• Professor, Political Science

William Lowry

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• Ph.D. in Political Science at Stanford University
• M.A. in Political Science at Stanford University
• M.B.A. in Business Administration at University of Illinois at Chicago
• B.S. in Business Administration at Indiana University

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Earth Day 2004 Sustainable management of big rivers is topic of forum, April 22 April 5, 2004 -- Photo courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Barge traffic makes its way through a lock on the Upper Mississippi. "Our Rivers: A Sustainable Resource?" is the focus of a public education forum that four Washington University faculty will lead as part of a community-wide symposium being held in conjunction with the 5th annual St. Louis Earth Day Celebration, April 22-23. The sustainable rivers program will be held April 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature Washington University faculty Charles Buescher, professor of environmental engineering, Robert Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences and William Lowry, Ph.D., professor of political science in Arts & Sciences. The colloquium will provide a background history of the rivers in our region and their various uses in transportation, agriculture, power production, recreation and public water supply.

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Analysis: Bush energy plan fails to excite United Press International and 2 others April 29, 2005 -- The Bush administration is stepping up efforts to meet the nation's growing energy needs amid spiraling oil prices, but some analysts are skeptical about how effective the proposals will be to address the problem. WUSTL political science professor and environmental policy specialist William Lowry comments.

(November, 2002)

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Dam Politics: Restoring America's Rivers. 2003. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.

Preserving Public Lands for the Future: The Politics of Intergenerational Goods. 1998. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.

The Capacity for Wonder: Preserving National Parks. 1994. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution.

The Dimensions of Federalism: State Governments and Pollution Control Policies. 1992. Durham: Duke University Press.

Journal Articles and Chapters In Edited Volumes

"A New Era in Natural Resource Policies?" 2003. In Norman J. Vig and Michael E. Kraft, eds. Environmental Policy. 5th ed. Washington D.C.: CQ Press, 325-345.

"The Impact of Political Institutions on Preservation of U.S. and Canadian National Parks." 2002. In J. Gillroy and J. Bowersox, eds. The Moral Authority of Environmental Decision Making. Durham: Duke University Press, 176-193.

"Party Differentiation in Congress." Co-authored with Charles Shipan. 2002. Legislative Studies Quarterly Vol. XXVII No. 1 February: 33-60.

"The Impact of Reinventing Government on State and Federal Parks." 2001. Journal of Policy History Vol. 13 No. 4: 405-428.

"Environmental Policy and Party Divergence in Congress." Co-authored with Charles Shipan. 2001. Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 2, June 2001: 245 - 263.

"National Parks Policy." 2001. In Charles Davis, ed., Western Public Lands and Environmental Politics. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 69-196.

"Federalism Outcomes and Ideological Preferences." Co-authored with Brady Braybeck. 2000. Publius, Vol. 30, No. 3, Summer 2000: 73-97.

"Natural Resource Policies in the 21st Century." 2000. In N. Vig and M. Kraft, eds., Environmental Policy. 4th ed. Wash.: CQ Press: 303-325.

"Implementation of National Park System Plans in Canada and the United States." 1999. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2: 328-346.

"Comparative Analyses of Canadian and American Environmental Policy." 1999. With Barry Rabe. Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2: 263-266.

"Public Provision of Intergenerational Goods." 1998. American Journal of Political Science. Vol. 42, No. 4: 1082-1107.

"Paradise Lost?" 1997. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy. Vol. 12, No. 1: 6-14.

"National Parks Policy." 1997. In Charles Davis, ed., Western Public Lands and Environmental Politics. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 150-171.

"State Parks Found to be Source of Innovation." 1996. Public Administration Times, Vol. 19, No. 10: 1, 12-13.

"Nature Under Siege." 1995. State Government News, Vol.38:8-11.

"Paved with Political Intentions: The Impact of Structure on the National Park Services of Canada and the United States." 1994. Policy Studies Journal, Vol.22, No. 1: 44-58.

"Promises, promises." 1994. The Brookings Review, Fall: 38-41.

"Land of the Fee: Entrance Fees and the National Park Service." 1993. Political Research Quarterly, 46: 823-845.

Other Publications

"Presidential Powers." 2001. National Parks, Vol. 75, No. 7-8: 42-43.

"Book Review of Rebecca Conard's Places of Quiet Beauty. 1999. Journal of American History, Vol. 85, No. 4: 1612-1613.

"Book Review of Denise Scheberle's Federalism and Environmental Policy. 1998. Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 113, No. 3: 543-544.

"National Parks." 1997. Academic American Encyclopedia.

"Yellowstone National Park." 1997. Academic American Encyclopedia.

"Book Review of Peter May's Environmental Management and Governance. 1997. American Political Science Review, Vol. 91, No. 4: 970-971.

"State Parks: Laboratories for Innovation." 1997. USA Today: Magazine of the American Scene. Vol. 126, No. 2628: 16-19.

"Book Review of Russell Dalton's The Green Rainbow and Matthew Cahn's Environmental Deceptions." 1996. Journal of Politics, Vol. 58, No. 1: 289-292.

"State Parks Provide Laboratories for Innovation." 1996. Contemporary Issue Series 82 for the Center for the Study of American Business.

Book Review of Jeffrey Orenstein's "United States Railroad Policy." 1990. American Political Science Review, Vol. 84: 1402-1403.

Works in Progress

"Bringing the Bureaucracy Back In." With Gary Miller. Submitted for review at the American Political Science Review 8/2002.

"The Consequences of Collaboration." With Allan Creamer (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission official). In draft status.

"Adaptive Management for Resource Stewardship." Contributing author to National Research Council report to be published in 4/03.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

"Federalism and Public Lands." Delivered at the Social Science History Association Meeting in St. Louis, 10/2002.

"The Politics of Restoring American Rivers." Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting in Chicago, 4/2002.

"Institutional Impacts of Reinventing Government." Delivered at the American Political Science Association Meeting in Washington, 9/2000.

"The Politics of Ecosystem Restorations." Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting in Chicago, 4/1999.

"The Diminishing Philosophies of Federalism on the Supreme Court." With Brady Baybeck. Delivered at the American Political Science Association Meeting in Washington, 9/1997.

"Congress and Environmental Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis." With Charles Shipan. Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting in Chicago, 4/1997.

"Providing Intergenerational Goods." Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, 4/1997.

"Paradises or Parking Lots: The Policy Focus of State Park Agencies." Delivered at the American Political Science Association Meetings in New York, 1994.

"Paved with Political Intentions." Delivered at the American Political Science Association Meetings in Wash, D.C., 1993.

"The Land of the Free: Entrance Fees and the National Park Service." Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings in Chicago, IL, 1992.

"An Unconventional View of Party Conventions." With Julie Withers. Delivered at the American Political Science Association meetings in San Francisco, CA, 1990.

"States, Property Rights, and Nonpoint Source Pollution." Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings in Chicago, IL, 1990.

"Federalism and Pollution Control Policies." Delivered at the American Political Science Association meetings in Washington, D.C., 1988.

"Aggrandizement or Abdication: Congressional Delegations of Power." [with Judith Goldstein] Delivered at the American Political Association meetings in Chicago, IL, 1987.

RECENT INVITED TALKS

"Restoring America's Rivers." Presented to the Department of Environmental Studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas, Februrary 28, 2002.

"A New Era in American Rivers." Presented to the Department of Political Science at Rhodes College January 24, 2002.

"Recent Changes in American Rivers." Keynote address to the Mississippi River Basin Alliance meeting in St. Louis, October 20, 2001.

"Environmental Policy and Party Divergence." Presented at Colorado State University Department of Political Science, 12/2000.

"Environmental Voting in Congress." Presented at University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 10/1999.

"Comparative Preservation Law and Policy." Presented at Bucknell University McArthur Lectures in Environmental Law and Policy, 4/1998.

COURSES TAUGHT

American Politics (undergrad lecture).

American Policies and Programs (undergrad lecture).

American Political Institutions (grad seminar).

American Public Policy (grad seminar).

Environmental and Energy Issues (undergrad lecture).

Federalism and State Governments (grad/undergrad seminar).

Land Dynamics (lecture and discussion).

Politics and the Environment (freshman seminar)

The Regulatory State in America (grad/undergrad seminar).

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

2001 Campus Y Volunteer of the Year

2000 Campus Y Volunteer of the Year

1999 Washington University Advisor of the Year

1998 Political Science Professor of the Year

1996 Political Science Professor of the Year

1995 Faculty Research Grant from Washington University

1994 Mortar Board Teaching Award

1994 Golden Key National Honor Society Award

1993 Women's Panhellenic Association Teaching Award

1993 Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Society

1992 IFC Teacher of the Year Award

1991 Mortar Board Teaching Award

1990 - 1991 Faculty Research Grant from Washington University

1987 - 1988 Brookings Institution Fellowship.

1983 - 1987 Stanford University Graduate Fellowship.

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of National Research Council Panel on Adaptive Management (2002 - 2003)

Associate Chair of Political Science Department (1999 - 2001)

Director of Undergraduate Studies for Political Science (1995-2000)

Co-founder of Environmental Studies Program

Member of American Political Science Association

Member of Midwest Political Science Association

Member of Center for Political Economy at Washington University

Member of American Culture Studies Executive Committee

Member of Board of Directors, National Parks Conservation Association

Member of Washington University Council on Environmental Quality

Member of Campus Y Board of Directors

Chair of Campus Y Board of Directors from 1997 to 2001.

Member of Campus Curriculum Committee, 1996-1998

Chair of Campus Curriculum Committee, 1998-1999

Lecturer for Washington University Alumni Association

Reviewer for American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, The Brookings

Institution, Congressional Quarterly Press, Duke University Press, Georgetown University

Press, Journal of American History, Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Policy Analysis

and Management, Journal of Policy History, Journal of Public Policy, Legislative Studies

Quarterly, National Science Foundation, Political Research Quarterly, Publius, and RISK.