AMY BELOW Political Science Program School of Public Policy Oregon State University 330E Ballard Extension 541-737-6280 [email protected]
EDUCATION 2008 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Ph.D., Politics and International Relations Exam fields: Foreign Policy Analysis, Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics
2000 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Master of Arts, Environmental Studies Track: Law, Policy and Management
1997 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies
EMPLOYMENT 2015- present Associate Professor, Political Science Program, School of Public Policy, Oregon State University 2009-2015 Assistant Professor, Political Science Program, School of Public Policy, Oregon State University 2008-2009 Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Ohio University 1999-2000, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California 2003-2006 2000-2001 Assistant Planner, PCR Services Corp., Santa Monica, CA
SCHOLARSHIP BOOKS Below, Amy (2015) Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy Decision Making in Latin America: Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. New York: Routledge.
OTHER PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Below, Amy (2016) Reflections on the OUS Cuba Program: Internationalisation via a Double Hybrid Model. European Political Science.15: 49-60.
Plaza, Dwaine and Amy Below (2014). Social Media as a Tool for Transnational Caregiving within the Caribbean Diaspora. Social and Economic Studies 63(1):25-56.
Below, Amy (2013) Obstacles in energy security: An analysis of congressional and presidential framing in the United States. Energy Policy. 62:860-868.
Below, Amy (2010) Latin American Foreign Policy. International Studies Encyclopedia. International Studies Association Compendium Project. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. 4806-4825.
Below, Amy (2008) U.S. Presidential Decisions on Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: A Foreign Policy Analysis. Foreign Policy Analysis 4(1):1-20.
Below, Amy (2007) The Missing Link: Regionalism as a First Step Toward Globalizing U.S. Environmental Security. Politics & Policy 35(4):702–715.
BOOK CHAPTERS Below, Amy (2013) Parties, Campaign and Elections. In The OxfordHandbook on U.S. Environmental Policy. Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael Kraft eds. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. 525-549.
Kamieniecki, Sheldon and Amy Below (2008) Equity Issues in Stormwater Policy Implementation: Disparities in Financial Burdens and Lifestyle Sacrifice. In Water, Place and Equity: Fair Practice in Apportioning Water Among Places and Values. Helen Ingram and Richard Perry eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.69-94.
WORKS IN PROGRESS “When Climate Change in the News Leads to Climate Change in Congress” with Jenifer Whitten-Woodring. “Online Learning, Community Building and Study Abroad: A Beneficial Nexus” prepared for International Studies Perspectives forum submission “Determinants of Foreign Policy Change: Is Cuba an Eternal Outlier or Insightful Case?” “Role Theory and the BASIC Countries”
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2017 “Determinants of Foreign Policy Change: Is Cuba and Eternal Outlier or an Insightful Case?” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Baltimore, MD. February 24. 2016 “Building Community in Hybrid Online Learning” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA. March 17. 2016 “Continuity and Adaptation in Cuban Foreign Policy: A Role Theory Application” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, GA. March 18. 2015 “Role and Cuban Foreign Policy” International Studies Association, West Region Annual Convention, Pasadena, CA. September 25. 2015 “Role, Change and Emerging Powers in the Climate Regime” International Studies Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, LA. February 19. 2014 “Role Theory and the BASIC Countries” International Studies Association, West Annual Convention. Pasadena, CA. September 25-27. 2014 “Climate Change, Role Theory, and Geopolitics” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Toronto, Canada. March 26-29. 2014 “Reflections on the OUS Summer Program in Cuba: Internationalization via Short-Term, Hybrid, Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs” American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Philadelphia, PA. February 7-9. 2013 “Role Theory in the Climate Change Regime and Beyond” ISA West Annual Convention, Pasadena, CA. September 27-29. 2013 “Connecting the Frames: Who Says What About Climate Change in the News, Congressional Hearings and Presidential Addresses” ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. April 3-6. 2012 “Green Giants or Golden Opportunists? Environmental Foreign Policy in the Americas” OSU Humanities Center Lecture. April 30. 2012 “National Identity & Climate Change Policy in the Americas” ISA Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. April 1-4. 2011 “A Tale of Two Branches: Policy Framing & US Energy Security.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. September 1-4. 2011 “A Tale of Two Branches: Policy Framing & US Energy Security Policy.” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Montreal, Canada. March 16-19. 2010 “Lesson Not Learned? An Analysis of Congress & US Energy Security Policy” International Studies Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 17-20. 2010 “Media, Extreme Weather and the Formation of U.S. Climate Change Policy” OSU School of Public Policy Research Colloquium. November 5. 2009 “Climate Change Decisions: International Influences on Argentina’s Foreign Policy Decision Making.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada. September 3-6. 2009 “How Green is Poliheuristic Theory? An Assessment of PH in Latin American Climate Change Policy.” International Studies Association Annual Convention. New York, NY. February 15-18. 2008 “Climate Change in the News: Media and U.S. Environmental Foreign Policy” with Jenifer Whitten-Woodring. International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA. March 26-29. Revised version presented at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. August 28-31. 2007 “United States Environmentalism: The Case of the Kyoto Protocol.” Expanding the Boundaries of North American Security: A Tri-National Dialogue Conference, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, San Pedro Cholula, México. June 15. 2007 “U.S. Presidential Decisions on Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: A Foreign Policy Analysis.” International Studies Association West Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. September 29. Revised version presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois. February 28-March 3.
SELECTED SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION 2015-present International Studies Association West, Program Chair 2010-present Foreign Policy Analysis Editorial Board Member 2014-2015 Executive Council Member, International Studies Association West 2010-2012 Officer-at-Large, Foreign Policy Analysis Section, International Studies Association 2008-2009 Executive Council, Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association
Peer Reviewer: International Studies Perspective, Politics & Policy, Review of Policy Research, Political Research Quarterly, Environmental Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Energy Policy, CQ Press, Oxford University Press
Professional Memberships: International Studies Association, American Political Science Association
SELECTED SERVICE TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 2015-present Undergraduate Faculty Advisory Council (Division of Undergraduate Studies) 2015-present Political Science Curriculum and Assessment Committee, chair 2015-present CLA Student Review and Appeals Committee 2015-2016 SPP Career Development Committee 2013-2015 Political Science Curriculum and Assessment Committee 2013-present Faculty Adviser for Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honor society/student club 2013, 2016 Environmental Sciences Scholarship Committee Member 2013 SPP Ad Hoc Committee for CLA Scholarship and Creativity Fair 2015, 2013, 2011 Fulbright Interview Committee member 2010 2010-2012 CLA Curriculum Committee 2009-2011, 2013 CLA Scholarship Committee 2011 SPP Mini-Grant Competition Review Committee 2010-2012 Cross-Cultural Mentoring Program Mentor 2009 Constitution Day
AWARDS & GRANTS 2013 School of Public Policy Mini-Grant, $4750, OSU 2012 School of Public Policy Mini-Grant, $1960, OSU 2011-12 Resident Research Fellowship, OSU Center for the Humanities 2011 Faculty Delegate, America-Israel Friendship League & Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Israel 2008 Best Paper, International Communications Section, International Studies Association (with Jenifer Whitten-Woodring) 2007 Robert Friedheim Travel Scholarship, CIS & SIR, USC 2006-07 Teaching Assistant Fellow, USC Center for Excellence in Teaching 2006 Summer Research/Methods/Language Fellowships, ICS & SIR, USC 1999 Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies Travel Grant, USC
COURSES TAUGHT Introduction to International Relations Latin American Politics U.S. Foreign Policy International Environmental Politics & Policy Cuban Culture, Society & Politics through Film Cuba: From Revolution to Globalization (study abroad course) The Politics of Climate Change The Geopolitics of Oil and Energy/Energy & International Security
STUDENTS DOCTORAL DEGREE Warda Ajaz Public Policy Committee Member Spring 2019* Hai-Vu Phan USC/Int’l Relations Committee Member Spring 2018* MASTERS DEGREE Sarah Boege Public Policy Major Professor Spring 2017 Mohsin Amin Public Policy Committee Member Spring 2017 Joshua Merritt Public Policy Committee Member Spring 2016 Shivani Mathur Public Policy Committee Member Winter 2016 Carla Mooney Public Policy Committee Member Fall 2015 Patricia Martins Marcos Public Policy Committee Member Summer 2015 Brittany Gaustad Public Policy Committee Member Spring 2015 Alida Karakushi Public Policy Committee Member Spring 2015 Yosuke Masuda Public Policy Committee Member Spring 2015 Rebecca Arce Public Policy Major Professor Spring 2014 Loni McKelvie Interdisciplinary Studies Major Professor Summer 2013 Steven McLay Professional Science Committee Member Spring 2013 Paul Aljets Public Policy Committee Member Spring 2010 UNDERGRADUATE Sara Bennett International Degree Thesis Advisor Spring 2017 Honors Program Marwah Al-Jilani International Degree Thesis Advisor Spring 2017 Kimberly Preston International Degree Committee Member Spring 2015 Honors Program Katharina Peréz-Hämmerle International Degree Thesis Advisor Spring 2014 Nicole Stauch International Degree Thesis Advisor Spring 2013 Tara Newel International Degree Thesis Advisor Spring 2013 Adelyn Vigran International Degree Thesis Advisor Spring 2013 Annie Jacobs Honor’s Program Committee Member Fall 2012