Curriculum Vitae:  Mark N.  Lubell, Ph.D.

 

Associate Professor                                                                           

Department of Environmental Science and Policy                                         

One Shields Avenue                                                          

University of California, Davis                                                         

Davis, CA 95616                                  

(530) 752-5880

mnlubell@ucdavis.edu

http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lubell/

 

Education

 

Ph.D.(8/99) Political Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook    

                Major:  Public Policy; Minor:  Political Psychology, Quantitative Methodology    

M. A. (12/96) in Political Science, SUNY at Stony Brook

B.A. (6/93) in Political Science, University of California San Diego

 

Awards

 

2006 Distinguished University of California, Davis Educator. 

2005 Excellence in Education Award ASUCD Academic Affairs Commission, Nominee.

 

Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Best Paper at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association

 

Journal Articles

 

 

Efferson, Charles, Peter J. Richerson, Mark Lubell, Ed Edsten, Timothy M. Waring, Brian Paciotti, and William Baum.  2006.  "Learning, Productivity, Noise:  An Experimental Study of Cultural Transmission on the Bolivian Altiplano."  Evolution and Human Behavior,  In Press.

 

Lubell, Mark.  2006.  "Familiarity Breeds Trust: Collective Action in a Policy Domain."  Journal of Politics, In Press.

 

Zahran, Sammy, Eunyi Kim, Xi Chen, and Mark Lubell.  2006.  "Ecological Development and Global Climate Change: A Cross-national Study of Kyoto Protocol Ratification."  Society and Natural Resources, In press.

 

Lubell, Mark, Arnold Vedlitz, and Sammy Zahran. 2006.  "Collective Action, Environmental Activism, and Air Quality Policy."  Political Research Quarterly 59(1):  149-160.

 

McElreath, Richard, Mark Lubell, Peter J. Richerson, Timothy Waring, William Baum, Edward Edsten, Charles Efferson, and Brian Paciotti.  2005.  "Applying Evolutionary Models to the Laboratory Study of Social Learning".  Evolution and Human Behavior 26(6):  483-508.

 

Lubell, Mark, Richard Feiock, and Edgar Ramirez.  2005.  "Political Institutions and Conservation by Local Governments." Urban Affairs Review 40 (6):  706-729.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2004.  “Collaborative Watershed Management: A View from the Grassroots.”  Policy Studies Journal 32 (3):  321-341.    

 

Lubell, Mark. 2004.  “Collaborative Environmental Institutions:  All Talk and No Action?”   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 23(3):  549-573. 

 

Weible, Chris, Paul Sabatier, and Mark Lubell. 2004. "A Comparison of a Collaborative and Top-Down Approach to the Use of Science in Policy: Establishing Marine Protected Areas in California."  Policy Studies Journal, 32(2): 187-207.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2004.  “Resolving Conflict and Building Cooperation in the National Estuary Program.”   Environmental Management 33 (5):  677-691

 

Lubell, Mark.  2003. “Collaborative Institutions, Belief Systems, and Perceived Policy Effectiveness”  Political Research Quarterly 56(3):  309-323.     

 

Schneider, Mark, John T. Scholz, Mark Lubell, Denisa Mindruta, and Matthew Edwardsen.  2003 “Building Consensual Institutions:  Networks and the National Estuary Program.  American Journal of Political Science 47:  143-158.

 

Lubell, Mark.  2002.  “Environmental Activism as Collective Action.”  Environment and Behavior 34:  431-454.

 

Lubell, Mark, Mark Schneider, John T. Scholz, and Mihriye Mete. 2002.  “Watershed Partnerships and the Emergence of Collective Action Institutions.”  American Journal of Political Science 46:  148-163. 

 

Lubell, Mark and John T. Scholz. 2001.  “Cooperation, Reciprocity, and the Collective-Action Heuristic.”  American Journal of Political Science 45:  160-178.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2000. “Cognitive Conflict and Consensus Building in the National Estuary Program.”  American Behavioral Scientist 44:  629-648

 

Lubell, Mark.  1999.  “VOTE:  An Example of Computer-Assisted Experimentation Using Visual Basic.”  The Political Psychologist 4:  21-23.

 

Scholz, John T. and Mark Lubell.  1998.  “Adaptive Political Attitudes: Duty, Trust and Fear as Monitors of Tax Policy.”  American Journal of Political Science 42: 398-417.

 

Scholz, John T. and Mark Lubell.  1998.  “Trust and Taxpaying: Testing the Heuristic Approach to Collective Action.”  American Journal of Political Science 42: 903-920.

 

Books

 

Sabatier, Paul, Will Focht, Mark Lubell, Zev Trachterberg, Arnold Vedlitz, and Marty Matlock.  2005.  Swimming Upstream:  Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management . Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press

 

Book Chapters

 

Lubell, Mark. 2005.  "Public Learning and Grassroots Cooperation."  In, Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict, ed. John T. Scholz and Bruce Stiftel. Resources for the Future Press, In Press.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2005. “Do Watershed Partnerships Enhance Beliefs Conducive to Collective Action?”  In Paul Sabatier et. al, ed. Swimming Upstream:  Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management . Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press

 

Lubell, Mark, Paul. A. Sabatier, Arnold Vedlitz, Will Focht, Zev Trachtenberg, and Marty Matlock.  2005.  In Paul Sabatier et. al, ed. Swimming Upstream:  Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management . Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press

 

Sabatier, Paul A.  William D. Leach, Mark Lubell, and Neil Pelkey. 2005.  "Theoretical Frameworks Explaining Partnership Success."  In Paul Sabatier et. al, ed. Swimming Upstream:  Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management . Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press

 

Sabatier, Paul A., Will Focht, Mark Lubell, Zev Trachtenberg, Arnold Vedlitz, and Marty Matlock. 2005.  "Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management."  In Paul Sabatier et. al, ed. Swimming Upstream:  Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management . Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press

 

Lubell, Mark. 2003.  “Monitoring the Tax Contract:  Heuristic Aids to Contractual Compliance”.  In John T. Scholz, ed.  The IRS and the American Taxpayer: Can Credible Commitments Create Contractual Compliance? Book manuscript under development. 

 

 

Grants

 

As Faculty

 

California Policy Research Center ($34,900).  "Farmer Cooperation in California Watershed Groups."  Principal Investigator: Mark Lubell.  Awarded 7/2005

 

NSF Grant # 0455009 ($90,000).  " Laboratory Models of Cultural Evolution: Fitting Theoretical Models to Experimental Data Principal Investigators:  Peter Richerson, Mark Lubell, Richard McElreath.  Awarded 3/2005.

 

NSF Grant # BCS-0340148 ($79,990).  “EITM:  Cultural Evolution and Human Behavior: Linking Theory and Empirical Research."  Principal Investigators:  Peter Richerson, Mark Lubell, Richard McElreath.  Awarded 5/2004.

 

NSF Grant # SES-0350799 ($104, 042). “Collaborative Research on Institutions and Land-Use Politics.”  Principal Investigators: Mark Lubell and Richard Feiock.  Awarded 11/2003.

 

Russell Sage Foundation ($120,000).  “Trust and Watershed Management.”  Principal Investigator:  Mark Lubell.  Awarded 11/2001.

 

Florida State University, Council on Research and Creativity.  First Year Assistant Professor Award.  Awarded 7/2000.

 

As Graduate Student*

 

EPA/NSF STAR Grant ($100,000).  “Negotiating for Sustainable Development: An Evaluation of the CBEP Decision Process.”  Principal Investigator: John T. Scholz.  Awarded 7/98.

 

NSF Grant #SBR9729505 ($215,000).  “The Politics of Cooperation: Community-Based Environmental Protection.”  Principal Investigator: John T. Scholz.  Awarded 1/98.*

 

NSF Grant #SBR9515344 ($65,000).  “Democracy and Collective Action: Strategies, Heuristics, and Cooperation.”  Principal Investigator: John T. Scholz.  Awarded 1/96.*

 

*Note: Although graduate students are not allowed to be principal investigators, I was a co-author on the original applications and a major participant in the research.

 

Recent Conference Presentations

 

Lubell, Mark, Sammy Zahran, and Arnold Vedlitz.  2005.  "Collective Action and Citizen Response to Global Warming".  Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

 

Lubell, Mark, Sammy Zahran, and Arnold Vedlitz.  2005.  "Collective Action and Citizen Response to Global Warming".  Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Oakland, CA.

 

Lubell, Mark and William D. Leach. 2005.  "Watershed Partnerships: Evaluating a Collaborative Form of Public Participation."  Prepared for the National Research Council’s Panel on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making , February 3-4, Washington D.C.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2004.  "Institutions and the Evolution of Cooperation: An Agent-Based Model".  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2004.  "Collaborative Management: A View from the Grassroots."  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Feiock, Richard C, Mark Lubell, and Moon-Gi Jeong. 2003. “The Politics of Local Land Use Governance.”  Paper presented at 61st Annual National Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, April 3-6, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Lubell, Mark.  2002.  “Consensual Environmental Institutions:  All Talk and No Action?” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2001.  Participant, Workshop on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making.  National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change.  Washington, D.C. 

 

Lubell, Mark. 2001.  “Do Watershed Partnerships Change Collective-Action Beliefs?”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2001. “The National Estuary Program and Stakeholder Beliefs about Collective Action.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2000. “The National Estuary Program and Stakeholder Beliefs about Collective Action.”  Presented at the EPA Workshop on Stakeholder Involvement in Natural Resource Decision-making, Texas A&M University. 

 

Lubell, Mark. 2000.  “Attitudinal Support for Environmental Governance:  Do Institutions Matter?” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C.

 

Lubell, Mark. 2000.  “Attitudinal Support for Environmental Governance:  Do Institutions Matter?”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Lubell, Mark.  1999.  “Cooperative Attitudes and Institutional Innovation:  The Case of the National Estuary Program.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Lubell, Mark, Mihriye Mete, Mark Schneider, and John T. Scholz.  1998.  “Cooperation, Transaction Costs, and Community-Based Environmental Protection.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston.

 

Lubell, Mark.  1998.  “Cooperation, Sustainability, and the National Estuary Program.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Lubell, Mark and John T. Scholz.  1997.  “Institutions and Heuristics as Social Capital in Experimental Social Dilemmas.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC.

 

Lubell, Mark and John T. Scholz.  1997.  “Reciprocity, Social Capital, and Adaptive Learning in Social Dilemmas.”  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Scholz, John T. and Mark Lubell.  1996.  “Attitudinal Heuristics and Compliance:  Do Tax Increases Reduce Attitudinal Support for Tax Compliance?”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Nickelsburg, Michael, and Mark Lubell.  1996.  “Interest Group Strategies in a Pluralist Democracy.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.

 

Professional Service

 

National Service

10/04-9/05.  Science, Technology and Environmental Policy section of the American Political Science Association.  Section Head for 2005 Annual Conferences of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC.

7/03-Current Editor-in-Chief, STEP Ahead, newsletter for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy section of the American Political Science Association

 

 

UC Davis

4/05-Current, Advisory Board for Common Ground: Center for Cooperative Solutions, UC Davis Extension

3/05: Panel Member and Organizer, "Fear and Fishing in Lake Davis: Workshop on Collaborative Management", 2/05: Panel Member and Organizer, "Roundtable on the Death of Environmentalism" 

7/04-Current.  Member, Curriculum Committee for Sustainable Agriculture Undergraduate Major. 

1/03-Current EPAP Graduate Committee

 

Florida State University

8/01-8/03  Department of Political Science Executive Committee

11/99-8/03.  Department of Political Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

 

Reviewer

American Political Science Review

American Journal of Political Science

Journal of Politics
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

National Science Foundation

Land Use Policy

Congressional Quarterly Press

United States Department of Agriculture

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Environmental Management

Biological Conservation

Journal of Environmental Management

Urban Affairs Review

Policy Studies Journal

 

Teaching Experience

 

Assistant Professor.  Fall 2002-Present.  Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis.

Assistant Professor.  Fall 1999—Spring 2002.  Department of Political Science, Florida State University.

Instructor. Fall 1997-Spring 1998.  Department of Political Science SUNY at Stony Brook.

 

Graduate Classes

Social Networks and Animal Behavior

Introduction to Public Policy

 

Graduate Student Mentor

Chris Weible (2003-2005), Marine Reserve and Collaborative Policy

Adam Henry (2005-Current), Collaborative Land-Use and Transportation Planning

Patricia Pinho (2003-Current), Fisheries conservation in Brazil

Jeremy Brooks (2003-Current), Conservation and development in Bhutan

Kevin Welch (2005-Current), Conservation and development in Brazil

Kelly Garbach (2006-Current), Sustainable Agriculture

 

Undergraduate Classes

Understanding Environmental Activism

Water Policy and Politics

Public Land Management

Environmental Politics and Policy

Institutions and Society

Interest Groups in American Democracy

Introduction to Public Policy

Understanding Political Science Research and Methods

 

Undergraduate Student Mentor

Directed Independent Study, 2005: Kimberly Stackhouse, Collaborative Range Management, UC Davis

FSU Honors Program, 2001-2002, Chair:  Jason Rodriguez, Policy Subsystems in the Everglades

Directed Independent Study, 2002:  Bradley Ellis, Watershed Management, FSU

Directed Independent Study, 2001:  Kayne Karnbach, Race and Environmental Attitudes, FSU

Directed Independent Study, 2000:  Reid Schermer, Watershed Partnerships in Florida, FSU

 

Academic and Research Appointments

 

7/06-Current

Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis.

 

8/02-6/06

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis.

 

8/99-8/02 

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Florida State University.

 

5/95 to 7/99. 

Research Associate, Department of Political Science, SUNY at Stony Brook

Graduate Advisor:  John Scholz; Graduate Director:  Paul Teske.

 

8/94 to 6/95.

Research Associate, The Center for Regional Policy Studies, SUNY at Stony Brook.  Executive Director:  Lee Koppelman.

 

Consulting Experience

 

2002.  US Environmental Protection Agency, Watershed Academy. 

2000.   Kaiser Health. 

 

Research Interests

 

Environmental politics and policy

Politics of watershed management

The economics and psychology of collective action

Institutional change in public policy and administration

Democratic accountability and citizen participation in public policy

 

Teaching Interests

 

Environmental politics and policy

Public policy

Neoinstitutional political economy

Bureaucracy/regulation

Applied methodology

 

Professional Affiliations

 

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

Western Political Science Association