Nicholas P. Guehlstorf
Nicholas P. Guehlstorf is a Professor of Political Science and Environmental Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He received his bachelors from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his Masters in Washington D.C. at Catholic University of America and his Ph.D. in West Lafayette, Indiana from Purdue University. Guehlstorf offers courses in environmental law, American government, political theory, and environmental public policy and administration. His scholarly work focuses on the applicability deliberative democracy theories have for environmental problems as his scholarship has examined the practical policy considerations environmental democracy has for genetically modified food regulations, sustainable farming practices, brownfield redevelopment programs, and wetland laws.
Dr. Guehlstorf has published two books, Ecosystems, Society and Health: Pathways Through Diversity, Convergence and Complexity with McGill University Press, and The Political Theories of Risk Analysis is with Springer. He has peer-reviewed articles of his work in journals like Environmental Science and Policy, Journal of Environmental Practice, Public Works Management and Policy, Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Ethics, and Water and Biofuels.
Dr. Guehlstorf’s current research has been trying to assert that the equitable process of making natural resource and pollution protection decisions with adequate citizens interests is more important than sustainable policy outcomes. He and his wife have been married over twenty-five years have four children and enjoy traveling wherever the minivan will take them. Dr. Guehlstorf is a large supporter of the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
Courses recently taught:
- Environmental Politics
- American Political Ideas and Their Origin
- Issues in American Public Policy
- Introduction to Political Science
- Environmental Sciences Graduate Seminar
- Environmental Law
Recent Publications:
- Russell, Krista and Nicholas P. Guehlstorf 2023. "Policy evaluations of the Renewable Fuel Standard and agricultural land use changes in three Midwestern states for a decade: variables that influence significant changes in crop decisions are not all about ethanol." Forthcoming in Biofuels.
- Guehlstorf, Nicholas P. ad Hayden King 2022. “Assessing the Variances of Citizen Stakeholder Justice in Watershed Governance: Is Action More Effective with Reactive or Proactive Administrations.” Water 14(6): 878.
- Tharp, Kelsey and Nicholas P. Guehlstorf 2019. "Brownfields in Purple States: An Analysis of the Equity of Redevelopment Outcomes Under the Brownfield Program and Voluntary Cleanup Programs in Colorado and Ohio." Public Works Management and Policy 24(2): 160-194.
- Guehlstorf, Nicholas P. and Adriana Martinez 2018. "Threats to Wetlands without Federal Protections: State Reactions to Conserving Seasonal Wetlands along the Mississippi River." Conservation and Society 17(1): 73-83.
- Guehlstorf, Nicholas P.; Lars Hallstrom and Margot Parkes (eds.) 2015. Ecosystems, Society and Health: Pathways Through Diversity, Convergence and Complexity. Montreal: McGill University Press, 2015.
- Guehlstorf, Nicholas P. and Lars Hallstrom 2012. “Participatory Watershed Management: A Case Study from Maritime Canada” Journal of Environmental Practice 14(2): 143-153.
