Getting a Capital Improvements Project in Houston Neighborhoods. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Schools of Planning, Cleveland, OH.

2000

  • Bryan, T., Elliott, M., Gray, B., Kaufman, S., & Peterson, T. R. (2000, September 15). Framing in Intractable Environmental Disputes. Paper presented at the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Albuquerque, NM.
  • Courtney, J. F., Richardson, S., & Paradice, D. B. (2000, August). Information Technology for Sustainable Development. Paper presented at the Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach, CA.
  • Davis, C., Gray, B., Hanke, R., Lewicki, R. J., Putnam, L. L., Rosenberg, A., et al. (2000, June 20). Methods for Assessing Frames in Environmental Disputes. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, St. Louis, MO.
  • Kaufman, S. (2000, July). A Consensus Building Tool for Sustaining an Urban Watershed. Paper presented at the International Association for People-Environmental Studies, Paris, France.
  • Kaufman, S. (2000, May). Implementability: The Birth Pangs of a Watershed Plan. Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Lindquist, E., & Vedlitz, A. (2000, November). Urban Infrastructure Decision Making: Where Politics and Rationality Collide. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Seattle, WA.
  • Lindquist, E., & Vedlitz, A. (2000, September). Urban Infrastructure Decision Making: Where Politics and Rationality Collide. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (poster session), Washington, D.C.
  • McFarland, A., Kiesling, R. L., Hauck, L., & Matlock, M. D. (2000). Linking chemical and biological monitoring components in the TMDL process. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council National Conference – Monitoring for the Millennium, USGS, Washington, D.C.
  • McIntosh, W. A. (2000, August). Health, inequality, social integration, and economic growth: A test of the Wilkinson hypotheses. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
  • Putnam, L. L. (2000, August). Organizational Framing of the Edwards Aquifer Dispute. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Association, Toronto, Canada.
  • Putnam, L. L., Wunsch, J., Wiethoff, C., Lewicki, R., Davis, C., Gray, B., et al. (2000, August 7). The Influence of Identity, Characterization, and Conflict Management Frames on the Perpetuation of Environmental Conflicts, Conflict Management and Organizations and Natural Environment. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Toronto, Canada.
  • Samuelson, C. D., Peterson., T. R., & Whitten, G. (2000, October). Stakeholder Representation and Participation in an Urban Watershed Restoration Project. Paper presented at the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Program on Conflict and Dispute Resolution, George Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Vedlitz, A., & Mack, W. R. (2000, April). Innovation and implementation in health care policy: An examination of public entrepreneurs. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

1992-1999

  • Alston, L. (1992, October 10). Telehealth: Telecommunication Technology and Rural Health Care: Paper presented at the Trans-Texas Videoconference Network, Texas A&M University.
  • Alston, L. (1998, October). Ecological, economic, and policy impacts of commodity price support reduction on Texas rice-wetlands. Paper presented at the Texas Rice Industry–Visioning to 2050 Conference, Beaumont, TX.
  • Canzoneri, N., Geva, N., & Vedlitz, A. (1998, August). The role of forgiveness in intergroup conflict resolution. Paper presented at the International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA.
  • Elliott, M. (1999, October). The Framing of Environmental Disputes and the Intractability of Their Resolution. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, IL.
  • Gray, B., Davis, C., Lewicki, R. J., & Elliott, M. (1999, June 17). Framing in Environmental Disputes. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, San Sebastian, Spain.
  • Gray, B., Jones-Corley, J., Hanke, R., Lewicki, R. J., Wiethoff, C., Putnam, L. L., et al. (1999, August 9). The Framing of Intractable Environmental Disputes. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting – Change and Development Journeys into a Pluralistic World Chicago, IL.
  • Kaufman, S. (1999, May). A Case Study of Public Participation in Watershed Planning. Paper presented at the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Cleveland, OH.
  • Matlock, M. D., Storm, D. E., & Hession, W. C. (1999, September). A Risk-Based Approach for TMDLs in Texas. Paper presented at the Texas Animal Manure Management Conference, Austin, TX.
  • McIntosh, W. A. (1998, October). Telemedicine and the future: Lessons from the field – findings from the adoption and use of telecommunications for rural health care grant. Paper presented at the Third Annual Visions of the Future, Distance Learning for the 21st Century Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
  • McIntosh, W. A. (1998, June). Time spent with patients and charges to patients using telemedicine for specialty consultations. Paper presented at the Health Services Research Association meeting (poster session), Washington, D.C.
  • McIntosh, W. A., Alston, L. T., Booher, R., Sykes, D., & Segura, C. B. (1998, August). Predictors of use of telemedicine for differing medical conditions. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • McIntosh, W. A., Alston, L. T., Sykes, D., & Segura, C. B. (1999, August). Determinants of multiple uses of telemedicine. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.
  • McIntosh, W. A., Booher, J. R., Alston, L., Sykes, D., & Segura, C. (1997, June). The Adoption of Telemedicine by Medical Specialists. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Health Services Association Meetings, Chicago, Il.
  • McIntosh, W. A., Booher, R., Alston, L. T., Sykes, D., & Segura, C. B. (1998, August). The effects of newspaper reports on the use of telemedicine in a rural hospital. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Rural Sociological Society, Portland, OR.
  • Putnam, L. L. (1998, April 13). Media Representation of Stakeholder Frames in the Edwards Aquifer Case, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
  • Putnam, L. L. (1998, October 24). Media Representation of Stakeholder Frames in the Edwards Aquifer Case, Department of Communications, University of Utah.
  • Putnam, L. L., & Samuelson, C. D. (1999, August). Stakeholder Framing of the Edwards Aquifer Case. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Conflict Management Division, Chicago, IL.
  • Putnam, L. L., Samuelson, C. D., & Taylor, K. (1998, March 13). Framing of Environmental Conflicts: The Edwards Aquifer Case. Paper presented at the Colloquium for Program on Conflict and Dispute Resolution, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Putnam, L. L., Samuelson, C. D., Taylor, K. M., Peterson, T. R., & Kaiser, R. A. (1998, June). Media representation of stakeholder frames in environmental disputes: The Edwards Aquifer case. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management, College Park, MD.
  • Putnam, L. L., & Taylor, K. (1998, June 19). Media Representation of Stakeholder Frames in Environmental Disputes. Paper presented at the International Association for Conflict Management, College Park, MD.
  • Samuelson, C. D., Putnam, L. L., Peterson, T. R., Kaiser, R., & Taylor, K. (1997, August). Conflict Frames in Multi-party CPR Disputes: The Edwards Aquifer Case. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
  • Sykes, D., & McIntosh, W. A. (1998, July). The ins and outs of gate keeping in a rural health care setting: A case study. Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Meetings, Portland, OR.
  • Sykes, D., McIntosh, W. A., & Alston, L. (1999, August). The little girl was saved: Organizational stories and the adoption and diffusion of telemedicine. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Whitten, G., Palmer, H., & Brookhart, A. M. (1998, August). Non-parametric models of voting behavior in multi-party elections. Paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association.