Department of Political Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
(970) 491-6225
rjduffy@lamar.colostate.edu

Ph.D. Politics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 1991
M.A. Political Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 1983
B.A. Government and Law, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 1981

Lynton K. Caldwell Award 1999, awarded by APSA's section on Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics for best book on Environmental Politics and Policy, for Nuclear Politics in America: A History and Theory of Government Regulation (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1997).

James Gordon Fellowship, Brandeis University, 1983-86
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Delaware, 1982-83

Colorado State University, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 2001-present
Rider University, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 1997-2001
Rider University, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 1991-97
Albion College, Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, 1990-91
Northeastern University, Instructor (Adjunct), Political Science Department, 1990
Brandeis University, Teaching Assistant, Politics Department, 1983, 1988-1990
California State University at Dominguez Hills, Instructor (Adjunct), Political Science Department, 1987-88

"Nuclear Energy," Encyclopedia of American Studies (New York: Grolier Publishing, 2001)

Nuclear Politics in America: A History and Theory of Government Regulation (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1997).

'Regulatory Oversight in the Clinton Administration," Presidential Studies Quarterly 27 (Winter 1997): 71-90.

"Divided Government and Institutional Combat: The Case of the Quayle Council on Competitiveness," Polity 23 (Spring 1996): 379-399.

Book Review: Blue Skies, Green Politics: The Clean Air Act of 1990, by Gary C. Bryner, in Policy Currents, vol.3 no. 4, November 1993.

Manuscript on the electoral and lobbying strategies of U.S. environmental groups. Under contract with University Press of Kansas, scheduled completion Spring 2002.

"Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Money, Elections, and Environmental Groups," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA, September 3-7, 1998.

Panel Chair, "Regulatory Policy in an Era of Deregulation," at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 3-7, 1998.

Panel Chair, "Congressional Rules and Workload," at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 29-September 1, 1996.

"Regulatory Review in the Bush and Clinton Administrations: A Comparative Perspective," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, March 14-16, 1996.

Panel Chair, "Telecommunications Policy," at Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, March 14-16, 1996.

"Regulatory Oversight in the Clinton Administration," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, NY, September 1-4, 1994.

"The Politics of Regulatory Distrust: The Quayle Council on Competitiveness and the Clean Air Act," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 12-14, 1994.

Panel Chair, "Governing the New American Polity," at Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Newark, NJ, November 12-141, 1993.

"Regulatory Policy, Executive Administration, and the Clean Air Act: The Legacy of the Council on Competitiveness," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 2-5, 1993.

"The Dynamics of Regulatory Change: The N.R.C. and Nuclear Power," paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Providence, RI, November 12-14, 1992.

"Economic Incentives and Environmental Policy," Albion College Symposium on the Environment, March 15, 1991.

Introduction to American Government, Politics of Environment and
Sustainability
Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
Environmental and Energy Policy
Public Policy Analysis
Issues in Public Policy
Power in American Politics
Congressional Politics
The New American Political System
The Politics of Health Care Reform