W. Henry Lambright

Director, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Professor of Political Science and Public Administration
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
400 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
whlambri@maxwell.syr.edu

Specialization

• Administrative Leadership
• Environmental Policy
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Courses

• Bureaucracy and Politics
• Energy, Environment, and Resources Policy
• Science, Technology, and Public Policy
• Technology and Politics

Professional Activities

Appointed to National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council Panel on Seismic Policy 
Appointed to National Aeronautics and Space Administration History Advisory Committee
Appointed to National Air and Space Museum, Historical Advisory Committee
Appointed to Advisory Panel to the Space Policy Institute of the George Washington University
Campus Representative to Great Lakes Research Consortium, Syracuse University
Consultant, National Science Foundation
Consultant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Member, Editorial Board of Public Administration Review
Member, Science and Technology Council of the New York Academy of Sciences
Member, Council on International Partnerships in Science and Technology of the New York Academy of Sciences
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, American Political Science Association and its Science and Technology and Public Administration Sections
Member, American Society for Public Administration
Member, Executive Committee of Science and Technology in Government Section of the American Society for Public Administration and Chair of Waldo Awards Committee
Member, Weather Modification Association
Member, Center for the Study of the Presidency
Member, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)

Recent Research

"Federal Agency Strategies for Incorporating the Public in Decision-Making," Grant from NASA,  2004.

The Challenge of Coordinating ‘Big Science’. A Case Study for the IBM Endowment for the Business of Government, Washington, DC, 2003.

"NASA and the Environment: The Case of Ozone Depletion," Grant from NASA, 2002.

"Transforming NASA: the Goldin Years," Grant from NASA, 2001. 

“Science Policy in a Changing Environment: Issues and Strategies in Agency Adaptation.” Grant from NSF, 2001

“Managing the Human Genome Project,” study for PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for Business of Government, Washington, D.C.

"Transforming Government: Dan Goldin and the Remaking of NASA," case study for The PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government, 2001.

“U.S.-Canada Relations in a Shifting Global Context: Key Issues,” grant from Canadian Consulate General office, 2001.

“U.S.-Canada Relations and Environmental Policy.” Proposal for follow-on to above project submitted to Canadian Consulate General office, 2001.

"Catalyzing Research Competitiveness: The Georgia Research Alliance," Prometheus, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2000.

"Humans in Space: From Apollo to Mars," (with VanNijnatten) presented at the Space Policy in the 21st Century symposium, co-sponsored with NASA Office of Policy and Plans/History Office and Syracuse University Maxwell School Center for Environmental Policy and Administration, Washington, DC, March, 2000.

"Building State Science: The EPSCoR Experience," presented at American Association for the Advancement of Science Workshop on Academic Research Competitiveness, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, October, 1999.

"Environmental Policymaking for Chemical and Nuclear Weapons Demilitarization," (with Gereben), presented at American Political Science Association 1999 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September, 1999.

"James Webb: Master Builder in Science and Technology," presented at Master Builders: The Reconstruction of American Science after World War II, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, April, 1999.

"The Politics of Technology in the Post-Cold War: Chemical Weapons Destruction and the Army," (with Gereben), presented at American Society for Public Administration, Orlando, Florida, April, 1999; and also presented at the Civilian Technology Policy in the European Union and the United States: Recent Experiences and New Directions Conference sponsored by The European Union Center of the University System of Georgia and the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1999.

"Changing Course: Admiral James Watkins and the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex." Case Study for the Joint National Security Studies Program of Syracuse University and Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse, New York and Washington DC, 1999.

"Searching for Safer Technology: Army-Community Conflict in Chemical Weapons Destruction," Case Study for the Joint National Security Studies Program of Syracuse University and Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse, New York and Washington DC, 1999.

"The Army and Chemical Weapons Destruction: Implementation in a Changing Context," (with Gereben and Cerveny), Policy Studies Journal, vol. 26, No. 4, Winter, 1998.

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