Dear Colleagues, Apologies for this second message -- please find below a slightly amended version of the ballot, to clarify in his brief biography that Wil Burns is running for the position of Chair of ESS, rather than for the Executive Committee.
Thanks to all! Best, the Nominations Committee > Dear Colleagues, > > This is a message for those of you who are members of the International > Studies Association Environmental Studies Section: > > The Nominations Committee of the ISA ESS invites you to vote for ESS > officers. Please do NOT reply to the Gep-ed list; please send all emails to > [email protected] or [email protected]. > > All ESS members are welcome to vote electronically or in person. If you > will be in attendance at the annual ESS business meeting, you may vote in > person during the 2015 ISA Convention in New Orleans (the ESS business > meeting will be held on Friday, February 20, 12:30-1:30pm in the River room > of Hilton New Orleans Riverside). > > If you will not be able to attend the section meeting in New Orleans, > please send your votes via email to [email protected] by > Monday, February 16, 6:00 pm EST, at the latest. The committee will > tabulate email votes and bring them to the business meeting to be counted > together with in-person ballots. > > If you choose to vote electronically, the ballot is copied below in this > email, and also attached as a Word document. > > Please vote, and please vote only once! > > Some offices have more than one opening, as noted on the ballot. Please > vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies. If you have any > questions, feel free to contact the committee at > [email protected], or Kate Neville at [email protected]. > > > Thank you for your continued support of the Environmental Studies Section, > > With best wishes, > the ESS Nominations Committee > > > > ***** > *ESS 2015 Ballot* > > The positions for election are: Chair, Vice-Chair, Executive Committee (3 > openings), Nominations Committee (2 openings), Sprout Committee (4 > openings), and GEP liaison (1 opening). > > The candidates for each position/committee are listed, along with a brief > biography for each. > > Please indicate your choices with an "X" beside the candidate's name, or > write down the candidate names of your choices for each. > > > *Chair (2-year term)* > *1 vacancy, 2 candidates:* > > *(1) Susan Park* > Susan Park is an Associate Professor in International Relations at the > University of Sydney. Her research focuses on how state and non-state > actors use processes of formal and informal influence to make international > organizations, particularly the Multilateral Development Banks, greener and > more accountable. Her most recent article on this is published in Pacific > Review. Her book T*he World Bank Group and Environmentalists: Changing > International Organisation Identities *was published by Manchester > University Press (2010). She co-edited a volume titled *Owning > Development: Creating Global Policy Norms in the IMF and the World Bank*, > with Cambridge University Press in 2010. Susan is currently co-investigator > of a long-term research project and network on Accountability in Global > Environmental Governance with Dr Teresa Kramarz (University of Toronto). > > *(2) Wil Burns* > I currently serve as the Co-Executive Director of the Forum for Climate > Engineering Assessment and previously directed the Energy Policy & Climate > program at Johns Hopkins University. My research agenda in our field > focuses on climate change law and policy issues. I am also (through June > 2015) the President of the Association of Environmental Studies and > Sciences (AESS), and a member of the ESS Sprout Committee (through 2015). I > am interested in serving as Chair of the ESS because I hope to help expand > its outreach and education missions in the same manner that I have with > AESS and other organizations. Among the ideas that I have are creation of a > podcasting series highlighting the scholarship of our members, an > initiative to increase collaboration with other environmental service > organizations, and an effort to increase participation by undergraduate > students in our section’s activities. > > > *Vice Chair (2-year term)* > *1 vacancy, 1 candidate:* > > *(1) Fariborz Zelli* > Fariborz Zelli is Associate Professor at the Department of Political > Science at Lund University. Prior to joining Lund University in 2012, he > worked at the German Development Institute and the Tyndall Centre for > Climate Change Research. Since 2011, he has served in the executive and > Sprout Award committees of the ISA’s Environmental Studies Section of the > International Studies Association. He is also a board member of the Global > Environmental Change Section of the German Political Science Association > (DVPW). His publications include a special issue of Global Environmental > Politics on institutional fragmentation (2013, as guest editor) and *Global > Climate Governance Beyond 2012 *(2010, Cambridge University Press). > > > *Executive Committee (6 members, rolling 2-year terms)* > *3 vacancies, 3 candidates* > > *(1) Juliann Emmons Allison* > Juliann Emmons Allison is Associate Professor of Gender & Sexuality > Studies and Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. Her > research and teaching interests emphasize political economy, environmental > politics and policy, and community-based social change, especially as it > relates to the gendered dimensions environmental sustainability and > conflict resolution. Her research has been funded by the National Science > Foundation, the California Energy Commission, the California Department of > Transportation, the Energy Foundation and the Haynes Foundation. Recent > work appears in *Collaborative Anthropologies, Global Environmental > Politics, International Feminist Journal of Politics, International > Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law, and Economics*, and the *Journal > of the Motherhood Initiative.* > > *(2) Shannon Orr* > Shannon Orr, Ph.D. I am an Associate Professor of political science and > graduate coordinator at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH > USA). Academically I have published extensively in areas of climate > change, national parks, stakeholder collaboration and research methodology > (survey design). I have participated in two UNFCCC COPs (Delhi and > Copenhagen), as well as Rio+20 in 2012. In 2014 I published a book on > environmental policymaking and stakeholder collaboration with CRC Press > (Taylor Francis Group). I am currently writing a second book on invasive > species. I am also in the early stages of developing a new initiative > called Capacity Building for Sustainable Development (CB4SD) to provide > capacity building tools to international NGOs. Professionally, one of the > issues I am most concerned about is mentoring for junior scholars (graduate > students, tenure track and non-tenure track faculty; as well as those > considering careers outside of academia). On a personal note I am > originally from Canada; and I enjoy curling, running, and counting down the > days until the snow melts and the weather warms up. > > *(3) Samuel Barkin* > Samuel Barkin is Professor of Global Governance in the McCormack Graduate > School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts > Boston. His work on global environmental politics focuses on environment > and international organizations, trade and environment, and the politics of > international fisheries governance. His books include *Saving Global > Fisheries: Reducing Fishing Capacity to Promote Sustainability* > (co-authored with Elizabeth R. DeSombre) and *Anarchy and the > Environment: The International Relations of Common Pool Resources* > (co-edited with George Shambaugh). He has been a member of ESS since > forever, and has served in the past in many capacities, including Executive > Committee member, and chair of both the nominating and Sprout Award > committees. He is also immediate past President of ISA-Northeast. > > > *Nominations Committee (4 members, rolling 2-year terms)* > > *2 vacancies, 2 candidates* > > *(1) Teresa Kramarz* > Teresa Kramarz is the Director of Munk One, a program for first year > undergraduate students at the Munk School of Global Affairs in the > University of Toronto, and Deputy Director of the Master of Global > Affairs. An expert on international organizations and global governance, > with emphasis on global environmental politics, her work has examined the > impact of the World Bank’s public-private partnerships on democracy, > innovation, and financially sustainable conservation governance, the > legitimacy of the World Bank as a global knowledge actor, and the > local/global relationship in the provision of global public goods in Latin > America. She is currently co-director of the international research network > “Accountability in Global Environmental Governance.” She has current and > upcoming publications with *Review of Policy Research, Global > Environmental Politics*, Springer, Oxford University Press, and the > Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition. Dr. Kramarz has > extensive experience in her field having worked on project development, > implementation and evaluation for almost ten years with the World Bank, the > United Nations Development Programme, the Food and Agricultural > Organization, and the Canadian International Development Agency. > > *(2) Tabitha Benney* > Tabitha Benney, PhD (University of California, Santa Barbara 2013): Dr. > Benney is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and > affiliated faculty in the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program > and the Center on Global Change and Sustainability at the University of > Utah. In Fall 2014, she also began her tenure as the Editor of the > Hinckley Journal of Politics. Prior to joining the department, Prof. > Benney was a Junior Program Officer in the Policy and Global Affairs > Division of the US National Academy of Sciences. Prof. Benney teaches in > the fields of International Relations, International Political Economy, and > Energy and Environmental Politics. Her work has been published in *The > Review of International Political Economy, The World Financial Review* > and *Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change*. Her new book > entitled,* Making Environmental Markets Work: The Varieties of > Capitalism in Emerging Economies* was published by Routledge Press in > December 2014. > > > > *Sprout Committee (5 members, rolling 2-year terms)* > > *3 (or 4*) vacancies, 4 candidates* > > *Note: Fariborz Zelli is one of the continuing Sprout Committee members. > He is running uncontested for Vice-Chair. If he is confirmed as Vice-Chair, > he will step down from Sprout, so there will be 4 vacancies on the > Committee. Please select your top three choices for candidates for Sprout > with an X. Please indicate if you are in support of the fourth candidate > joining the Committee (if Fariborz steps down) with a “4” beside his/her > name. > > *(1) Josh Gellers* > Josh Gellers, PhD, LEED Green Associate, is an Assistant Professor in the > Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University > of North Florida and Honorary Fellow at the Southasia Institute of Advanced > Studies in Nepal. His research focuses on environmental law and policy in > general, and environmental rights in particular. Josh’s work has appeared > in *International Environmental Agreements, Journal of Environmental Law > and Litigation, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment* > (forthcoming), *Review of Policy Research*, and *Sustainability Science*. > He received the 2013 Graduate Student Paper Award from the Environmental > Studies Section of ISA. Josh runs Enviro Rights Map ( > www.envirorightsmap.org), a free Google maps-based website which catalogs > constitutional environmental rights throughout the world. He holds a B.A. > in Political Science from the University of Florida, an M.A. in Climate and > Society from Columbia University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political > Science from UC Irvine. > > *(2) Raul Pacheco-Vega* > Raul Pacheco-Vega is an Assistant Professor in the Public Administration > Division of the Centre for Economic Research and Teaching, CIDE (Centro de > Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, CIDE, AC) based out of CIDE Region > Centro in Aguascalientes, Mexico. His research is interdisciplinary, with a > specialization in comparative public policy, global sanitation and water > governance, and is Associate Editor of the *Journal of Environmental > Sciences and Studies* and has served on the Executive Committee of > ISA-ESS from 2013 to 2015. Raul also sits on the editorial boards of *Global > Environmental Politics, Water International, Journal of Environmental > Sciences and Studies* and *URBANA: Urban Affairs and Policy Research*. > > *(3) Rachel Tiller * > Dr. Tiller holds a PhD in Political Science from the Norwegian University > of Science and Technology (NTNU) on regime analysis in the North East > Atlantic under future scenarios of a changing resource base. She currently > works at the research institute SINTEF, where her work centers on marine > and coastal interdisciplinary research at all levels of analysis, from > local stakeholders to international regimes. Her expertise is in > governance, policy mitigation and stakeholder adaptation, stakeholder > driven future scenario building and qualitative based/quantitative output > methodologies of Systems Thinking and Bayesian Belief Networks. Her > background also includes valuable experience working in international and > inter-disciplinary project consortiums, both national and international, on > a variety of topics related to anthropogenic and climatic changes to the > marine environment that has an influence on stakeholders. She is a > Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of the Leiv Eirksson Mobility Fund for > 2011-2012 for an inter-disciplinary project in Southern California on > building management scenarios about the effects of offshore aquaculture on > stakeholders in the area. She is furthermore Operational Leader for the EU > project OCEAN-CERTAIN, Coordinator of the Gemini Center for Sustainable > Fisheries, GeminiFish and finally, the webmaster for the ESS website. > > *(4) Fengshi Wu* > Fengshi Wu (BA from Peking University, PhD from University of Maryland), > Associate Professor, is specialized in social forces in global politics and > governance, environmental politics, and political transition in China. She > is a leading expert on China’s environmental politics and social activism. > Before joining Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang > Technological University, in Singapore, she taught at the Chinese > University of Hong Kong (2005-2013) and was visiting fellow at the > Harvard-Yenching Institute (2008-09). She was among the inaugural class of > graduate fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences > (2004). Her recent publications include “Environmental Activism and Protest > in East Asia” (in Graeme Lang and Paul Harris ed. *Routledge Handbook of > Environment and Society in Asia,* 2014), “Sino-American Environmental > Relations: The Potential of Trans-Societal Linkages” (*Issues and Studies*. > Vol. 49/3, 2013), “Environmental Activism in Provincial China: Comparative > Evidence from Guangdong and Guangxi” (*Journal of Environmental Policy > and Planning*, Vol. 15/1, 2012: 89-108), “Graduated Control and Beyond: > The Evolving Governance over Social Organizations in China” (*China > Perspectives*, Vol. 2012/3: 9-17), “Strategic State Engagement in > Transnational Activism: AIDS Prevention in China” (*Journal of > Contemporary China,* Vol. 20, 2011; 621-637), “Environmental Politics in > China: An Issue Area in Review” (*Journal of Chinese Political Science*, > Vol. 14, No. 4, 2009: 383-406), “Global Regime Formation or Complex > Institution Building? The Principled Content of International River > Agreements.” (*International Studies Quarterly*, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2006: > 263-285). > > > *Representative to the Global Environmental Politics editorial board > (3-year term)* > *1 vacancy, 1 candidate:* > > *(1) Mark Axelrod* > Mark Axelrod is Associate Professor in Michigan State University’s James > Madison College (public affairs) and Department of Fisheries & Wildlife. He > holds a PhD in Political Science from Duke University, and a JD from > Stanford University. Mark studies cross-issue and multi-level linkages in > environmental governance. Recent and ongoing research addresses Indian > marine fishing responses to trade liberalization and mobile phone > introduction, and the EC-Chile swordfish dispute in WTO and UNCLOS forums. > Recent scholarship is published in *Global Environmental Politics, > European Journal of International Relations,* and *Conservation & Society*. > Mark has also developed case study materials for courses in International > Environmental Law/Policy, Democracy and Environment, Public International > Law, and International Political Economy. He also co-facilitated a workshop > on conservation options for Malawian government, industry and NGO > participants. Mark is a member of the UN/IDLO program “Legal Preparedness > for Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets”, and the United Planet Faith > & Science Initiative. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. 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ESS 2015 Ballot_February 2015.docx
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