Education
  Academic Employment
  Current Appointments
  Current Professional Memberships
  Selected Professional Positions (Current)
  Selected Professional Positions (Past)
  Biographical Listings
  Media Employment

Education

• B.A. Princeton University, 1967 (Psychology)
• M.A. Stanford University, 1968 (Communication)
• Ph.D. Stanford University, 1971 (Communication)

Academic Employment

• Instructor, Stanford University, 1968–1970 (Communication)
• Instructor, California State College at Hayward, 1970 (Journalism)
• Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, 1971–1972 (Journalism)
• Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, 1972–1975 (Natural Resources and Journalism; Coordinator, Environmental Communications Program)
• Associate Professor, University of Michigan, 1975–1977 (Natural Resources)
• Adjunct Professor, Ithaca College, 1976 (Television-Radio)
• Associate Professor, Rutgers University, 1977–1983 (Communications; Coordinator, Cook College Communications Program)
• Professor, Rutgers University, 1983–1994 (Journalism; Humanities & Communications; Human Ecology)
• Founder and Director, Environmental Communication Research Program (later Center for Environmental Communication), Rutgers University, 1986–1992
• Adjunct Professor, Graduate Program in Public Health, Rutgers University (1986–2004)
• Visiting Scholar, Tufts University, 1990–1991 (Urban and Environmental Policy)
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University (1994–2004)

Current Appointments

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (1987–)
• Research Professor, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University (1994–)

[Note: The above appointments haven’t been active for some years; they are “current” only in the sense that nobody has ever notified me that they’re over. Please do not cite these appointments in a way that implies that I actually do any work for these two institutions.]

Current Professional Memberships

• International Association for Public Participation
• Society for Risk Analysis
• Society of Environmental Journalists

Selected Professional Positions (Current)

• Communications Counsel, Environmental Defense (formerly Environmental Defense Fund), 1985–
• Board of Faculty Advisors, SustainAbility, 1997–; U.S. Advisory Group (“Buzz”), 2002–2005
• SARS Scientific Research Advisory Committee, World Health Organization, 2003–
• Principal Investigator, National Center for Food Protection and Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2004–
• Crisis and Terrorism Preparedness Advisory Committee, Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health, New York Academy of Medicine, 2005–
• Deputy Editor, CIDRAP Business Source Weekly Briefing, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, 2006–

Selected Professional Positions (Past)

• Editorial Advisory Board, Environment and Behavior, 1976–1986
• Consultant on Communications, American College of Physicians, 1976–1979
• Specialist in Communications, Cooperative Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1977–1986
• Consultant on Communications, The Cousteau Society, 1977–1979
• Consulting Editor, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978–1981
• Executive Committee, Science Writing Educators Group, 1978–1981
• Consultant on Communications, President’s Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, 1979
• Public Information Committee, American Cancer Society (New Jersey), 1981–1986; Vice Chair, 1983–1986
• Editorial Board, Public Relations Research and Education, 1982–1988; renamed Public Relations Research Annual, 1988–1991; renamed Journal of Public Relations Research, 1991–1994
• Communications Coordinator, New Jersey Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Freeze, 1982–1985
• Consulting Editor, Random House, 1982–1989, McGraw-Hill, 1989–1996
• Board of Directors, New Jersey Environmental Lobby, 1984–1990
• Advisory Committee, Environmental/Occupational Health Information Program, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1984–1989
• Board of Directors, Nuclear Dialogue Project, 1985–1990; President, 1986–1990
• Consultant on Risk Communication, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1986–1988
• Science Review Panel, Radium/Radon Advisory Board, N.J. Department of Environmental Protection, 1987–1988
• Board of Advisors, Graduate Program in Technical and Science Communication, Drexel University, 1988–1994
• Committee to Survey the Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite (consultant), Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1992
• National Lead Poisoning Prevention Education Project (consultant), President’s Commission on Environmental Quality, 1992–1993
• Editorial Advisory Board, National Association of Professional Environmental Communicators, 1993–1998
• Advisory Board, Corporate Environmental Data Clearinghouse, Council on Economic Priorities, 1994–2002
• Working Group on Biodefense and Public Communications, Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, 2003–2004

Biographical Listings

• American Men and Women of Science
• Contemporary Authors
• Dictionary of International Biography
• International Authors and Writers Who’s Who
• International Who’s Who in Education
• International Who’s Who of Professionals
• Men of Achievement
• Who’s Who in America
• Who’s Who in American Education
• Who’s Who in Entertainment
• Who’s Who in Public Relations
• The Writers Directory

Media Employment

• Reporter, Toronto Star, 1966
• Stringer, Time, 1966–1967
• Senior Editor, The Magazine, 1970
• Contributing Editor, Apartment Ideas (Apartment Life), 1971–1975
• Freelance writer, 1966— (10 trade books; approximately 40 popular magazine articles)

Part 1: General Information   Part 2: Publications   Part 3: Representative List of Consulting and Workshop Clients   Part 4: Selected Convention Papers, Seminars, and Public Presentations

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