Professor, Environmental Studies & Sciences
Professor, Environmental Studies & Sciences
(On Leave Spring 2025)
Dan Sherman, director of the Sound Policy Institute, has research interests in the areas of sustainability, environmental science, and U.S. environmental law and policy. He co-authored an undergraduate textbook on environmental science and sustainability with W.W. Norton press. He is author of the book Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere: Local Opposition and the Politics of Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal (RFF Press, 2011), and many articles on hazardous waste cleanup, citizen activism, and sustainability in higher education. Sherman teaches courses that focus on the environment and its relation to politics and society.
Education
BA
Canisius College
1995
BA
Victoria University Wellington
1996
MA
Colorado State University
1999
MA
Cornell University
2002
PhD
Cornell University
2004