Dan Sherman

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

Contact Information

Thompson 117G