BIO:
Michael Waschak is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the STS / Public Policy department of the Rochester Institute of Technology and a doctoral candidate in the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Public Policy. He holds Masters degrees in public administration (MPA, KSU 1999) with thesis research on the federal mediation of Native American land disputes during the Carter administration and in city and regional planning (MCRP, GT 2003) specializing in environmental planning. In the past he has worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and spent two years developing strategies for urban brownfield redevelopment for the Georgia Tech Research Institute's Technical Assistance for Communities with Brownfields (TAB) program. His current research focuses on education partnerships, community-based collaborative governance models, and the potential use of environmental adaptive management principles within STEM education.

