Associate Professor

 

 
 
SHORT BIO

Elizabeth A. Corley is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs (SPA) and the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO) at Arizona State University. Corley’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).

Corley’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, Social Science Journal, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Public Administration, and Nature Nanotechnology. 

Corley 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?

Corley, Elizabeth A. & Sabharwal, Meghna (2009, in press). Scholarly Collaboration and Productivity Patterns in Public Administration: Analyzing Recent Trends. Public Administration.

Corley, Elizabeth A., Scheufele, Dietram A., & Hu, Q. (2009, in press). Of Risks and Regulations: How Leading U.S. Nano-Scientists Form Policy Stances about Nanotechnology. Journal of Nanoparticle Research.

Sabharwal, Meghna & Corley, Elizabeth A. (2009, in press). Faculty Job Satisfaction across Gender and Discipline. Social Science Journal.

Ho, S. S., Scheufele, D. A., & Corley, E. A. (2009). Value predispositions, mass media, and attitudes toward nanotechnology: The interplay of public and experts. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Boston, MA.

Corley, Elizabeth A. (2009). Evaluating Publicly-Funded R&D. Presentation at SRI International, Palo Alto, CA.

Cacciatore, M. A., Scheufele, D. A., & Corley, E. A. (2009). It depends on what you’ve heard: Exploring the link between risk perception and attitudes across different applications of nanotechnology. Presented to the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. Boston, MA.

Corley, Elizabeth A. (2009). Centers, Universities and the Scientific Innovation Ecology. Paper presented at National Science Foundation Workshop, Arlington, VA.

Scheufele, Dietram A., Corley, Elizabeth A., Shih, Tsung-Jen, Dalrymple, Kajsa E., & Ho, Shirley S. (2009). Religious Beliefs and Public Attitudes to Nanotechnology in Europe and the US. Nature Nanotechnology, 4(2), 91-94.

Ho, S. S., Scheufele, D. A., & Corley, E. A. (2009). Making sense of policy choices: A closer look at the mediating roles of elaborative processing and interpersonal discussion on public perceptions of nanotechnology. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division) Conference.

Huang, W.-L., Welch, E., & Corley, E. A. (2009). Public Sector Voluntary Initiatives: The Adoption of the Environmental Management System for Biosolids by Public Waste Water Treatment Facilities in the United States. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference.

Jimenez, B., Welch, E., & Corley, E. A. (2009). Explaining Differences in the Quality and Effectiveness of Environmental Management Systems in Public Organizations: The Experience of Public Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators in the U.S. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference.

Neff, M., & Corley, E. A. (2009). 35 Years and 160,000 Articles: A Bibliometric Exploration of the Evolution of Ecology. Scientometrics, 81(1).

Wang, J., Corley, E. A., & Welch, E. (2009). Barriers and Motivators for the Adoption of Public Sector Environmental Management Systems. Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association.

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

Boardman, P. C., & Corley, E. A. (2008). University research centers and the composition of research collaborations. Research Policy 37, 900-913.

Campbell, H., & Corley, E. A. (2008). A Graphical System Model for Analyzing Urban Environmental Policy. Paper presented at the Thirtieth Annual Research Conference for the Association for Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).