Richard T. Sylves
Educational
Information
Education 
Post-doctoral
Fellow, University of Delaware Center for Advanced
Study, 9/93-5/94.
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign 1977.
Dissertation
"Bureaucratic Decision Theory and Distributive Politics in
the New York State Pure Waters Construction Grant Program."
M.A., Political Science, State University of New York at
Albany, Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1972.
B.A., History cum laude, State University of New York,
College at Cortland, 1970. Minors in political science and
mathematics.
Relevant Experience
Director of the
Environmental and Energy Policy Graduate Program
(1998-2002) and Professor of Political Science (with
tenure), University of Delaware, 1989 to present. Also,
joint appointment as Professor of Marine Studies, Marine
Studies College of University of Delaware. Joint
appointment as Professor of Public Administration (MPA) and
Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Energy and Environmental
Policy with the College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.
National Academy of Science, Disasters Roundtable member
and Steering Committee member, September 2002-August 2005.
Aspen Global Change Institute, 1998 Workshop Participant
and Presenter, "The Second Assessment of IPCC: Climate
Change and Human Impacts."
National Research Council panel “Assessing the Costs
of Natural Disasters" 1997-99.
Univ. of Delaware Center for Advanced Study Faculty Fellow,
1994-95.
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of
Delaware, 1982-89. Joint appointment Marine Policy
and MPA program service.
Associate Producer and Public Affairs Analyst, WHYY TV-12
Public Television News, Wilmington-Philadelphia, 1986-87.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of
Delaware, 1977-82. Joint appointment Marine Policy and MPA
program service.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of
Cincinnati, 1975 to 1977. MPA program service and
undergraduate instruction.
Staff Researcher, New York State Senate Finance Committee,
1972. The Honorable State Senator, Warren M. Anderson,
Chairman. Evaluation of NYS Pure Waters Construction Grant
Program 1965-1972.
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Email:
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