Social Science and Policy Studies
Kent J. Rissmiller
Associate Professor
Interim Associate Dean Interdisciplinary and Global Studies
Department: Social Science & Policy Studies
Professional Page
Office: Atwater Kent Laboratories, 124
Phone: +1-508-831-5019
Fax: +1-508-831-5896
kjr@wpi.edu
Educational Background
- A.B., Muhlenberg College, 1976
- J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1980
- M.A., Syracuse University, 1981
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Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1986
Research & Teaching Interests
Environmental and energy law and policy; American politics; normative political theory; Jurisprudence; Contemporary normative theory; Intergovernmental relations; Judicial policymaking; Policy modeling; Policy applications in energy and environmental policy; Regulatory politics and law
IQP Advising Interests
Bureaucratic decision making (policy); environmental law, policy and implementation; juvenile justice in Worcester County; nuclear waste policy and implementation; patent law and intellectual property; scientists in court - the role of experts; energy, law, policy and implementation; judicial review of science in policy; regulatory decision making (quasi-judicial)
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