Dianne Rahm
Curriculum Vita
Last updated December 2015
Professor
Department of Political Science
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Specialization Areas
Environment and Energy Policy
Science and Technology Policy
Public Finance
Employment
Teaching
Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas State University, 2008-present.
Graduate Courses: Public Finance Administration; Public Finance Information Systems;
Environmental Policy, Politics, and Law; Public Administration and Information
Technology. Undergraduate Courses: Public Personnel Administration; Public Policy
Formulation; Public Finance; Introduction to Public Administration; Public Policy for
Energy, the Environment, and Global Sustainability (Honors); Issues in Law and Public
Policy.
Professor, Department of Public Administration, College of Public Policy, University of
Texas at San Antonio, 2002-2008. Graduate Courses: Quantitative Methods,
Environmental Policy (cross listed with Environmental Policy and Law in the Department
of Earth and Environmental Science), Theories of Public Bureaucracy, Technology
Policy, Program Evaluation, Scope and Methods of Inquiry, Public Policy Formulation
and Implementation.
Professor, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, 2001-2002.
Associate Professor, 1999-2001. Graduate Courses: Ph.D. Research Methods Seminar;
Systems and Processes of Policy Development; Ph.D. Dissertation Prospectus,
Environmental Policy and Administration. Undergraduate Courses: Urban Policy,
Environmental Policy.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Master of Public Administration
Program, Iowa State University, 1995-1999. Affiliated faculty, Environmental Studies
Program. Graduate Courses: Research Methods, Methods of Policy Analysis and
Program Evaluation, Ethics and Public Policy, Environmental Policy. Undergraduate
Courses: Public Policy, Environmental Policy.
Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Affairs, Master of
Public Administration Program, University of South Florida, 1993-1995. Assistant
Professor, 1990 – 1993. Graduate Courses: Science and Technology Policy, Policy
Analysis and Program Evaluation, Quantitative Analysis for Public Managers, Public
Administration Computer Applications, Research Methods, Economic Policy Issues in
American National and State Government, Environment of Public Administration,
Statistics, Bureaucracy and Public Policy, Public Policy Issues of a Technological
Society, Policy Analysis, Public Policy and Program Implementation.
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Pennsylvania State University,
1988 to 1990. Graduate Courses: Research and Development Policy, Social Science
Research Methods, Statistics, Organization and Management Theory, Public Sector
Computer Applications.
Academic Administration
Director, Center for Policy Studies, College of Public Policy, University of Texas at San
Antonio, 2004–2005. Responsibilities: Chair Ph.D. Program Committee, supervise
Nonprofit Management Program, establish graduate-level American Humanics nonprofit
management certificate program, conduct College-wide research areas assessment, and
arrange College-wide research colloquia series.
Interim Chair, Department of Public Administration, College of Public Policy, University
of Texas at San Antonio, 2003-2004. Responsibilities: General oversight for
departmental scheduling, curriculum, and program delivery.
Assistant Dean, Director of Graduate Programs, Levin College of Urban Affairs,
Cleveland State University, 2001-2002. Responsibilities: Director of Ph.D. in Urban
Studies and Public Affairs, Director of Master of Science in Urban Studies, Director of
Master of Public Administration, and Director of Master of Arts in Environmental
Studies. General oversight for program delivery, scheduling, curriculum, and graduate
college liaison.
Director, Public Administration Graduate Program, Department of Political Science, Iowa
State University, 1995-1999. Responsibilities: General oversight for the public
administration programs including Master of Public Administration program delivery,
management of the distance education Certificate of Public Management program, class
scheduling, staffing, budgetary administration, internship supervision, curriculum
revision, student advising, student recruitment, graduate college liaison, and community
outreach activities.
Director of Graduate Education, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University,
1998-1999. Responsibilities: General oversight of the Master of Political Science
program including class scheduling, staffing, student advising, student recruitment, and
graduate college liaison.
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Interim Coordinator, Science, Technology and Society Program, Graduate College, Iowa
State University, 1997-1998. Responsibilities: General oversight of program activities
including the STS colloquia series, the faculty research grant program, the doctoral
fellowship program, newsletter, and Year 2000 Conference planning.
Acting Director for Computing, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South
Florida, 1991-1992. Responsibilities: planning, acquisition, and installation of six
multimedia instructional computer labs; budget supervision; advice to departments and
faculty members; representation of the College on University-wide computer committees;
and supervision of College computer personnel.
Education
Ph.D. Public Administration, Syracuse University, 1989.
M.S. Computer Science, Fitchburg State College, 1985.
M.A. American History, Wichita State University, 1976.
B.A. Liberal Arts, Wichita State University, 1975.
Publications
Books
Rahm, Dianne, Climate Change Policy in the United States: The Science, the Politics and
the Prospects for Change, Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland &
Company, Inc. Publishers, 2010.
Thai, Khi V., Dianne Rahm, and Jerrell D. Coggburn, editors Handbook of Globalization
and the Environment, Boca Raton, London, and New York: CRC Press, 2007.
Rahm, Dianne, editor Sustainable Energy and the States: Essays on Politics, Markets,
and Leadership, Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Publishers, 2006.
Rahm, Dianne, United States Public Policy: A Budgetary Approach, Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2004.
Rahm, Dianne, editor, Toxic Waste and Environmental Policy in the 21st Century United
States, Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers,
2002.
Rahm, Dianne, John Kirkland, and Barry Bozeman University-Industry R&D
Collaboration in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, Dordrecht: Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 2000.
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Lambright, W. Henry and Dianne Rahm, editors, Technology and U.S. Competitiveness:
An Institutional Focus, New York, Westport, London: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Articles
Rahm, Dianne, Jayce L. Farmer, and Billy Fields, “The Eagle Ford Shale Development
and Local Government Fiscal Behavior,” Public Budgeting & Finance (forthcoming
2016).
Rahm, Dianne, Billy Fields, and Jayce L. Farmer, “Transportation Impacts of Fracking in
the Eagle Ford Shale Development in Rural South Texas: Perceptions of Local
Government Officials,” Journal of Rural and Community Development, (Vol. 10, No. 2,
July 2015), 78-99.
Rahm, Dianne, Vicki Brittain, Christopher Brown, Charles Garofalo, Nandhini
Rangarajan, Patricia Shields, and Hyun Yun, “Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public
Affairs and Administration,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, (Vol. 21, No. 1,
February 2015), 115-128.
Rahm, Dianne and Christopher Reddick, “Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) for Emergency Services: A Survey of Texas Emergency Services Districts,”
International Journal of E-Politics, Vol. 4, No. 3, October-December 2013, 30-43.
Rahm, Dianne, “The Regulatory Framework for Hydraulic Fracturing in Texas,” Energy
Delta Institute Quarterly, (Vol. 3, No.4, December 2011), 8-11.
Rahm, Dianne, "Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing in Shale Gas Plays: The Case of
Texas," Energy Policy, (Vol. 39, March 2011), 2974-2981.
Rangarajan, Nandhini and Dianne Rahm, "Greening Human Resources: A Survey of
City-level Initiatives," Review of Public Personnel Administration, (Vol. 31, No. 3,
September 2011), 227-247.
Rahm, Dianne and Christopher Reddick, "U.S. City Managers' Perceptions of Disaster
Risks: Consequences for Urban Emergency Management," Journal of Contingencies and
Crisis Management, (Vol. 19 No. 3, September 2011), 136-146. .
Reddick, Christopher and Dianne Rahm, "Perceptions of Emergency Management in U.S.
Cities: A Survey of Chief Administrative Officers," Journal of Emergency Management,
(November/December 2010), 29-43.
Rahm, Dianne and Jerrell D. Coggburn, “Environmentally Preferable Procurement:
Greening U.S. State Government Fleets,” Public Works Management & Policy, (Vol. 12,
No.2, October 2007), 400-415.
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Rahm, Dianne, Larry Swatuk, and Erica Matheny, “Water Resource Management in
Botswana: Balancing Sustainability and Economic Development,” Environment,
Development and Sustainability, (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2006), 157-183.
Coggburn, Jerrell D. and Dianne Rahm, “Environmentally Preferable Purchasing: Who is
Doing What in the United States?” Journal of Public Procurement, (Vol. 5, No. 1, 2005),
23-53.
Larry A. Swatuk and Dianne Rahm “Integrating Policy, Disintegrating Practice: Water
Resources Management in Botswana,” Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, (Vol. 29,
2004), 1357-1364.
Rahm, Dianne, “Managing the Cleanup of the Nuclear Weapons Complex: The Case of
the Fernald Environmental Management Program,” Public Works Management and
Policy, Vol. 5, No. 1, July 2000, 69-81.
Van Wart, Montgomery, Dianne Rahm and Scott Sanders, “Economic Development and
Public Enterprise: The Case of Rural Iowa’s Telecommunications Utilities,” Economic
Development Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 2, May 2000, 131-145.
Rahm, Dianne, B.J. Reed and Teri L. Rydl, “Internet-Mediated Learning in Public Affairs
Programs: Issues and Implications,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 5, No. 3,
July 1999, 213-223.
Rahm, Dianne, and Veronica Hansen, “Technology Policy 2000: University to Industry
Transfer,” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 22, No. 8, 1999, 11891211.
Rahm, Dianne, “Controversial Cleanup: Superfund and the Implementation of
U.S. Hazardous Waste Policy,” Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, Winter
1998, 719-734.
Rahm, Dianne, “Superfund and the Politics of U.S. Hazardous Waste Policy,”
Environmental Politics, Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter 1998, 75-91.
Rahm, Dianne, and B.J. Reed, “Tangled Webs in Public Administration:
Organizational Issues in Distance Learning,” Public Administration and
Management: An Interactive Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1998
(http://ww.hbg.psu.edu/Faculty/jxr11/).
Rahm, Dianne, “The Role of Information Technology in Building Public Administration
Theory,” Knowledge and Policy, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall 1997, 71-80.
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Rahm, Dianne, and B.J. Reed, “Going Remote: The Use of Distance Learning, the World
Wide Web, and the Internet in Graduate Programs of Public Affairs and Administration,
Public Productivity and Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 4, June 1997, 459-474.
Rahm, Dianne, “Business Expectations and University Interactions: A Suggested
Typology from a Survey of US Firms,” Industry and Higher Education, Vol. 10, No. 4,
August, 1996, 207-218.
Rahm, Dianne, "Rethinking Technology Transfer Policy," Southeastern Political Review,
Vol. 22, No. 4, December 1994, 707-728.
Rahm, Dianne, "Academic Perceptions of University-Firm Technology Transfer," Policy
Studies Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer 1994, 267-278.
Rahm, Dianne, "U.S. Universities and Technology Transfer: Perspectives of Academic
Administrators and Researchers," Industry and Higher Education, Vol. 8, No. 2, June
1994, 72-78.
Rahm, Dianne, "Implementing High-Tech Economic Development Policies in Florida,"
The Political Chronicle, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1993, 1-8.
Rahm, Dianne, "U.S. Public Policy and Emerging Technologies: The Case of Solar
Energy," Energy Policy, Vol. 21, No. 4, April 1993, 374-384.
Rahm, Dianne, and Thomas Luce, Jr., "Issues in the Design of State Science and
Technology-Based Economic Development Programs: The Case of Pennsylvania's Ben
Franklin Partnership", Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1, February 1991,
41-51.
Lambright, W. Henry and Dianne Rahm, "Science, Technology, and the States,", Forum
For Applied Research and Public Policy, Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1991, 49-60.
Rahm, Dianne, "Federal Efforts to Enhance U.S. Competitiveness: The Encouragement
of Domestic Cooperation," Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, Fall 1989, 89-99.
Lambright, W. Henry and Dianne Rahm, "Ronald Reagan and Space Policy," Policy
Studies Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, Spring 1989, 515-527.
Rahm, Dianne, Barry Bozeman and Michael Crow, "Domestic Technology Transfer and
Competitiveness: An Empirical Assessment of the Roles of University and Government
Research and Development Laboratories," Public Administration Review, Vol. 48, No.
6, November/December 1988, 969-978.
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Lambright, W. Henry and Dianne Rahm, "Science, Technology and Democracy,"
Teaching Political Science: Politics in Perspective, Vol. 14, No. 4, Summer 1987,
179-183.
Book Chapters
Rahm, Dianne, “Fracking and the Politics of Shale Gas and Oil Development,” in Sapat,
Alka, editor, Handbook of Environmental Governance (New York, New York:
Routledge, forthcoming).
Rahm, Dianne, “US Law and Policy in Environmental Management,” in Sarkar,
Dibyendu, Rupali Datta, Avinandan Mukherlee, and Robyn Hannigan, eds. An Integrated
Approach to Environmental Management (Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2015), 305336.
Rangarajan, Nandhini and Dianne Rahm, "San Antonio’s Mission Verde and Leading by
Example Initiatives," in Osgood, Jefferey et al., Local Economic Development and the
Environment: Finding Common Ground (New York, New York: Taylor & Francis
Group, 2013), 110-124.
Palomo-Gonzalez, Sandra and Dianne Rahm,. “Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: The Critical
Role of the Nonprofit Community in the San Antonio Disaster Response,” Disaster
Management Handbook, edited by Jack Pinkowski (Boca Raton, London, and New York:
CRC Press, 2008), 123-156.
Thai, Khi V., Dianne Rahm and Jerrell D. Coggburn, “Globalization and the
Environment: An Introduction,” in Handbook of Globalization and Environment, edited
by Khi V. Thai, Dianne Rahm, and Jerrell D. Coggburn (Boca Raton, London, and New
York: CRC Press, 2007), 1-14.
Coggburn, Jerrell D. and Dianne Rahm, “Government Green Procurement in the U.S.:
An Approach to Meeting Global Environmental Challenges,” in Handbook of
Globalization and Environment, edited by Khi V. Thai, Dianne Rahm, and Jerrell D.
Coggburn (Boca Raton, London, and New York: CRC Press, 2007), 259-288.
Rahm, Dianne, “The Renewables Portfolio Standard in Texas,” in Sustainable Energy and
the States: Essays on Politics, Markets, and Leadership, edited by Dianne Rahm
(Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2006),
48-63.
Rahm, Dianne, “An Overview of Policies and Programs,” in Sustainable Energy and the
States: Essays on Politics, Markets, and Leadership, edited by Dianne Rahm (Jefferson,
North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2006), 5-25.
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Rahm, Dianne, “Environmental Contamination and the Nuclear Weapons Complex,” in
Toxic Waste and Environmental Policy in the 21st Century United States, edited by
Dianne Rahm (Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Publishers, 2002), 37-58.
Rahm, Dianne, "Controversial Cleanup: Superfund and the Implementation of U.S.
Hazardous Waste Policy," in Waste Management and Planning edited by Jane C. Powell,
R. Kerry Turner, and Ian Bateman (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001).
Reprint of Policy Studies Journal article.
Van Wart, Montgomery, Dianne Rahm, and Scott Sanders, “When Public Leadership
Outperforms Private leadership: The Case of Public Telecommunication Utilities,” in
Having All the Right Connections: Telecommunications and Rural Viability edited by
Peter Korsching, Pat Hipple, and Eric Abbott (Westport, CT: Greenwood , 2000), 61-79.
Rahm, Dianne, “Super-Optimum Technology Policy: University-Industry Technology
Transfer,” in Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management edited by Stuart Nagel,
Vol. 9 (Stamford, CT and London, England: Jai Press, 1998), 53–65.
Rahm, Dianne, and Veronica Hansen, “Patterns of University-Industry Interaction,” in
Technology Transfer and Public Policy, edited by Y. Lee (Westport, CT: Quorum Books,
Greenwood Press, 1997), 125–138.
Rahm, Dianne, "Communication With and Across Experts in R&D and Complex
Technologies," in Handbook of Administrative Communication edited by James L.
Garnett and Alexander Kouzmin (New York, Basel, Hong Kong: Marcel Dekker, 1997),
381-394.
Rahm, Dianne, “Promoting Technology Transfer in the US University: When it Works,
When it Doesn’t,” in Barriers to International Technology Transfer edited by John
Kirkland (Dorrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996), 25-41.
Rahm, Dianne, “US Public Policy and Emerging Technologies: The Case of Solar
Energy,” in Policy Evaluation edited by Ray C. Rist (Brookfield: Ashgate Publishing,
1995, 547-557. (Reprint of "U.S. Public Policy and Emerging Technologies: The Case
of Solar Energy," Energy Policy, Vol. 21, No. 4, April 1993, 374-384.)
Rahm, Dianne, "Federal Competitiveness Policy: Programs and Institutions in Flux," in
Technology and U.S. Competitiveness: An Institutional Focus, edited by W. Henry
Lambright and Dianne Rahm, (New York, Westport, London: Greenwood Press, 1992),
3-18.
Bozeman, Barry and Dianne Rahm, "The Explosion of Technology," in Handbook
of Public Administration edited by James Perry (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
1989), 54-67.
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Lambright, W. Henry and Dianne Rahm, "Presidential Management of
Technology" in Technology and Politics edited by Norman J. Vig and Michael E.
Kraft (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1988), 81-97.
Proceedings and Monographs
Rahm, Dianne, “Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas Plays, Environmental Policy
Concerns, and Our Energy Future, ” Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference
on the Social Sciences, 2012.
Rahm, Dianne and Christopher Reddick, "U.S. City Managers' Perceptions of Disaster
Risks: Consequences for Urban Emergency Management," Proceedings of the Hawaii
International Conference on the Social Sciences, 2011.
Rangarajan, Nandhini and Dianne Rahm, "Greening Human Resource Practices: An
Assessment of Local Level Initiatives," Proceeding s of the Hawaii International
Conference on the Social Sciences, 2010.
Rahm, Dianne and Jerrell D. Coggburn, “Environmentally Preferable Procurement:
Greening U.S. State Government Fleets,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Public
Procurement Conference, Rome, Italy, September 21.23, 2006.
Rahm, Dianne, “Nuclear Power and Waste,” Social Issues: An Encyclopedia of
Controversies, History, and Debates, (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006) Vol. 5,
1252-1263.
Rahm, Dianne, “Toxic Waste,” Social Issues: An Encyclopedia of Controversies,
History, and Debates, (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006) Vol. 7, 1752-1761.
Rahm, Dianne, and Veronica Hansen, “University-Industry Transfer,” Policy Evaluation,
Vol. 4, No. 3, Autumn 1998, 25-29.
Rahm, Dianne, “The Land-Grant University Mission,” The Ag Bioethics Forum, Vol. 9,
No. 1, June 1997, 4-5.
Rahm, Dianne, “R&D Partnering and the Environment of US Research Universities,” in
Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology Management: University,
Industry, Government Collaboration, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 1996,
79-84.
Rahm, Dianne, “University-Firm Linkages for Industrial Innovation,” Center for
Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series, Stanford University, Stanford, CA,
March, 1994.
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Rahm, Dianne, "Implementing High-Tech Economic Development Policies in Florida,"
(reprinted with permission of The Political Chronicle), in Reinventing Government in
Florida edited by Jamil Jreisat and Frank P. Sherwood, Jerry Collins Eminent Scholar
Chair Publications, Florida Center for Public Management Monograph Series, Florida
Center for Public Management, no. 81094, 1994.
Rahm, Dianne, "Rethinking Technology Transfer after the Cold War," in Proceedings of
the Symposium on Technology Transfer and Public Policy edited by Yong S. Lee (Policy
Studies Organization, 1993), 6-20.
Rahm, Dianne, "Clearing the Way for Cooperative R&D: Policies That Promote
Industry-University-Government Cooperation," in Technology Management II
(Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Management of Technology)
edited by Tarek Khalil and Bulent Bayraktar (Norcross, Georgia: Industrial Engineering
and Management Press, 1990), 327-334.
Edited Journal Special Issues
Rahm, Dianne, editor, Symposium on the Politics of Toxic Waste, Policy Studies
Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 , Winter 1998.
Lambright, W. Henry and Dianne Rahm, editors Symposium on Technology and
American Competitiveness, Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, Fall 1989.
Book Reviews
Rahm, Dianne, Book review of The Technology Pork Barrel by Linda R. Cohen and
Roger G. Noll in Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy (University of Tennessee
and Oak Ridge National Lab), Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 1993, 138.
Reports
Rahm, Dianne, "Community Strategic Needs Assessment: Austin - San Antonio
Corridor," for the Center for Research, Public Policy and Training, Texas State
University, May, 2010.
Rahm, Dianne, "From Stalemate and Mistrust to Cooperation and Cleanup: The Case of
the Fernald Environmental Restoration Project:, Final Report, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Endowment for the Business of Government, October 2000.
Rahm, Dianne, “Small Community Outreach Program for environmental issues (SCOPe),
Ohio Pilot, Final Report”, 1999.
Rahm, Dianne, and Montgomery Van Wart, “Telecommunications Technologies and
Local Governments: Survey Results from Iowa,” for the Rural Development Initiative of
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the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, College of Agriculture,
Iowa State University, June, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, “University-Firm Linkages for Industrial Innovation,” final report to the
National Science Foundation, Grant Number SBR-9305591, May, 1995.
MacManus, Susan, Edwin Benton, John Daly, and Dianne Rahm, "City of Clearwater
Employee Survey," report to the Clearwater City Manager and Executive Staff, May,
1991.
Rahm, Dianne, "A Critique of GAO's Technology Transfer Criteria," report to the
General Accounting Office, January, 1989.
Grants and Funding
Rahm, Dianne, Korber-Stiftung Foundation, Journalists and Experts Alumni Program,
Societies in Transition: Energy, Climate and Oceans -- Impacts on the Global Economy,
January 27 - February 3, 2010.
Rahm, Dianne, U.S. Department of State, The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board, Fulbright Scholar Grantee, Fulbright German Studies Seminar 2008, Science and
Society: The Impact of Science on Policy Formulation, 2008.
Holm, John, Sylvester Murray, Dianne Rahm, Deborah Knapp, and Nancy MeyerEmerick, U.S. Department of State, College and University Affiliations Grant # ASCS1095, "Improving Graduate Public Administration Programs at Cleveland State
University and the University of Botswana: Environmental Management, Human
Resources Management, Public Works Management, and Comparative Public
Administration," Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, 2000-2002, $135,559.
Rahm, Dianne, "Federal Government Inter-Agency Cooperation Efforts of the
Brownfields One-Stop-Shop Project," Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center,
January-June 2001, $8,000.
Rahm, Dianne, Policy Analysis for Certified Mangers, Lead Content Expert and
Instructor, Ohio Certified Public Manager Program, March 2001, $1,600.
Rahm, Dianne, “Cleaning the Nuclear Weapons Complex: A Case Study of the Fernald
Environmental Management Program,” The PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the
Business of Government, 2000, $15,000.
Rahm, Dianne, Policy Analysis for Certified Managers, Presenter, Ohio Certified Public
Manager Program, December 1999, $1,600.
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Rahm, Dianne, Small Community Outreach Program for environmental issues (SCOPe),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Association of Schools of Public
Affairs and Administration, 1999, $10,000.
Rahm, Dianne, Extended and Continuing Education Distance Education Experiment
Award, Iowa State University, 1998, $11,000.
Rahm, Dianne, Graduate College Incentive Research Award, Iowa State University, 1997,
$14,884.
Rahm, Dianne, Research Grant for the Study of Science, Technology, and Society,
Graduate College, Iowa State University, 1997, $4,228.
Rahm, Dianne, National Science Foundation, grant # SBR-9305591, "University-Firm
Linkages for Industrial Innovation," 1993-1995, $71,785.
Conference Papers and Presentations
Rahm, Dianne, “Fracking and the Politics of Shale Gas and Oil Development in the
United States” paper being prepared for presentation at the Eleventh International
conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, August 2-4, 2016, Imperial college
London, London, UK.
Rahm, Dianne, Jayce L. Farmer, and Billy Fields, “ Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas:
Fiscal and Transportation Policy Impacts,” paper presented at the 3rd International
Symposium on Energy Challenges & Mechanics, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, July 7-9,
2015.
Rahm, Dianne and Nandhini Rangarajan, “U.S. Cities and Climate Change Adaptation:
A Survey of Resiliency Efforts,” paper presented at the American Society for Public
Administration’s Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March 13-18, 2014.
Rahm, Dianne, “Implementing and Managing Emerging Technologies for the Sustainable
Development of Shale Gas Resources,”, paper presented at the American Society for
Public Administration’s Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15-19,
2013.
Rahm, Dianne and Christopher Reddick, “Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) for Emergency Services: A Survey of Texas Emergency Services Districts,” paper
presented at the American Society for Public Administration’s Annual Conference, New
Orleans, Louisiana, March 15-19, 2013.
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Rahm, Dianne, “Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas Plays, Environmental Policy
Concerns, and Our Energy Future,” paper presented at the Hawaii International
Conference on the Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 30-June 2, 2012.
Rahm, Dianne, “Civic Engagement, Natural Resource Management, and Livable
Communities: The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas Plays,” presented at the
American Society for Public Administration’s Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada,
March2-6, 2012.
Rahm, Dianne and Christopher Reddick, "U.S. City Managers' Perceptions of Disaster
Risks: Consequences for Urban Emergency Management," paper presented at the Hawaii
International Conference on the Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 1-4, 2011.
Rahm, Dianne and Christopher Reddick, "U.S. City Managers' Perceptions of Disaster
Risks: Consequences for Urban Emergency Management," presented at the 12th Annual
Texas CPM & ASPA District 4 Conference, February 18, 2011, LBJ School, University
of Texas at Austin.
Rangarajan, Nandhini and Dianne Rahm, "Greening Human Resource Practices: An
Assessment of Local Level Initiatives," presented at the Hawaii International Conference
on the Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2-5, 2010.
Rangarajan, Nandhini and Dianne Rahm, "Examining the Relationship between
Environmental Management and Human Resource Practices: A Study of City-level
Initiatives," paper prepared for presentation at the Western Social Science Conference,
Reno, Nevada, April 14-17, 2010.
Rahm, Dianne. “The Challenge and Opportunities of a Post-Kyoto Accord,” presented at
the 70th Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Miami,
Florida, March 20-24, 2009.
Rahm, Dianne. “U.S. Climate Change Policy,” presented at the North American Energy
Summit, San Antonio, Texas, May 1-2, 2008.
Rahm, Dianne. “The States and the Transformation of U.S. Climate Change Policy,”
presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the American Society for Public
Administration, Dallas, Texas, March 7–11, 2008.
Rahm, Dianne and Jerrell D. Coggburn, “Environmentally Preferable Procurement:
Greening U.S. State Government Fleets,” presented at the 2nd International Public
Procurement Conference, Rome, Italy, September 21-23, 2006.
Rahm, Dianne, “Greening the Government Fleet: Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Alternative
Fuels, and Advanced Technology Designs,” presented at the 67th Annual Conference of
the American Society for Public Administration, Denver, Colorado, April 1-4, 2006.
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Palomo-Gonzalez, Sandra and Dianne Rahm, “Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: The San
Antonio Nonprofit Community Response” presented at the 2006 American Humanics
Management Institute, San Diego, California, January 4-6, 2006.
Rahm, Dianne, “The Renewables Portfolio Standard in Texas” presented at the 66th
Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, April 2-5, 2005.
Rahm, Dianne, “Green Building, Energy Efficiency Standards, and Alternative Energy:
Worldwide Models and Their Applicability to the U.S.” presented at the 65th Annual
Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Portland, Oregon, March
27-30, 2004.
Rahm, Dianne, Larry Swatuk, and Erica Matheny, “Water Policy in Botswana,”
paper presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of Warfsa/WATERNET, Gaborone,
Botswana, 15-17 October 2003.
Rahm, Dianne, Brian Gage, and Kevin O’Brien, “Brownfield One-Stop Shopping:
Federal Inter-Agency Cooperation,” presented at the 63rd National Conference of
the American Society for Public Administration, Phoenix, Arizona, March 23-26,
2002.
Rahm, Dianne and Brian Gage, “Rulemaking for the Clean Air Act: Ohio Pilot
Project,” presented at the Public Interest Leadership Conference, Public Interest
Leadership Council of the University of Nevada at Los Vegas, March 11-13,
2001.
Rahm, Dianne, “ ‘Atomic Cities’ of the Future: Environmental Cleanup of the Nuclear
Weapons Complex,” presented at the 61th National Conference of the American Society
for Public Administration, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2000.
Rahm, Dianne, “Coming Into Compliance: Environmental Contamination and the
Nuclear Weapons Complex,” Presented at the Fifth National Public Management
Conference, George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, December 2-5, 1999.
Rahm, Dianne and Brian Gage, “Rulemaking for the Clean Air Act: Ohio Pilot
Project,” presented at the Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists,
Findlay Inn and Convention Center, October 29, 1999.
Rahm, Dianne, “Environmental Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Complex,” presented at
the 95th National Conference of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta,
Georgia, September 1-5, 1999.
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Rahm, Dianne, “Coming Into Compliance: Environmental Contamination and the
Nuclear Weapons Complex,” presented at the 60th National Conference of the American
Society for Public Administration, Orlando, Florida, April 10–14, 1999.
Rahm, Dianne, B.J. Reed, and Teri L. Radl, “Implications of Computer-Mediated
Learning for Public Affairs Programs,” presented at the 60th National Conference of the
American Society for Public Administration, Orlando, Florida, April 10–14, 1999.
Rahm, Dianne, “Cleaning Toxic Waste at Federal Facilities: DOE, EPA, and the States,”
presented at the 59th National Conference of the American Society for Public
Administration, the Westin Hotel, Seattle, Washington, May 9–13, 1998.
Rahm, Dianne, and Veronica Hansen, “Technology Policy 2000: University to Industry
Transfer,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, The
Palmer House, Chicago, April 23-26, 1998.
Rahm, Dianne, “New Challenges for Public Administration: Cleaning Toxic Waste at
Federal Facilities,” presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference,
The Palmer House, Chicago, April 23-26, 1998.
Rahm, Dianne, and B.J. Reed, “Management of Public Affairs Distance Learning
Programs,” presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management,
Washington, D.C., November 6-8, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, “Problem Redefinition and Programmatic Adaptation: The Case of
Superfund,” presented at the Fourth National Public Management Research Conference,
Georgia Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, October
30 – November 1, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, and B.J. Reed, “Issues in Distance Education,” presented at the 1997
NASPAA Annual Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 15-18, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, “Better Science and Technology for the Environment: New
Institutional Arrangements for Improved Environmental R&D,” presented at the
93rd annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington,
D.C, August 28-31, 1997.
Van Wart, Montgomery and Dianne Rahm, “Telecommunications Technologies and
Local Governments: Survey Results from Iowa,” presented at the 1997 annual national
conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Philadelphia Downtown
Marriott, Philadelphia, July 26-30, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, and Jim Cox, “Politics or Rational Planning?: A Time Series Assessment
of Decision Making for U.S. Federal R&D Investment,” presented at the 1997 annual
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national conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Philadelphia
Downtown Marriott, Philadelphia, July 26-30, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, “The Changing Face of Superfund,” presented at the 1997 Midwest
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 1012, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, “The Role of Information Technology in Building Public Administration
Theory,” presented at the 1997 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting,
Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, April 10-12, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, “The History of the Land Grant Mission,” presented at Iowa State
University Bioethics Program Retreat, Hotel Fort Des Moines, January 7, 1997.
Rahm, Dianne, “Promoting Partnerships in the University: What Works and What
Doesn’t,” presented at the 5th Annual Statewide Continuing Education Meeting,
University of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, November, 1996.
Rahm, Dianne, and B.J. Reed, “The Use of Distance Learning Technologies, the World
Wide Web, and the Internet for Course Delivery in Programs of Public Affairs and
Administration,” presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools
of Public Affairs and Administration, Denver, October, 1996.
Rahm, Dianne, “Prioritizing Environmental R&D in a Cut Back Era: Who Wins and
Who Loses?” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, San Francisco, August, 1996.
Rahm, Dianne, “R&D Partnering and the Environment of US Research Universities,”
presented at the International Conference on Technology Management: University,
Industry, Government Collaboration, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 1996.
Rahm, Dianne, “Promoting Technology Transfer in the US University: When it Works,
When it Doesn’t,” presented at the NATO Advanced Studies Workshop on Barriers to
International Technology Transfer, National Institute of Economic and Social Research,
London, UK, September, 1995.
Rahm, Dianne, "Variation in Company Strategy for University-Industry R&D
Partnering," presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 6-8, 1995.
Rahm, Dianne, "Factors Inhibiting and Promoting Technology Transfer From
Universities to Industry," presented at the Annual meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, Atlanta, Georgia, February 16-21, 1995.
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Rahm, Dianne, "Universities and Technology Transfer," presented to the Department of
Engineering and Policy, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 6, 1994.
Rahm, Dianne, and Veronica Hansen, "Technology Transfer from U.S. Universities to
Firms," presented at the Sixteenth Congress of the International Political Science
Association, Berlin, Germany, August 21-25, 1994.
Rahm, Dianne, "New Economic Development Politics in Florida," presented at the
Florida Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida, April 9, 1994.
Rahm, Dianne, "University-Firm Linkages for Industrial Innovation," presented at the
Conference on University Goals, Institutional Mechanisms, and the Industrial
Transferability of Research, Stanford University, March 18-20, 1994.
Rahm, Dianne, "Strategic Planning and Alternative Policies of State Economic
Development," presented at the Conference on Administrative Reform in Florida,
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, November 12-13, 1993.
Rahm, Dianne, "Academic Perceptions of University-Firm Technology Transfer,"
presented at the Technology Transfer and Public Policy Conference, Iowa State
University, Ames, Iowa, October 30, 1993.
Rahm, Dianne, "Re-thinking Technology Transfer After the Cold War," presented at the
National Conference of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.,
September 3, 1993.
Rahm, Dianne, "Technology Transfer and U.S. Competitiveness," presented at the
National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, San Francisco,
July 18, 1993.
Rahm, Dianne, "Rethinking 'Reinventing' Florida Government," presented for the Polk
County Department of Planning, Bartow, Florida, December, 1992.
Rahm, Dianne, "Florida's Science and Technology-Based Economic Development
Programs," presented at the Florida Political Science Association's Annual Meeting, New
College, Sarasota, Florida, March 27-28, 1992.
Rahm, Dianne, "Emerging Energy Technology for the Global Environment,"
presented at the National Conference of the American Society for Public
Administration, Washington, D.C., March 23-27, 1991.
Lambright, W. Henry and Dianne Rahm, "Science, Technology, and the American
States," presented at the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Clearwater
Beach, Florida, October 5, 1990.
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Rahm, Dianne, "Simplistic Approaches to Complex Problems: State S&T-Based
Economic Development Strategies," presented for the Technology and Information Policy
Program of the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, May 29,
1990.
Rahm, Dianne, and Thomas Luce, Jr., "State Science and Technology-Based Economic
Development Strategies," presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for
Public Administration, Los Angeles, California, April 7-11, 1990.
Rahm, Dianne, "Clearing the Way for Cooperative R&D," presented at the Second
International Conference on the Management of Technology, University of Miami,
Department of Industrial Engineering and School of Continuing Studies, Miami, Florida,
February 27-March 2, 1990.
Rahm, Dianne, "Cooperative R&D: Federal Efforts to Enhance U.S. Competitiveness
Through Encouragement of Domestic Cooperation," presented at the annual meeting of
the American Society for Public Administration, Miami, Florida, April 12, 1989.
Rahm, Dianne, "An Assessment of the Relative Influence of Direct Government Funding
and Tax Expenditure on Industrial Research and Development Laboratories," presented at
the joint meeting of the Operations Research Society of America and The Institute of
Management Sciences, Denver, Colorado, October 24, 1988.
Bozeman, Barry and Dianne Rahm, "Technology Transfer to Government and Industry:
The Influence of Politics and Markets," presented at the Academy of Management annual
meeting in Anaheim, California, August, 1988.
Rahm, Dianne, Barry Bozeman, and Michael Crow, "Technology Transfer to Government
and Industry: An Environmental Dependence Model," presented at the Harvard Business
School Colloquium on Operations and Production Management, November 16, 1987.
Lambright, W. Henry, and Dianne Rahm, "National Policy and Space Technology,"
presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago,
Illinois, September 3-6, 1987.
Professional Activities
Member of the Scientific Committee for the Third International Symposium on Energy
Challenges and Mechanics, 2015.
Member of the Editorial Board, Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2015present.
2013 National Conference Program Committee member, American Society for Public
Administration, 2012-13.
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National Science Foundation, Panelist, Division of Earth Sciences, Arlington, VA, March
14-15, 2012.
National Science Foundation, site visit team member for the NSF Division of Chemistry.
Site visit to the Science and Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible
Solvents and Processes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, September, 2002.
Site Reviewer for Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa, February
14-15, 2002.
National Science Foundation, site visit team member for the NSF Division of Chemistry.
Site visit to the Science and Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible
Solvents and Processes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, October 2001.
2002 National Conference Program Committee member, American Society for Public
Administration, 2001-2002.
1999 National Conference Program Committee member, American Political Science
Association, 1998-1999.
Lynton K. Caldwell award committee for the best book in Environmental Policy,
American Political Science Association, 1998.
Chair, Nominating Committee. Mid West Political Science Association Public
Administration Caucus, 1998.
Policy Studies Journal, editorial board, 1997-2000.
American Political Science Association, Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
(STEP) steering committee member, 1996.
Treasurer, Section on Science and Technology in Government, American Society for
Public Administration, 1996-2013.
President, Iowa Central Chapter, American Society for Public Administration, 19961998.
Executive Committee member, Capital Chapter, American Society for Public
Administration, 1996-1998.
Birchfield Award Committee, American Society for Public Administration, 1997.
Program Committee member, American Society for Public Administration, 1997
National ASPA Conference, 1997.
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Panel Chair, Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois,
April 18-20, 1996.
Panel Organizer and Moderator, ASPA Region VII Spring Conference, Holiday Inn
Downtown, Des Moines, Iowa, April 11-13, 1996.
Panel Moderator, Third National Public Management Research Conference, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, October 5-7, 1995.
Chair, Section on Science and Technology in Government, American Society for Public
Administration, October 1993-September 1996.
Panel Discussant, Florida Political Science Association Conference, Winter Park,
Florida, March 30-April 1, 1995.
Panel Convener, American Political Science Association National Conference,
Washington D.C., September 3, 1993.
Panel Moderator, American Society for Public Administration, National Conference, San
Francisco, CA July, 1993.
Panel Discussant, Florida Political Science Association Conference, Winter Park, Florida,
April 3, 1993.
Reviewer of Florida State University's proposed Management Information System track
for the Department of Public Administration's MPA, Ph.D. degree programs, Summer,
1992.
Representative to the 1993 American Society for Public Administration National
Conference Program Committee, Section representative for the Section on Science and
Technology in Government (SSTIG).
Member of the Executive Board, Section on Science and Technology in Government
(SSTIG), American Society for Public Administration, 1991-1993.
Panel Discussant, Southern Political Science Association, Tampa, Florida, November 7,
1991.
Panel Convener, Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Clearwater
Beach, Florida, October 5, 1990.
Panelist, regional meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Section of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Penn State University, University Park,
Pennsylvania, November 17, 1988.
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Referee for:
International Journal of Science and Technology Education
South African Journal of International Affairs
Sustainability
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
International Journal of E-Politics
Environmental Politics
State and Local Government Review
Energy Policy
Applied Geography
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Social Science Quarterly
Political Research Quarterly
Environment and Planning: Government and Policy
Journal of Public Affairs Education
Public Integrity Annual
Public Administration Review
Public Administration Quarterly
Social Studies of Science
Knowledge in Society
Policy Studies Review
Social Science Journal
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Research Policy
Economic Development Quarterly
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Journal of Technology Transfer
Public Productivity and Management Review
American Journal of Political Science
Reviewer for National Science Foundation Grants:
October 2003
March 2003
November 2000
November 1998
April 1998
March 1998
April 1997
July 1996
August 1994
June 1994
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November 1993
September 1993
Honors and Awards
The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Favorite
Professor Award, Fall 2013.
Honorary Professor of International Studies, Texas State University, 2012-2015.
Texas State Quality Team Award – 2010-2011 Common Experience Team for
Sustainability: Science, Policy, and Opportunity, 2011.
The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Favorite
Professor Award, Fall 2010.
Aaron Wildavsky Book Award, Policy Studies Organization, December, 1997.
Outstanding Teaching Award, 1994-1995, University of South Florida.
Membership in Sigma Xi, the honorary scientific research society, 1993.
Membership in Pi Alpha Alpha, the Public Administration Honor Society, 1993.
Dean's Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Overall Mission of the College of
Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, 1992.
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