AMY BELOW Political Science Program School of Public Policy Oregon State University 330E Ballard Hall 541-737-6280 amy.below@oregonstate.edu 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 2009- Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Assistant Professor, Political Science Program, School of Public Policy 2008-2009 Ohio University, Athens, OH Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Department 1999-2000, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2003-2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant 2000-2001 PCR Services Corp., Santa Monica, CA Assistant Planner SCHOLARSHIP PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Below, Amy (December 2014) Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy Decision Making in Latin America: Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. Routledge Role Theory and International Relations Series. 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. 1
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 Oxford Handbook on U.S. Environmental Policy. Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael Kraft eds. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. 525-549. Below, Amy (2010) Latin American Foreign Policy. International Studies Encyclopedia. International Studies Association Compendium Project. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. 4806-4825. 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 Reflections on the OUS Cuba Program: Internationalization via a Double Hybrid Model Under review with European Political Science. When Climate Change in the News Leads to Climate Change in Congress with Jenifer Whitten- Woodring. Revise and resubmit from Political Communication. A Tale of Two Branches: Policy Framing & U.S. Energy Security Policy (article) Role Theory and the BASIC Countries (article) CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 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. 2
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 2014-present Executive Council Member, International Studies Association West 2010-present Foreign Policy Analysis Editorial Board Member 2010-2012 Officer-at-Large, Foreign Policy Analysis Section, International Studies Association 3
2008-2009 Executive Council, Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association Peer Reviewer: International Studies Perspective, Politics & Policy, Review of Policy Research, Environmental Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, CQ Press, Oxford University Press Professional Memberships: International Studies Association, American Political Science Association SELECTED SERVICE TO OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 2013-present Faculty Adviser for Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honor society/student club 2013 Environmental Sciences Scholarship Committee Member 2013 SPP Ad Hoc Committee for CLA Scholarship and Creativity Fair 2013, 2011, 2010 Fulbright Interview Committee member 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 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 4
Law, Politics, and Society (teaching assistant) Theory and Practice of American Democracy (teaching assistant) Ideology and Political Conflict (teaching assistant) Environment & Society (teaching assistant) STUDENTS MASTERS DEGREE 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 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 *expected date of graduation 5