Last updated: August 16, 2021
DAVID M. KONISKY Professor, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University, 1315 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 812-855-6990; [email protected]; @DavidKonisky
EDUCATION Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. Dissertation: Regulatory Competition and the Politics of Environmental Enforcement Committee: Steve Ansolabehere, Steve Meyer, and Charles Stewart M.E.M., School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 1998. M.A., International Relations, Yale University, 1998. A.B., History; Environmental Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, 1995.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2019-present. Associate Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2015-2019. Associate Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, 2013-2015. Assistant Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, 2010-2013. Assistant Professor, Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri, 2006-2010.
PROFESSTIONAL AFFILIATIONS Faculty Affiliate, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Indiana University, 2019-present. Faculty Affiliate, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University, 2019-present. Faculty Affiliate, Department of Political Science, Indiana University, 2017-present. Research Member, Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, 2017-present Faculty Affiliate, Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University, 2016-present. Member, Scholars Strategy Network, 2014-present.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Public policy (environmental policy, energy policy, regulation), environmental justice, federalism, state politics, public opinion.
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2020 Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award 2019 O’Neill School Leader for Greater Good Award 2015 Emerging Young Scholar Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics section, American Political Science Association. 2012 Junior Faculty Research Leave, Georgetown University 2006 Lucian Pye Award for Best Dissertation in Political Science, MIT Department of Political Science 2005-2006 Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation Fellow, Morris K. Udall Foundation 2004-2005 Martin Family Society of Fellows in Sustainability, MIT 2004-2005 John S. Hennessy Fellowship, MIT Graduate School 2001-2004 Graduate Fellowship, MIT Department of Political Science 1997-1998 Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship, Yale Center for International and Area Studies 1997 Henry Hart Rice Fellowship, Yale Center for International and Area Studies 1995 Phi Beta Kappa David M. Konisky, Page 2 of 17
RESEARCH GRANTS
2021 Indiana University, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, “Community Air Quality Networks and Health Outcomes: A Comparison of Two Study Sites,” Co-PI, Awarded January 19, 2021, $26,670. Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, “The Electric Vehicle Transition in the Industrial Heartland,” Co-PI, Awarded January 12, 2021, $5,000. 2020 MIT, “Midwest Automotive Industry Transition to Electrification,” Co-PI, Awarded August 2, 2020, $67,000. Indiana University, Office of the Vice President for Research, “Identifying Environ- mental Justice Communities in Indiana,” PI, Awarded September 14, 2020, $14,744. National Science Foundation, “RAPID: The Effects of COVID-19 on Household Energy Insecurity,” PI, Awarded July 2020, $191,690. Sloan Foundation, “The Effects of COVID-19 on Household Energy Insecurity,” Co-PI, Awarded June 2020, $44,648. Indiana University, Office of the Vice President for Research, “The Effects of COVID-19 on Household Energy Insecurity, “Co-PI, Awarded April 2020, $20,000. 2019 Indiana University, Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge grant, “Understanding Energy Insecurity among Indiana Households,” PI, $116,542. 2016 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “The Siting of Energy Infrastructure: Public Perceptions and Public Finance Impacts,” Co-PIs with Steve Ansolabehere and Sanya Carley, $259,900. Indiana University, Collaborative Research Grant, “The U.S. Energy and Climate 2016 Transition: Aggregated Impacts of Policy on Vulnerable Populations,” Co-PI with Sanya Carley and Tom Evans, $63,427. 2015 Georgetown University, Summer Academic Grant, $10,000 (declined). 2014 National Science Foundation, “The Policy Geography of Environmental Risk,” Co-PI with Chris Reenock, Awarded August 2014, $233,514. 2014 Georgetown University, Complex Moral Problems Grant , Co-PI with Jeff Burnam, $15,000. 2012 Georgetown University, Summer Academic Grant, $9,500. Georgetown University, Environmental Initiative Grant, $15,000. 2011 Georgetown University, Competitive Grants-In-Aid, $1,100. Georgetown University, Summer Academic Grant, $9,500. 2009 University of Missouri Research Council, Summer Research Fellowship, $14,100. 2008-2009 University of Missouri Research Board, “UMC Participation in the Cooperative Congressional Election Study,” $15,000. 2008-2009 University of Missouri, Institute of Public Policy, Policy Research Scholar research grant, $3,911. 2007-2008 Russell Sage Foundation, “Testing for Inequities in Environmental Enforcement: Government Performance and Environmental Justice,” $23,068. 2007 University of Missouri Research Council, Summer Research Fellowship, $9,067. 2004-2005 MIT Department of Political Science, American Politics Dissertation Research Grant, $6,500.
PUBLICATIONS
Books Graeme Hayes, Sikina Jinnah, David M. Konisky, Prakash Kashwan, Sherilyn MacGregor, John M. Meyer, and Anthony Zito, 2022, Trajectories in Environmental Politics, Routledge.
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A. James Barnes, John D. Graham, and David M. Konisky, 2021, Fifty Years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Progress, Retrenchment, and Opportunities, Editors, Rowman & Littlefield.
David M. Konisky, 2020, Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy, Editor, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
David M. Konisky, 2015, Failed Promises: Evaluating the Federal Government’s Response to Environmental Justice, Editor, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Stephen Ansolabehere and David M. Konisky, 2014, Cheap and Clean: How Americans Think about Energy in the Age of Global Warming. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Received 2015 Don K. Price Award recognizing the best book on science, technology, and politics published in the past three years from the American Political Science Association.
Katherine N. Probst and David M. Konisky, 2001, Superfund's Future: What Will It Cost? Washington, DC: RFF Press.
Articles in Refereed Journals Patrick J. Egan, David M. Konisky, and Megan Mullin “Ascendant Public Opinion: The Rising Influence of Climate Change on Americans’ Attitudes about the Environment,” Public Opinion Quarterly, in press.
Morgan D. Bazilian, Sanya Carley, David Konisky, Hisham Zerriffi, Sandeep Pai, and Brad Handler, 2021, “Expanding the Scope of Just Transitions: Towards Localized Solutions and Community-level Dynamics,” Energy Research & Social Science, 80, 102245.
David M. Konisky, Christopher Reenock, and Shannon Conley, 2021, “Environmental Injustice in Clean Water Act Enforcement: Racial and Income Disparities in Inspection Time,” Environmental Research Letters 6, 084020.
David M. Konisky and Paul Nolette, 2021, “The State of American Federalism, 2020-2021: Deepening Partisanship Amid Tumultuous Times,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 51(3): 327-364.
Michelle Graff, Sanya Carley, David M. Konisky, and Trevor Memmott, 2021, “Which Households are Energy Insecure? An Empirical Analysis of Race, Housing Conditions, and Energy Burdens in the United States,” Energy Research & Social Science 79, 102144.
Michelle Graff, David M. Konisky, Sanya Carley and Trevor Memmott, 2021, “Climate Change and Energy Insecurity: A Growing Need for Policy Intervention,” Environmental Justice.
David M. Konisky and Sanya Carley, 2021, “What We Can Learn from the Green New Deal about the Importance of Equity in National Climate Policy,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 40(3): 996-1002.
Alex Hollingsworth, David M. Konisky, and Nikolaos Zirogiannis, 2021, “The Health Consequences of Excess Emissions: Evidence from Texas,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 108, 102449
Trevor Memmott, Sanya Carley, and David M. Konisky, 2021, “Who Participates in Energy Activism? Profiling Political Engagement in the United States,” Energy Research & Social Science 77, 102095.
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Sanya Carley, Caroline Engle, and David Konisky, 2021, “An Analysis of Energy Justice Programs across the United States,” Energy Policy 152, 112219.
Christopher Reenock, David M. Konisky, and Matthew Uttermark, 2021, “Chain of Command vs. Who’s in Command: Structure, Politics and Regulatory Enforcement,” Policy Studies Journal. Received Herbert Kaufman Award for the best paper in public administration presented at the 2019 American Political Science Association conference.
Graeme Hayes, Sikina Jinnah, David M. Konisky, Prakash Kashwan, Sherilyn MacGregor, John M. Meyer, and Anthony Zito, 2021, “Trajectories in Environmental Politics,” Environmental Politics 30(1- 2): 4-16.
Trevor Memmott, Sanya Carley, Michelle Graff, and David M. Konisky, 2021, “Sociodemographic Disparities in Energy Insecurity among Low-income Households Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Nature Energy 6: 186-193.
David M. Konisky, Stephen Ansolabehere, and Sanya Carley, 2020, “Proximity, NIMBYism, and Public Support for Energy Infrastructure,” Public Opinion Quarterly 84(2): 391-418.
Llewelyn Hughes, David M. Konisky, and Sandra Potter, 2020,” Extreme Weather and Climate Opinion: Evidence from Australia,” Climatic Change 163(2): 723-743.
Matt Flaherty, Sanya Carley, and David M. Konisky, 2020, “Electric Utility Disconnection Policy and Vulnerable Populations,” The Electricity Journal 33(10): 106859.
Sanya Carley and David M. Konisky, 2020, “The Justice and Equity Implications of the Clean Energy Transition,” Nature Energy 5: 569-577.
Parrish Bergquist, David M. Konisky, and John Kotcher, 2020, “Energy Policy and Public Opinion: Patterns, Trends, and Future Directions,” Progress in Energy 2(3): 032003.
Greg Goelzhauser and David M. Konisky, 2020, “The State of American Federalism 2019-2020: Polarized and Punitive Intergovernmental Relations,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 50(3): 311-343.
Sanya Carley, David M. Konisky, Zoya Atiq, and Nick Land, 2020, “Energy Infrastructure, NIMBYism, and Public Opinion: A Systematic Literature Review of Three Decades of Empirical Survey Literature,” Environmental Research Letters, 15(9), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab875d
Parrish Bergquist, Steve Ansolabehere, and Sanya Carley, David Konisky, 2020, “Backyard Voices: How Sense of Place Shapes Views of Large-Scale Energy Transmission Infrastructure,” Energy Research & Social Science 63, 101396.
Zhengyan Li, David M. Konisky, and Nikolaos Zirogiannis, 2019, “Racial, Ethnic, and Income Disparities in Air Pollution: A Study of Excess Emissions in Texas,” PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220696
Stefan Carpenter and David M. Konisky, 2019, “The Killing of Cecil the Lion as an Impetus for Policy Change,” Oryx 53(4): 698-706.
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Sanya Carley, Stephen Ansolabehere, and David M. Konisky, 2019, “Are all Electrons the Same? Evaluating Support for Local Transmission Lines through a Survey Experiment,” PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219066
Greg Goelzhauser and David M. Konisky, 2019, “The State of American Federalism 2018-2019: Litigation, Partisan Polarization, and the Administrative Presidency,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 49(3): 379-406.
Adam McBride Lazri and David M. Konisky, 2019, “Environmental Attitudes across Race and Ethnicity,” Social Science Quarterly 100(4): 1039-1055.
Michelle Graff, Sanya Carley, and David M. Konisky, 2018, “Stakeholder Perceptions of the U.S. Energy Transition: Local-level Dynamics and Community Responses to National Politics and Policy,” Energy Research & Social Science 43: 144-157.
Sanya Carley, Tom Evans, Michelle Graff, and David M. Konisky, 2018, “A Framework for Evaluating Geographic Disparities in Energy Transition Vulnerability,” Nature Energy 3: 621-627.
David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods, 2018, “Environmental Federalism and the Trump Presidency: A Preliminary Assessment,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 48(3): 345-371.
Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Alex Hollingsworth, and David M. Konisky, 2018, “Understanding Excess Emissions from Industrial Facilities: Evidence from Texas,” Environmental Science and Technology 52(5): 2482-2490.
David M. Konisky, 2018, “The Greening of Christianity? A Study of Environmental Attitudes Over Time,” Environmental Politics 27(2): 267-291.
David M. Konisky and Christopher Reenock, 2018, “Regulatory Enforcement, Riskscapes, and Environmental Justice,” Policy Studies Journal 46(1): 7-36.
Sanya Carley, Tom P. Evans, and David M. Konisky, 2018, “Adaptation, Culture, and the Energy Transition in American Coal Country,” Energy Research & Social Science 37: 133-139.
Aaron Ray, Llewelyn Hughes, Charles H. Kaylor, and David M. Konisky, 2017, “Extreme Weather Exposure and Support for Climate Adaptation,” Global Environmental Change 46: 104-113.
James Monogan, David M. Konisky, and Neal D. Woods, 2017, “Gone with the Wind: Federalism and the Strategic Placement of Air Polluters,” American Journal of Political Science 61(2): 257-270. Received 2018 Best Journal Article Award and the 2014 Best Conference Paper Award from the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
David M. Konisky and Manuel P. Teodoro, 2016, “When Governments Regulate Governments,” American Journal of Political Science 60(3): 559-574. Reprinted in Top-Cited Articles Virtual Issue, American Journal of Political Science, March 28, 2018.
David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods, 2016, “Environmental Policy, Federalism, and the Obama Presidency,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 46(3): 366-391.
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David M. Konisky, Llewelyn Hughes, and Charles H. Kaylor, 2016, “Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change Concern,” Climatic Change 134(4): 533-547.
David M. Konisky, 2016, “Environmental Justice Delayed: Failed Promises, but Some Hope for the Future,” Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 58(2): 4-15.
Matthew B. Arbuckle and David M. Konisky, 2015, “The Role of Religion in Environmental Attitudes,” Social Science Quarterly 96(5): 1244-1263.
Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr. and David M. Konisky, 2013, “Personal and Collective Evaluations of the 2010 Health Care Reform,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 38(5): 921-956.
David M. Konisky and Christopher Reenock, 2013, “Compliance Bias and Environmental (In)Justice,” The Journal of Politics 75(2): 506-519. Received Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award for paper presented at the 2012 Southern Political Science Association conference.
David M. Konisky and Christopher Reenock, 2013, “Case Selection in Public Management Research: Problems and Solutions,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 23(2): 361-393.
David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods, 2012, “Environmental Free Riding in State Water Pollution Enforcement,” State Politics & Policy Quarterly 12(3): 227-252.
David M. Konisky and Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr., 2012 “Penalizing the Party: Health Care Reform Issue Voting in the 2010 Election,” American Politics Research 40(5): 903-926.
David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods, 2012, “Measuring State Environmental Policy,” Review of Policy Research 29(4): 544-569.
Stephen Ansolabehere and David M. Konisky, 2012, “The American Public’s Energy Choice,” Daedalus 141(2): 61-71.
Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr., David M. Konisky, and Jeffrey Milyo, “Public Approval of U.S. State Legislatures,” Legislative Studies Quarterly 37(1): 99-116.
David M. Konisky and Michiko Ueda, 2011, “The Effects of Uncontested Elections on Legislator Performance,” Legislative Studies Quarterly 36(2): 199-229.
David M. Konisky, 2011, “Public Preferences for Environmental Policy Responsibility,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 41(1): 76-100. Reprinted in U.S. Federalism and Environmental Policy, Publius: The Journal of Federalism Virtual Issue. May 2015.
David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods, 2010, “Exporting Air Pollution? Regulatory Enforcement and Environmental Free Riding in the United States,” Political Research Quarterly 63(4): 771-782.
David M. Konisky and Tyler S. Schario, 2010, “Examining Environmental Justice in Facility-Level Regulatory Enforcement,” Social Science Quarterly 91(3): 835-855.
David M. Konisky, 2009, “Assessing U.S. State Susceptibility to Environmental Regulatory Competition,” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 9(4): 404-428. David M. Konisky, Page 7 of 17
Stephen Ansolabehere and David M. Konisky, 2009, “Public Attitudes toward Construction of New Power Plants,” Public Opinion Quarterly 73(3): 566-577.
David M. Konisky, 2009, “The Limited Effects of Federal Environmental Justice Policy on State Enforcement,” Policy Studies Journal 37(3): 475-496.
David M. Konisky, 2009, “Inequities in Enforcement? Environmental Justice and Government Performance,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 28(1): 102-121.
Neal D. Woods, David M. Konisky, and Ann O’M Bowman, 2009, “You Get What You Pay For: Environmental Policy and Public Health,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 39(1): 95-116
David M. Konisky, Jeffrey Milyo, and Lilliard E. Richardson, Jr., 2008, “Environmental Policy Attitudes: Issues, Geographical Scale, and Political Trust,” Social Science Quarterly 89(5): 1066-1085.
David M. Konisky, 2008, “Bureaucratic and Public Attitudes toward Environmental Regulation and the Economy,” State and Local Government Review 40(3): 139-149.
David M. Konisky, 2008, “Regulator Attitudes and the Environmental Race to the Bottom Argument,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 18(2): 321-344.
David M. Konisky, 2007, “Regulatory Competition and Environmental Enforcement: Is There a Race to the Bottom?” American Journal of Political Science 51(4): 853-872.
Stephen M. Meyer and David M. Konisky, 2007, “Local Institutions and Environmental Outcomes: Evidence from Wetlands Protection in Massachusetts,” Policy Studies Journal 35(3): 481-502.
Stephen M. Meyer and David M. Konisky, 2007, “Adopting Local Environmental Institutions: Environmental Need and Economic Constraints,” Political Research Quarterly 60(1): 3-16.
Stephen Ansolabehere and David M. Konisky, 2006, “The Introduction of Voter Registration and its Effect on Turnout,” Political Analysis 14(1): 83-100.
David M. Konisky and Thomas C. Beierle, 2001, “Innovations in Public Participation and Environmental Planning: Examples from the Great Lakes Region,” Society and Natural Resources 14(9): 815-826.
Thomas C. Beierle and David M. Konisky, 2001, “What are We Gaining from Stakeholder Involvement? Observations from Environmental Planning in the Great Lakes,” Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 19(4): 515-527.
David M. Konisky, 2001, “Over a Decade of Comparative Risk Analysis: A Review of the Human Health Rankings,” Risk: Health, Safety & Environment 12(1/2): 41-58.
Thomas C. Beierle and David M. Konisky, 2000, “Values, Conflict, and Trust in Participatory Environmental Planning.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 19(4): 587-602.
Papers Submitted for Publication “Energy Insecurity and the Urgent Need for Utility Disconnection Protections,” (with Shalanda Baker and Sanya Carley), under review.
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“Municipal Government Adaptive Capacity Programs for Vulnerable Populations during the U.S. Energy Transition,” (with Laura Helmke-Long and Sanya), under review.
“Policy Devolution and Cooperation Dilemmas,” (with Rob Carroll and Chris Reenock), under review.
“Real-world Policies for an Equitable Energy Transition,” (with Daniel Raimi, Aurora Barone, Sanya Carley, David Foster, Rob Godby, Emily Grubert, Julia Haggerty, Jake Higdon, Michael Kearney, Jennifer Michael, Gilbert Michaud, Sade Nabahe, Nina Peluso, Molly Robertson, Tony Reames), under review.
Work in Progress “Personal Attributes and (Mis)perception of Environmental Risk,” (with Zhengyan Li).
“A Comparative Approach to Analyzing Attitudes toward Energy Infrastructure,” (with Trevor Memmott and Sanya Carley).
“The Effect of Utility Disconnection Moratoriums on Household Energy and Financial Insecurity,” (with Trevor Memmott, Sanya Carley, Michelle Graff).
“Patterns of Particulate Pollution from Concrete Batch Plants,” (with April Byrne, Alex Hollingsworth, Nikos Zirogiannis).
“Coping Strategies in Response to Household Energy Insecurity (with Sanya Carley, Michelle Graff, and Trevor Memmott).
Book Chapters David M. Konisky, Nikolaos Zirogiannis, and Sanya Carley, “Building Resilience to the Energy Transition in Indiana,” in Climate Change and Resilience: Lessons for Hoosiers and Beyond, Janet G. McCabe, Gabriel M. Filippelli , Kimberly A. Novick, James Shanahan , eds. Indiana University Press, forthcoming.
David M. Konisky, 2021, “Politics at the EPA” (with Megan Mullin) and “EPA at 50: A Look Back and Forward”, in Fifty Years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Progress, Retrenchment, and Opportunities, James Barnes, John Graham, and David M. Konisky, ed., Rowman & Littlefield.
David M. Konisky, 2020, “Introduction: U.S. Environmental Policy Research in Uncertain Times,” in Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy, David M. Konisky, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing.
David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods, 2018, “Environmental Policy,” In Politics in the American States, 11th ed. Virginia Gray, Russell L. Hanson, and Thad Kousser, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press, pp.451- 477.)
David M. Konisky, 2017, “Environmental Justice,” In Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities, 2nd ed., Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino, and Rosemary, O’Leary, eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
David M. Konisky, 2015, “Introduction,” “The Federal Government’s Response to Environmental Inequality,” Evaluating Fairness in Environmental Regulatory Enforcement” (with Christopher Reenock), and “Federal Environmental Justice Policy: Lessons Learned,” in Failed Promises: Evaluating the Federal Government’s Response to Environmental Justice, David M. Konisky, ed., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. David M. Konisky, Page 9 of 17
David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods, 2013, “Environmental Policy,” In Politics in the American States, 10th ed. Virginia Gray, Russell L. Hanson, and Thad Kousser, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press, pp. 469- 500.
David M. Konisky, 2012, “Environmental Policy,” In Guide to State Politics and Policy, Richard G. Niemi and Joshua J. Dyck, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press, pp.383-393.
Op-Eds, Policy Briefs, Technical Reports, Essays, and Other Non-Refereed Publications David Konisky, Daniel Gonzalez, and Kelly Leatherman, “Mapping for Environmental Justice: An Analysis of State Level Tools,” Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Environmental Resilience Institute, July 2021.
Daniel Raimi, Aurora Barone, Sanya Carley, David Foster, Emily Grubert, Julia Haggerty, Jake Higdon, Michael Kearney, David Konisky, Jennifer Michael, Gilbert Michaud, Sade Nabahe, Nina Peluso, Molly Robertson, and Tony Reames, “Policy Options to Enable an Equitable Energy Transition,” Resources for the Future Report, April 2021.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “What the U.S. Government Can Do To Address Energy Insecurity,” Scholars Strategy Network Key Findings Brief, March 24, 2021.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “Survey of Household Energy Insecurity in Time of COVID: Preliminary Results of Wave-3 and Waves 1-3 Combined,” Indiana University, March 4 2021.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “Survey of Household Energy Insecurity in Time of COVID: Preliminary Results of Wave-2 and Wave-1 and Wave-2 Combined,” Indiana University, March 4 2021.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, ‘Texas, COVID and a crisis of energy insecurity,” The Hill, February 27, 2021.
David Konisky, “Biden has pledged to advance environmental justice – here’s how the EPA can start,” The Conversation, January 25, 2021.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “State utility shutoffs signal pandemic misery. New research shines a painful light,” Indianapolis Star, December 22, 2020.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “Energy is a basic need, and many Americans are struggling to afford it in the COVID-19 recession,” The Conversation, July 30, 2020.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “Survey of Household Energy Insecurity in Indiana in Time of COVID: Preliminary Results of Wave-1,” Indiana University, June 30, 2020.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “Survey of Household Energy Insecurity in Time of COVID: Preliminary Results of Wave-1,” Indiana University, June 10, 2020.
Sanya Carley, Caroline Engle, David Konisky, and Savannah Sullivan, “State and Local Energy Justice Programs,” Policy brief for CLOSUP, University of Michigan, September 2019.
Jessica F. Green, David Konisky, Megan Mullin, Stacy D. VanDeveer, and Johannes Urpelainen, “Changing the Atmosphere in Political Science: Ten Key Political Questions about Climate Change,” Duck of Minerva, August 1, 2019. David M. Konisky, Page 10 of 17
Sanya Carley, Caroline Engle, David Konisky, and Savannah Sullivan, “Supporting Frontline and Vulnerable Communities in a Green New Deal,” Public Administration Review Bully Pulpit Symposium on Green New Deal, July 16, 2019.
David Konisky, “Cut Global warming with earth-friendly commitment,” Indianapolis Business Journal, April 12, 2019.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “What Would the Green New Deal Mean for Business?” Harvard Business Review, February 28, 2019.
David Konisky and Neal Woods, “Trump, Federalism, and the Environment,” Public Health Post, November 26, 2018.
Nikos Zirogiannis, Alex Hollingsworth, and David Konisky, “Excess emissions from industrial facilities: What are they and why should we care about them?” Insight into Manufacturing Policy, Indiana University, October 2018.
Nikos Zirogiannis, Alex Hollingsworth, and David Konisky, “Air pollution from industrial shutdowns and startups worse than thought," The Conversation, February 14, 2018. Reprinted: “Texas’ Excess Emissions Spike after Natural Disasters,” US News & World Report, February 15, 2018. “How Disasters Like Harvey Make Air Pollution,” Houston Chronicle, February 16, 2018.
David Konisky, “Has there been a greening of Christianity?” The Daily Climate, January 11, 2018.
David Konisky, Doug McAdam, and Johannes Urpelainen, “From Demand to Policies and Outcomes: A Research Agenda for Scholars of Climate Policy,” Social Science Research Council, Anxieties of Democracy Program, Working Group on Climate Change, Report #1, November 2017.
David Konisky, “Duck forum on extreme weather events and climate change,” Duck of Minerva, September 14, 2017.
Llewelyn Hughes and David Konisky, “You might think that living through a hurricane will change people’s minds about global warming. Not so much. Monkey Cage, September 12, 2017.
David Konisky “Will we reverse the little progress we’ve made on environmental justice? The Conversation, April 16, 2017.
Sanya Carley and David Konisky, “Changes to Indiana’s solar policy misguided,” Op-ed in thestatehousefile.com, February 9, 2017. Reprinted: “Changes to Indiana’s solar policy misguided,” The Tribune, February 17, 2017 (Seymour, Indiana). “Not a bright idea: Changes to Indiana’s solar policy foolish, misguided,” Daily Journal (Johnson County, Indiana), February 20, 2017. “Changes to state’s solar policy foolish” The Republic (Columbus, Indiana), February 23, 2017. “Changes to Indiana’s solar policy misguided,” Brown County Democrat, March 2, 2017. “Changes to Indiana’s solar policy misguided,” Herald Times, March 21, 2017 (Bloomington, Indiana).
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James Monogan, David Konisky, and Neal Woods, “How states make their own pollution somebody else’s problem.” LSE United States Politics and Policy Blog, January 5, 2017.
David Konisky, “Will a weakened EPA set environmental justice back?” The Conversation, December 7, 2016. Reprinted: “How Trump’s EPA could undermine environmental justice,” Grist, December 9, 2016.
David Konisky, “Clinton seizes on environmental justice but progress requires deep reforms,” The Conversation, June 8, 2016.
David Konisky, “Flint, Federalism, and Environmental Justice in the United States,” MIT Press Blog, February 12, 2016.
David Konisky and Manuel Teodoro, “Flint Isn’t Alone,” The Hill, February 8, 2016.
David Konisky, Charles Kaylor, and Llewelyn Hughes, “Will extreme weather events get Americans to act on climate change?” The Conversation, February 5, 2016.
David Konisky and Manuel Teodoro, “Environmental Regulation: Can Government Regulate Itself?” The Takeaway. Volume 6, Number 6, 2015. Mosbacher Institute, Texas A&M University.
David Konisky, “Delayed or killed, Keystone pipeline will live on as political touchstone.” The Conversation, November 4, 2015.
David Konisky and Manuel Teodoro, “Compared to private firms, government agencies are more likely to violate regulations and less likely to be punished.” LSE United States Politics and Policy Blog, October 13, 2015.
David Konisky and Matto Mildenberger, “Is lagging on climate change a political liability.” The Conversation, October 22, 2015.
David Konisky, “Clinton Stance on XL pipeline reflects muscle of climate activists.” The Conversation, September 24, 2015.
David Konisky, “Obama builds legacy on climate change with EPA Clean Power Plan.” The Conversation, August 4, 2015.
David Konisky, “Hillary Clinton stakes out safe political ground with energy and climate plan.” The Conversation, July 30, 2015.
“David Konisky, “The Challenge of Achieving Environmental Protection for All,” Scholars Strategy Network Key Findings Brief, May 2015.
David Konisky, “Will the presidential candidates have a substantive debate on climate change?” The Conversation, May 13, 2015. Reprinted: “The 2016 Candidates Aren’t Talking About Climate Change Because Voters Don’t Care,” The New Republic, May 13, 2015.
David Konisky, “Environmental justice: big ambitions, little action.” The Conversation, April 22, 2015.
David Konisky, “Keystone pipeline veto: politics or policy?” The Conversation, February 26, 2015. David M. Konisky, Page 12 of 17
David Konisky, “Can Americans have both environmental preservation and expanded oil drilling?” The Conversation, February 3, 2015.
Stephen Ansolabehere and David Konisky, “Cheap & Clean: Attitudes to Energy in a USA Concerned with Climate Change.” The World Financial Review, January/February 2015, 41-44.
Stephen Ansolabehere and David Konisky, “Environmental Regulations Americans Want.” The Hill, November 21, 2014.
Stephen Ansolabehere and David Konisky, “State of the Nation: Who Cares About Climate Change.” Boston Review, July/August 2014.
Stephen Ansolabehere and David Konisky, “The Clean and Efficient Energy Future Americans Want.” Scholars Strategy Network Key Findings Brief, July 2014.
David M. Konisky and James R. Harrington, “What Missouri Thinks: An Examination of Public Attitudes,” University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy, Report 08-2009.
David M. Konisky and Michael A. Powell, “Public Attitudes on State Election Administration, Goals, and Reforms,” University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy, Report 05-2009.
David M. Konisky and Tyler Schario, “Environmental Justice and Government Behavior: A Summary of New Findings,” University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy, Policy Report 24-2008.
David Konisky, Review of The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations, Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski. Perspectives on Politics 7(1): 228- 299.
David M. Konisky and Diana Gaughan, “Public Approval for State Government Institutions,” University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy, Policy Report 15-2008.
David M. Konisky and Tyler Schario, “Public Confidence in Government: Trust and Responsiveness,” University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy, Report 09-2008.
David M. Konisky “Public Attitudes on the Environment,” University of Missouri Institute of Public Policy, Report 04-2008.
Terry Davies and David M. Konisky, Environmental Implications of the Foodservice and Food Retail Industries. RFF Discussion Paper 00-11.
David M. Konisky, 1998 “The United Nations Dispute Settlement System and International Environmental Disputes,” Journal of Public and International Affairs 9: 1-23.
David M. Konisky, 1997, “Environmentalism in Mexico: More Than Ecology,” Yale Latin American & Iberian Journal 1(1): 18-32.
INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Association of Environmental and Resource Economics: 2018-2019 American Political Science Association: 2005, 2007-2012, 2014-2021 David M. Konisky, Page 13 of 17
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management: 2005, 2007-2010, 2012, 2014-2020 Columbia University, 2021. Comillas University: 2012 DC-Area American Politics Workshop: 2013 DC-Area Climate & Energy Research Workshop: 2015 Duke University: 2016 Energy Policy Research Conference: 2018 Environmental Politics and Governance Conference: 2015-2016, 2018-2019, 2021 Florida State University: 2014 Indiana University, Environmental Resilience Institute, 2020 Indiana University, Political Science: 2019 Indiana University SPEA: 2014, 2016, 2017 (2x) Indiana University, Ostrom Workshop: 2014, 2016 (2x) Indiana University-Purdue University, 2016, 2017 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 2015 Midwest Political Science Association: 2005-2021 New England Political Science Association: 2004 Northeastern Political Science Association: 2004 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, 2017 Oxford University, 2016 PolMeth: 2012, 2017 Southern Political Science Association: 2008-2012, 2014, 2017, 2019 Stanford University: 2021 State Politics and Policy Conference: 2007-2013 Texas A&M University: 2012 University of Alabama: 2019 University of Arizona: 2019 University of Buffalo, SUNY: 2008 University of California, Santa Barbara: 2011, 2019, 2021 University of Kentucky: 2017 University of Michigan: 2015 University of Pennsylvania: 2019 USAEE/IAEE North American Conference: 2018-2019 Western Political Science Association: 2008, 2021
EXPERT TESTIMONY
United States Commission on Civil Rights, Briefing: Environmental Justice, Toxic Materials, Poor Economics, and the Impact of the Environment on Low-Income, Minority Communities, February 5, 2016.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
2013-2015 Affiliated Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University 2006-2010 Program Faculty, Conservation Biology Program, University of Missouri 2007-2010 Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Department of Political Science, University of Missouri 2008-2010 Policy Research Scholar, Institute of Public Policy, University of Missouri 2000-2001 Research Associate, Center for Risk Management, Resources for the Future 1998-2000 Research Assistant, Center for Risk Management, Resources for the Future
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COURSES TAUGHT
Indiana University SPEA V424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics SPEA P710 Seminar in Environmental Policy SPEA R521 Domestic Environmental Policy SPEA V550 Environmental Justice SPEA V600 Capstone Georgetown University PPOL 517 Public Policy Process PPOL 605 Energy Policy and Politics PPOL 609 Environmental Inequality: U.S. and International Dimensions PPOL 630 Environmental Policy and Politics BADM 711 Energy Policy and Climate Change
University of Missouri PA 8430 Public Policy Analysis PA 8170 Public Policy Processes and Strategies PA 8171 Environmental Policy PA 8211 Capstone Project PA 9183 Professional Development Seminar.
SCHOOL SERVICE
Indiana University 2020- Strategic Planning Committee 2019- Promotion and Tenure Committee 2017- Public Affairs Ph.D. Program Committee 2020 Junior Faculty Search Committee (Chair) 2018-2020 Budgetary Affairs Committee 2016-2020 Organizer, Environmental Policy Seminar 2018-2020 Policy Committee (Chair 2019-2020) 2019 Ad Hoc Teaching Standards Task Force (Chair) 2016-2019 Public Affairs Graduate Curriculum Committee 2015-2019 Personnel Committee 2016-2017 Chair, Ad-Hoc MPA Core Curriculum Review Committee
Georgetown University 2014 Junior Faculty Search Committee 2011-2015 Curriculum Committee 2012-2013 Ad-hoc Bylaws Committee 2011 Junior Faculty Search Committee 2010-2011 Chair, Environmental and Regulatory Policy Track 2010-2011 Scholarship Committee 2010-2011 Co-Organizer, GPPI Seminar Series
University of Missouri 2008-2010 Director, Graduate Certificate in Science and Public Policy 2007-2010 Organizer, Work in Progress Research Seminar 2007-2010 Ph.D. Committee 2007-2009 Personnel Committee David M. Konisky, Page 15 of 17
2007 Senior Policy Analyst Search Committee, Institute of Public Policy
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Indiana University 2020-2021 Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Postdoctoral Search Committee 2019-2020 Institute for Advanced Study, Awards Selection Committee 2018 Ostrom Workshop, Faculty and Graduate Student Research Awards Committee (Chair) 2017 Ostrom Workshop, Search Committee for Director of Political, Economic, and Legal Institutions and Organizations program. 2017 Ostrom Workshop Colloquium Committee 2015 School of Global and International Studies, Junior Faculty Search Committee
Georgetown University 2014-2015 Occupational and Environmental Health Advisory Board 2012-2015 Steering Committee member, Environmental Initiative 2012-2015 Co-Organizer, Energy and Climate Policy Seminar Series 2011-2015 Program on Science in the Public Interest Advisory Committee
University of Missouri 2008-2010 Environmental Affairs Committee 2009 Graduate School Fellowship Review Panel 2008-2009 Grant Proposal Reviewer, University of Missouri Research Board
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
Current: Adam Lazri, Indiana University, Chair Deidra Miniard, Indiana University, Member
Completed: Michelle Graff, Indiana University, Co-Chair (current position: Assistant Professor, Cleveland State University) Dennis Kolcava, ETH Zurich, Member (current position, Post-Doc, ETH Zurich) Zhengyan Li, Indiana University, Chair (current position: Post-Doc, University of Michigan) Parrish Bergquist, MIT, Member (current position: Assistant Professor, Georgetown University) Stefan Carpenter, Indiana University, Member (current position: Assistant Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University) Yu Zhang, Indiana University, Member (current position: Assistant Director, SmartStart) Jessica Alcorn, Indiana University, Member (current position: Post-Doc, University of Georgia) Nicholas Hart, George Washington University, Member (current position: Chief Executive Officer, Data Foundation) Jose Iracheta, Indiana University, Member (current position: Director General at Instituto Nacional del Suelo Sustentable, Government of Mexico). Naveed Paydar, Indiana University, Member (current position: Development Fellow, GRID Alternatives) Jiaqi Liang, American University, Member (current position: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois – Chicago) David M. Konisky, Page 16 of 17
Matthew Arbuckle, University of Missouri, Member (current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University) Jessica Veysey, University of New Hampshire, Member (current position: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of New Hampshire) Scott Moore, Oxford University, External Examiner (current position: University of Pennsylvania) Aaron Ray, American University, Member (current position: Office of Management and Budget)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES
Editorial Duties: Editor, Environmental Politics, 2021-present. Co-Editor, Cambridge University Press Elements in Organizational Response to Climate Change: Businesses, Governments, and Nonprofits, 2021-present. Annual Review Editor, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2018-present. Boards: Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2015-2018 Review of Policy Research, 2012-present. Cambridge University Press Series in Business and Public Policy, 2017-present. Oxford University Press Studies in Comparative Energy and Environmental Politics, 2017-present. Routledge Studies in Public Administration and Environmental Sustainability, 2011-present. Series Co-Editor, Studies in American Public Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012-2015. Editor, Special Virtual Issue on Environmental Federalism, Publius, Spring 2015.
Occasional Referee and Review Panelist American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, American Politics Research, American Review of Public Administration, American Sociological Review, Business & Society, Cambridge University Press, Climatic Change, Economics of Governance, Energy and Climate Change, Energy Policy, Energy Research & Social Science, Environment & Behavior, Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, Environmental Management, Environmental Politics, Environmental Research Communications, Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Science & Technology, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Global Environmental Change, Governance, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Johns Hopkins University Press, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Journal of Public Policy, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Legislative Studies Quarterly, MIT Press, National Science Foundation, Nature Climate Change, Nature Energy, Oxford University Press, Perspectives on Politics, Policy & Politics, Policy Sciences, Policy Studies Journal, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Princeton University Press, Public Administration Review, Public Opinion Quarterly, Public Performance & Management Review, Public Policy and Administration, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Review of Policy Research, Routledge Press, Russell Sage Foundation, Science Advances, Social Forces, Social Science Research, Social Science Quarterly, Sociological Forum, Society & Natural Resources, State and Local Government Review, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Sustainability, University of Chicago Press, Urban Affairs Review, Water Resources Research, W.W. Norton, Yale University Press.
Co-Leader, Energy and Climate Change Working Group, Scholars Strategy Network, 2016-present. Steering Committee, Environmental Politics and Governance Conference, 2015-present. Chair, Selection Committee for Emerging Young Scholar Award for Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section, APSA, 2020. Member, Social Science Research Council, Climate Change Working Group, 2015-2019. David M. Konisky, Page 17 of 17
Organizer, Third Annual Environmental Politics & Governance Conference, 2017. Chair, Selection Committee for Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award for Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section, APSA, 2017. Member Selection Committee for Herbert A. Simon Award, Midwest Public Administration Caucus's (MPAC), 2017. Advisory Council, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section (APSA, Elected to 3-year term: 2015-2018) Member, Selection Committee for Emerging Young Scholar Award for Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section, APSA, 2016. Chair, Midwest Public Administration Caucus' (MPAC) Presidential Nominating Committee, 2015. Chair, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section (APSA, Elected to 3-year term: 2011- 2014) Deil Wright Best Paper Award Committee, APSA Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, 2011. Program Committee, Fall Research Conference (APPAM, 2013) Program Chair, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations (APSA, 2017) Program Chair: Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section (APSA, 2010, 2011) Panel Chair: APPAM (2005, 2007, 2012, 2014); Midwest (2008-2009, 2012, 2016), APSA (2010- 2011, 2013) Panel Discussant: APSA (2007, 2012-2014, 2016-2017), APPAM (2007, 2014); Midwest (2008-2012, 2015-2017) Udall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Selection Committee (2009, 2010)
Organizational Affiliations: American Political Science Association (Public Policy Section, Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section); Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management; Midwest Political Science Association.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
I have been interviewed as a policy expert or cited in connection with my scholarly research in various media outlets, including: the New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, USA Today, Boston Globe, National Public Radio, Axios, Canadian Public Broadcasting, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, CBS News, CNBC, U.S. News and World Report, the Houston Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, San Diego Tribune, Indianapolis Star, The Atlantic’s CityLab, National Geographic, Popular Science, Scientific American, Wired, Greenwire, PolitiFact, Mother Jones, Pacific Standard, Sierra Magazine, the Montreal Gazette, NoJargon Podcast, American Public Media, the Christian Science Monitor, The Weather Channel, Forbes, Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Washington Examiner. I have also contributed op-eds, blogs, and other policy briefs to Washington Post’s The Monkey Cage, Harvard Business Review, The Hill, The Conversation, the New Republic, the Boston Globe, the Indianapolis Star, the Boston Review, the World Financial Review, Duck of Minerva, and the Scholars Strategy Network.