Who's Who in STPP

STPP Program

Shobita Parthasarathy (Co-Director)                                         
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy                     

	Phone:734-764-8075 Office: 4202 Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, 735 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091 E-mail: shobita at umich edu

Shobita Parthasarathy is interested in the comparative and international politics of scientific and technological development. Her new book, Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care, compares the development of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer in the United States and Britain. She is now working on projects exploring the mechanisms of public participation in national and international patent laws covering genetics and biotechnology, and the role of multinational corporations in shaping science, ethics, and governance in the area of stem cell research. Dr. Parthasarathy will be a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for the upcoming 2007-2008 academic year.

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James J. Duderstadt  (Co-Director)
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 

	Phone:734-647-7300 Office: Millenium Project 2281 Bonisteel Blvd. 2001 Duderstadt Center Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2094
	E-mail: jjd at umich edu

As former chair of the National Science Board and the Committee on  Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), I remain very actively  involved in science policy matters with the National Academies; federal agencies  including NSF, DOE, DOD, DEd, and NASA, and OSTP; and through various higher education organizations.

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Paul Erickson  (The  Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow 2006-2008)
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 

Fall 2008: Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University, History and Science in Society Program

	Phone:734-615-6943 Office: Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Room 4207 735 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
	E-mail: perckson at umich edu

Paul Erickson is interested in studying the incorporation of scientific knowledge into policymaking via models, scenarios, and risk analyses.  At the Ford School, Paul will teach courses on science and technology policy analysis and global environmental governance.  

Dan Plafcan  (The  Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow 2006-2008)
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 


Fall 2008: Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Science, Technology and Society 

	Phone:734-615-6945 Office: Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Room 4211 735 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
	E-mail: dplafcan at umich edu

Dan studies interdependencies among transnational technological development, international affairs, and the creation of knowledge. He also investigates the implications of these interdependencies for state power and foreign policy. Currently, he is writing a book that examines international politics in the construction of a U.S.-Japan satellite remote-sensing system and how that system does and does not shape science used in global environmental policymaking. His second project comparatively analyzes Japan's and China's petroleum production systems in Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to better understand how different kinds of infrastructural technologies used in foreign direct investment shape international politics.

Bonnie Roberts  (Program Administrator)
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 

	Phone:734-615-6942 Office: Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Room 4204 735 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
	E-mail: fischerb at umich edu

Monamie Bhadra (Web Developer)
Arizona State University, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes 

Steering Committee

Paul N. Edwards  
School of Information 

	Phone: 734-647-7300 Office: School of Information, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Ave, 3078 West Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107 E-mail: pne at umich edu

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Joel Howell
Medical School

	Phone:734-647-4844 Office: RWJ Clinical Scholars Program 6312 Med Sci 1, Box 0604 1150 W. Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48109 E-mail: jhowell at umich.edu

Joel Howell is a historian and a practicing internist.  His major
research agenda is to understand why people in Western Europe and the US started to believe in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century that science and technology were useful for patient care.

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Steven J. Jackson 
School of Information

	Phone: 734-764-8058 Office: School of Information, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Ave, 301D West Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107.
	E-mail: sjackso at umich.edu

Steven Jackson teaches and conducts research in the areas of science, technology, and information policy.  Current research interests include the politics of data and models in contested areas of public (especially water) policy; information technology, international development, and the harmonization of global information policy regimes; and the role of information infrastructure (advanced and otherwise) in supporting scientific practice and collaboration.

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Paula M. Lantz  
School of Public Health

	Phone:734-763-9902 Office: 109 S. Observatory M3174 SPH II Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029 E-mail: plantz at umich.edu

Dr. Lantz is interested in public health policies related to clinical preventive services and to social disparities in health.  This includes research that focuses on access to and utilization of new and emerging technologies related to disease prevention and early detection. Current projects focus on new technologies and treatments related to breast and cervical cancer prevention and control, including the development of policies and guidelines related to HPV vaccination and breast cancer screening/treatment.

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Homer A. Neal  
Physics

	Phone:734-764-4375 Office:University of Michigan 2209 Randall Laboratory 450 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1040 E-mail: haneal at umich edu

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Edward A. Parson
Law School

	Phone:734-647-7300 Office: University of Michigan Law School, 625 South State Street; 432 Hutchins Hall; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 E-mail: parson at umich edu

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Henry Pollack 
Geological Sciences 

	Phone: 734-763-0084 Office: Dept of Geological Sciences 2534 CC Little Bldg 1100 North University Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 E-mail: hpollack at umich edu

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Barry Rabe 
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 

	Phone: 734-615-9596 Office: Oakland St. Annex, 712 Oakland, #358 Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3021 E-mail: brabe at umich edu

Rabe is a political scientist who examines subnational involvement in environmental policy and intergovernmental relations in the United States and other federal systems of government.   His most recent work explores the evolving role of American states and Canadian provinces in climate policy development.  Recent publications include STATEHOUSE AND GREENHOUSE (Brookings Institution Press, 2004), which won the Caldwell Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book published on environmental politics and policy in the past three years.  In 2006, he became the first social scientist to win a Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Carl P. Simon  
Gerald R. Ford of Public Policy 
Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Mathematics Department 

	Phone:734-763-3074 Office: University of Michigan 4485C Randall Laboratory 450 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1040
	E-mail: cpsimon at umich edu

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Arvids Ziedonis 
Ross School of Business

	Phone:734-763-4612 Office: Ross School of Business 701 Tappan Street Room E4606 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 E-mail: azied at umich edu

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Date of Last Update: May 15, 2008