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Brenda J. Nordenstam
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Studies Coordinator
Office: 108A Marshall Hall
Phone: (315) 470-6573
Fax: (315) 470-6915
Email: bjnorden@esf.edu
Education:
- Ph.D., Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, 1994
- M.S., Industrial Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, 1985
- B.A., Psychology, University of California, Irvine, 1982
- B.S., Animal Science, University of California, Davis, 1980
Research interests:
- Risk perception, communication, and assessment of environmental and public health hazards.
- Contextual factors influencing public/expert differences in perception, valuation, and management of environmental risk.
- Social survey design, analysis, and policy applications.
- Environmental justice, equity, and policy.
- Right-to-know information policy and behavioral decision-making theory
- Eco-tourism: environmental policy and community
Selected Publications:
- Nordenstam, B.J., Lambright, W.H., Berger, M.E. and Little, M.K. (1998). "A Framework for Analysis of Transboundary Institutions for Air Pollution Policy in the United States." Environmental Science and Policy 1(3):231-238.
- Nordenstam, B.J. (1998). "Risk, Economics, and Legislation: Risk Assessment Methodology." Pp. 235-246 in Environmental Biomonitoring: The Biotechnology Ecotoxicology Interface, eds. J. Lynch and A. Wiseman. Cambridge University Press.
- Nordenstam, B.J. (1996). "The Influence of Environmental Uncertainty on Lay Perceptions of Risk and Safety." Pp. 205-226 in Scientific Uncertainty and Its Influence on the Public Participation Process, eds. V. Covello & V. Sublet. Kluwer Press, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
- Nordenstam, B.J. (1995). "Transformation of Grassroots Environmental Justice into Federal Agency Environmental Policy." Pp. 51-65 in AAAS/ EPA Environmental Science and Engineering Fellowship Reports. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.
- Nordenstam, B.J., and DiMento, J.F. (1990). "Right-to-Know: Implications of Risk Communication Research for Regulatory Policy," University of California, Davis Law Review 23(2):333-374.
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