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Adam M. Wellstead Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy Ph.D., University of Alberta, Renewable Resources 2006 Department of Social Sciences Office Location: 202 Academic Offices Office Phone: 906.487.1843 FAX: 906.487.2935 Email: awellste@mtu.edu Curriculum Vitae PDF Format Environmental Policy Graduate Program

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Professional Biography

After a 15 year career with the Canadian federal government (Natural Resources Canada) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, I was happy to make a mid-career shift and join the Department of Social Sciences. My background in policy and public management will contribute to the research and teaching in the Environmental Policy Program. My research interests include investing multi-level governance arrangements in the natural resource sector, measuring policy capacity and evidence based policy-making, understanding place-based policy, and developing theories of the policy process. I enjoy developing and conducting (primarily online) surveys and undertaking structural equation modeling using LISERL.

I particularly enjoy collaborating with a number of scholars across North America and internationally. I look forward to continuing involvement in these distant networks as well as establishing local contacts and working with the many leading scholars at MTU. This term I am teaching the university-wide Institutions (UN2002) course and enjoy making an important contribution to the overall educational experience for undergraduate students of all disciplines.

One of the factors motivating to come to MTU are the outdoor recreational opportunities. I am an avid runner and look forward to logging many thousands of miles (both running and skiing) on the many trails throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula.