The University of Texas at Austin   School of Law

Activities

• Active Grants

  2010 – 2013

  National Science Foundation

  “An Empirical Study of the Administrative Process: Interest Group Participation and Influence in Complex Rulemakings,” NSF Grant SES-1023571 (3 year empirical study of rulemakings underway; completion in 2013) (with Bill West, Tom McGarity, Mary Jane Angelo, and Lisa Peters).

• Studies

  August 14, 2011 – 2012

  Administrative Conference of the U.S.

  Consultant on Study on the Agencies’ Use of Science in Regulation (ongoing)

• Panels

  2011

  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Conference on the impacts of High Performance Computing (HPC) on policy formulation and decision-making (Washington, DC)

• General Presentations

  2011

  Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

  Public Presentation on “Bending Science”, Cleveland, OH (and interviewed on Cleveland NPR Station, WVIZ)

• Workshop

  2011

  University of California-Berkeley School of Law Workshop Series on Environmental Law

  “Revisiting the Impacts of Judicial Review on Rulemakings: An Empirical Analysis"

• General Presentations

  2011

  Lakeway Mens Club

  Public Presentation on "Bending Science" (with Tom McGarity) (Lakeway, TX)

• Panels

  2011

  Wake Forest University School of Law

  Conference on Environmental Sustainability

• Panels

  2011

  University of Texas School of Law

  Conference on Federalism

• Panels

  2010

  Society for Risk Analysis

  The Thirtieth Anniversary of Benzene

• Workshop

  2010

  University of Pennsylvania School of Law Workshop Series on Regulation

  “Information Capture and Filter Failure”

• Panels

  2010

  Yale Law School Alumni Weekend

  Science and Regulation