Education

• Ph.D., Political Science, Washington State University, 1984
• M.A., Political Science, Washington State University, 1981
• B.A., Government/Economics, Eastern Washington University, 1979

Professional Experience

• 2005 - Visiting Professor, Environmental Resource Management, American University in Bulgaria.
• 2005 to present - Adjunct Professor, Water Resources Policy and Management Graduate Program.
• 2003 to present - Director, Master of Public Policy Program, Oregon State University.
• 2003 - Fulbright Scholar, Public Administration, University of Botswana.
• 2003 to present - Adjunct Professor, Marine Resource Management Program.
• 2001 - Professor, Political Science, Oregon State University.
• 1998 to 2001 - Associate Professor, Political Science, Oregon State University.
• 1998-present - Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program.
• 1995 to 1998 - Director, Master of Public Affairs Program, Washington State University.
• 1995 to 1998 - Associate Professor, Political Science, Washington State University.
• 1995 - Visiting Professor, Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
• 1992 to 1995 - Assistant Professor, Political Science, Washington State University.
• 1990 to 1992 - Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science, Oregon State University.
• 1984 to 1990 - Assistant Professor, Political Science, Oakland University.

Recent Grants:

• Co-Principal Investigator, “International Comparative Rural Policy Studies Summer Institutes,” USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant (2009-2012) $321,955.
• Co-Principal Investigator, "Water Reuse in Corvallis, Oregon: Public Opinion and a Plan for Public Participation," USDI Geological Survey, (2008-2009) $12,508. 
• Co-Principle Investigator, "Blue Revolution Initiative: Regional Water Management Benchmarking in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region, USAID/Egypt (2008-2010) $308,255. [with International Resources Group and OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds]
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Human Dimensions of Wave Energy,” Oregon Wave Energy Trust (2008-2009) $110,000. 
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Changing Federal County Payments Policy and Rural Oregon Counties: Impacts and Options,” The Ford Family Foundation, (2007-2008) $18,000. 
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Development of a Model Community Data Base,” The Ford Family Foundation, (2006-2007) $27,000. 
• Principal Investigator, “The Role of Science and Scientists in the Environmental Policy Process: A Comparative Analysis of Bulgaria and the United States,” INTREU Program, National Science Foundation, (2004-2005) $36,270.
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Changing Expectations for Science and Scientists in Natural Resource Decision Making: A Case Study of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program,” National Science Foundation, (2004-2008) $200,000.
• Principal Investigator, “Analysis of Project Vote Smart’s Youth Inclusion Program,” The Pew Charitable Trusts, (2004) $68,000.
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Understanding the Role of Knowledge in Public Support of Salmon Restoration and Sustainable Pacific Fisheries,” Oregon Sea Grant, (2002-2004) $91,554.
• Principal Investigator, “A Program for Collaborative Public Affairs Education and Research: Oregon State University and Sakhalin State University (Russia).” U.S. Department of State, University Affiliations Program (2000-2004) $249,616.
• Principal Investigator, “National Youth Platform,” The Pew Charitable Trusts. The grant supports the creation and distribution of a National Youth Platform, designed to highlight the major issue concerns of youth (16 to 25 years of age) by encouraging the media and elected officials to listen to their concerns while inviting young people to become more involved in the electoral process. (2000-2001) $325,000.
• Co-Principal Investigator, “Understanding the Changing Role of Scientists and Scientific Information in Natural Resource Decision Making: A Pilot Study with the Long Term Environmental Research Program,” National Science Foundation (1998-2000) $75,164 

• Richard Clucas, Mark Henkels and Brent S. Steel, “The Politics of One Oregon: Causes and Consequences of the Rural-Urban Divide and Prospects for Overcoming It,” in One Oregon (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, forthcoming).
• Brent S. Steel, Rebecca L. Warner and Denise Lach, “Gender Differences in Support for Scientific Involvement in U.S. Environmental Policy,” Science, Technology, and Human Values (forthcoming).
• Brent S. Steel, Rebecca L. Warner and Denise Lach, "Changing Expectations for Science and Scientists in Natural Resource and Environmental Policy," International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 3(2009): 1-12.
• Brent S. Steel, “Book Review Perspective: T. Nordhaus and Shellenberger, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Responsibility,” Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy  5(2009): 1-3.
• Brent S. Steel, "Common Sense versus Symbolism: The Case for Public Involvement in the Old Growth Debate," pp. 116-126 in T. Spies and S. Duncan (eds.) Old Growth in a New World: A Pacific Northwest Icon Reexamined (Island Press, 2009).
• Brent S. Steel, Rebecca L. Warner and Alex Johnson, "Environmental NGOs and Science Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Bulgaria and the U.S.," Journal of Environmental Systems 31(2004-05; published in 2008): 141-157.
• Brent S. Steel, Sarah Henderson and Rebecca L. Warner, "NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Bulgaria and the U.S.: A Comparative Analysis," Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 20(2007): 35-52.
• Brent S. Steel and Rebecca L. Warner, "Global Academia: The State of Environmental Learning and Awareness," pp. 233-255 in Khi V. Thai, Dianne Rahm, and Jerrell D.Coggburn (eds.) Handbook of Globalization and the Environment (Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis, 2007).
• Brent S. Steel, Denise Lach and Vijay Satyal, "Ideology and Scientific Credibility: Environmental Policy in the American Pacific Northwest," Public Understanding of Science 15(2006): 481-495.
• Brent S. Steel, "Saving Wild Salmon: Moving from Symbolic Politics to Effective Policy," pp. 517-532 in R. Lackey and D. Lach (eds.) Salmon 2100 Project: Alternative Futures for Pacific Salmon (Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society, 2006).
• Brent S. Steel, "Ocean and Coastal Literacy in the United States," Sea Technology (July, 2006): 45-49.
• Richard Clucas, Mark Henkels, and Brent Steel (eds.) Oregon Politics and Government: Progressive versus Conservative Populism (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
• Brent S. Steel and Denise Lach, "Environmental Policy," pp. 225-241 in R. Clucas, M. Henkels, and B. Steel (eds.) Oregon State and Local Politics (University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
• Brent S. Steel and William Lunch, "Education Policy," pp. 270-286 in R. Clucas, M. Henkels, and B. Steel (eds.) Oregon State and Local Politics (University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
• Brent S. Steel and Mary Ann Steger, "Death Penalty: Crime Deterrent or Legalized Homicide?" pp. 89-120 in R. Tatalovich and B. Daynes (eds.) Social Regulatory Policy (M.E. Sharpe, 2005).
• Brent S. Steel, Court Smith, Laura Opsommer, Sara Curiel and Ryan-Warner-Steel, "Public Ocean Literacy in the United States," Ocean and Coastal Management 48(2005): 97-114.
• Brent S. Steel, Nicholas Lovrich, Denise Lach and Valentina Fomenko, "Correlates and Consequences of Public Knowledge Concerning Ocean Fisheries Management Issues," Coastal Management 33(2005): 37-51.
• Brent S. Steel, Peter List, Denise Lach, and Bruce Shindler, "The Role of Scientists in the Environmental Policy Process: A Case Study from the American West," Environmental Science and Policy 7(2004): 1-13.
• Brent S. Steel, Richard Clinton and Nicholas Lovrich, Environmental Politics and Policy: A Comparative Perspective (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003).
• Denise Lach, Peter List, Brent S. Steel, and Bruce Shindler, "Advocacy and Credibility of Ecological Scientists in Resource Decision-Making: A Regional Study," Bioscience 53(2003): 171-179.
• Brent S. Steel and Edward Weber, "Ecosystem Management and Public Opinion in the United States," pp. 76-92 in B. Shindler, T. Beckley, and C. Finley (eds.) Two paths Toward Sustainable Forests: Public Values in Canada and the United States (Oregon State University Press, 2003).
• Alana S. Jeydel and Brent S. Steel, "Public Attitudes Toward the Initiative Process in Oregon: A Research Note," State and Local Government Review 34(2002): 173-182
• Brent S. Steel, Denise Lach, Peter List, and Bruce Shindler "The Role of Scientists in the Natural Resource Policy Process: A Comparison of Canadian and American Publics," Journal of Environmental Systems 28(2001): 133-155.
• Brent S. Steel and Edward Weber, "Ecosystem Management, Devolution, and Public Opinion," Global Environmental Change 11(2001): 119-131.