{"id":7,"date":"2018-06-29T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s2\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:13:22","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s15\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP) section of APSA!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif\">About STEP<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">STEP is governed by&nbsp;Section Officers and an&nbsp;Executive Council, all of whom are elected by the membership as a whole at the annual APSA meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Section Officers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Chair: Kristin Taylor, Wayne State University (<a href=\"kristin.taylor@wayne.edu\">email<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Secretary\/Treasurer: Elizabeth Koebele, University of Nevada, Reno (<a href=\"ekoebele@unr.edu\">email<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Executive Council:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Betsy Albright, Duke University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Rob DeLeo, Bently University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Aaron Deslatte, University of Indiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Annemieke van den Dool, Duke Kushan University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Geoboo Song, University of Arkansas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Tom\u00e1s Olivier, Syracuse University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">David Switzer, University of Missouri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Gwen Arnold, UC Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Matt Nowlin, University of Texas Arlington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Conference Chair:<\/strong> Annemieke van den Dool, Duke Kushan University  (<a href=\"annemieke.van.den.dool@dukekunshan.edu.cn\">email<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Newsletter Editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Andrew Kirkpatrick, Christopher Newport University <a href=\"mailto:andrew.b.kirkpatrick@gmail.com\">(email)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Nathan Jeschke, University of Tennessee <a href=\"njeschke@utk.edu\">(email)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About STEP The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena. 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