Christopher Weible, PhD
Professor
Program Director, Master of Public Policy
Co-Director, Center for Policy and Democracy
Email Address: chris.weible@ucdenver.edu
Personal Websites: Google Scholar, Center for Policy and Democracy
Primary Phone: 303-315-2010
Office Hours: By appointment
Bio
Chris Weible is a professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. His research and teaching center on policy process theories and methods, democracy, and environmental policy. He serves as the Co-Founder and Co-Director for the Center for Policy and Democracy (CPD) and Co-Editor for Policy & Politics. He teaches courses in environmental politics, public policy and democracy, policy analysis, and research methods and design. Recent and current research includes studying policy conflicts in energy issues (e.g., siting energy infrastructure and oil and gas development), the role of emotions in public discourse, institutional analyses of the content of public policy, and patterns and explanations of policy change. He has published over a hundred articles and book chapters and has been awarded millions of dollars in external funding. His edited volumes include "Theories of the Policy Process," "Methods of the Policy Process," and "Policy Debates in Hydraulic Fracturing." He regularly engages and enjoys collaborating with students and communities in research projects. Professor Weible earned his PhD in Ecology from the University of California Davis and a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Washington. Before coming to CU Denver, he was an Assistant Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
Areas of Expertise
political conflict and concord in relation to public policy issues
Education, Licensure & Certifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology
University of California Davis
Master of Public Administration
University of Washington
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics
University of Washington