Associate Professor

 


 
 
SHORT BIO

Elizabeth A. Corley is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. Elizabeth’s research interests focus on environmental policy & science policy.

She is currently the Principal Investigator for the external evaluation of the NSF-funded Learning in Formal and Informal Environments (LIFE) Center and serves as a Co-Principal Investigator for the NSF-funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU).

Elizabeth’s published research has appeared in book chapters and peer-reviewed journals, including Review of Policy Research, Research Policy, Evaluation & Program Planning, Evaluation Review, Policy Studies, Journal of Technology Transfer, Society & Natural Resources, Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, Research in Higher Education, Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Scientometrics, and Nature Nanotechnology. 

Elizabeth received three engineering degrees and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Before joining ASU, she held teaching and research positions at Georgia Tech, Bucknell University, and Columbia University.

 

 
 

 
Corley photo
Photo Credit: Felipe Ruiz

WHAT'S NEW?

Sabharwal, Meghna and Elizabeth A. Corley (2008, accepted). The Categorization of Minority Groups in Academic Science and Engineering. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.

Campbell, Heather E. and Elizabeth A. Corley. (November 2008). A Graphical System Model for Analyzing Urban Environmental Policy. Thirtieth Annual Research Conference for the Association for Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). Los Angeles, CA.

Scheufele, Dietram A., Elizabeth A. Corley, Tsung-Jen Shih, Kajsa Dalrymple and Shirley Ho.  (November 2008). Public Opinion Dynamics Surrounding Emerging Technologies in Europe and the U.S.  Annual convention of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL.

Corley, Elizabeth A., Dietram A. Scheufele and Qian Hu. (November, 2008). "Exploring Public and Scientist Attitudes about the Risks and Regulation of Nanotechnology Research: What Does the Future Hold for Policy-making?" Thirtieth Annual Research Conference for the Association for Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). Los Angeles, CA.

Neff, Mark and Elizabeth A. Corley.  (2008, forthcoming).  35 Years and 160,000 Articles: A Bibliometric Exploration of the Evolution of Ecology. Scientometrics.

Boardman, P. Craig and Elizabeth A. Corley. (2008). University research centers and the composition of research collaborations. Research Policy, Volume 37: 900-913.

Ho, S. S., Scheufele, D. A., & Corley, E. (August 2008). Influences of mass media, interpersonal communication, and cognitive processing on risks versus benefits perception of nanotechnology. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.

Corley, Elizabeth A. (July 2008). Presentation at "Young Scientists" Nanotechnology Workshop, French Embassy, Washington, DC.

Scheufele, Dietram A. and Elizabeth A. Corley. (2008). The Science and Ethics of Good Communication. Next Generation Pharmaceutical, 4(1), 66.

Corley, Elizabeth A. (May 2008). Engineering Education Evaluation Thought Leaders' Workshop, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. 

Corley, Elizabeth A. (April 2008). Scientists and the Public: Comparing Views on Nanotechnology Risks and Regulations." Invited presentation for the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) Enlightening Lunch.

White, Dave D., Elizabeth A. Corley, and Margaret S. White. (2008). Water Managers’ Perceptions of the Science-Policy Interface in Phoenix, Arizona: Implications for an Emerging Boundary Organization. Society & Natural Resources, Volume 21: 230-243.

Sabharwal, Meghna and Elizabeth A. Corley (March 2008). "Examining the Personal Characteristics and Career Trajectories of Doctoral Graduates in Public Policy and Administration Fields" American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) 69th Annual Conference. Dallas, TX.

Corley, Elizabeth A. (February 2008). "Scientists and the Public: Comparing Views on Risk and Regulation" (co-authored with Dietram A. Scheufele). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.