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| Position | Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Undergraduate Education; Professor |
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| Phone | 805.756.2246 |
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| dconn@calpoly.edu | |
| Office | 01-315 |
Education
B.A. (Hons.) in Chemistry, and MA, University of Oxford
D. Phil. in Economics, University of Oxford
Areas of Interest
Environmental Policy and Planning
Pollution Prevention and Control
Evaluation and Assessment
Higher Education Planning and Administration
Planning Experience
Dr. Conn previously held tenured faculty appointments in Planning at UCLA and Virginia Tech. He also served as Associate Director of the University Center for Environmental and Hazardous Materials Studies at Virginia Tech. During his career to date, he has directed grants and contracts valued in excess of $2 million funded by such entities as the National Science foundation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the Virginia Department of Waste Management, and the California Integrated Waste Management Board. He has consulted widely.
Publications
Dr. Conn has authored, co-authored, or edited two books, seven book chapters, twenty-nine referred publication and numerous other articles, reports, reviews, and conference presentations. Some examples follow:
"Waste Reduction: Issues and Policies," Resources Policy, 3, March 1977, pp. 23- 38 (reprinted in: Abert, J., ed., Resource Recovery Guide. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983, pp. 27-40).
"Planning for Resource Recovery: Lessons from the California Experience," Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 44, April 1978, pp. 200-208.
With Elaine C. Warren, "Developing a Tentative Model of Disposal Decisions," Journal of Environmental Systems, 9, 1979-80, pp. 129-144.
Ed., Energy and Material Resources: Attitudes, Values, and Public Policy, AAAS Selected Symposium 75. Boulder: Westview Press, 1983, 206 pp.
"The Economics of Urban Environmental Quality," in Levy, John (Principal Author), Urban & Metropolitan Economics. New York: John Wiley, December 1984, pp. 345-369.
Review of Techniques for Weighing or Valuing the Benefits Associated With Environmental Quality Improvements. Report prepared for the International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, Windsor, Ontario, 1986, 31 pp.
"Reducing Municipal Solid Waste Generation: Lessons from the Seventies," Journal of Resource Management and Technology, 16, April 1988, pp. 24-27.
"Managing Household Hazardous Waste," Journal of American Planning Association, 55, Spring 1989, pp. 192-203.
With Rich, Richard C., "Communicating About Ecosystem Risk," in Cairns, John Jr., Niederlehner, B. R., and Orvos, D. R., eds., Predicting Ecosystem Risk. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Scientific Publishing Co., 1992.
With Rich, Richard C., and William L. Owens, "Strategies for Effective Risk Communication Under SARA Title III: Perspectives From Research and Practice," The Environmental Professional, 14, 1992, pp. 220-227 (reprinted in: Lemons, John, ed., Readings from the Environmental Professional: Risk Assessment. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Science, 1995).
"Initiating the Development of an Integrated Waste Management Curriculum," Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 8, 1993, pp. 55-61.
With Robinson, Janet E., Paul Thompson, and Leon Geyer, Issues in Underground Storage Tank Management: Tank Closure and Financial Assurance. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 1993, 298 pp.
With Rich, Richard C., and William L. Owens, "Indirect Regulation of Environmental Hazards Through the Provision of Information to the Public: The Case of SARA Title III," Policy Studies Journal, 21, Spring 1993, pp. 16-34.
With Rich, Richard C. "Using Automated Emergency Notification Systems to Inform the Public: A Field Experiment," Risk Analysis, 15, 1995, pp. 23-28.
"Comprehensive Assessment of Used Oil Program." Sacramento: California: Integrated WasteManagement Board, 2005, 164 pp.
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