Mark W. Neff

Biography

I am an assistant professor of Environmental Science and Environmental Studies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA and an affiliated scholar at the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. In general, I am interested in teaching about and studying the following:

• The roles of science and values in environmental controversies and decision-making;
  
• Communication between scientists and potential users of scientific knowledge, including communication of scientific information to decision makers and various publics AND communication between those groups and scientists about research priorities to achieve societal goals;
• Formal and informal science policies and their impacts on the contribution of science to societal goals;
  
• And, figuring out how to make decisions about the environment proactively, before problems occur or before they have become severe, rather than reactively, when interventions tend to become more difficult.
  

See my research page for more information on these topics.