BRUCE STIFTEL, FAICP

Department of Urban and Regional Planning                  Office of Graduate Studies
Florida State University
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Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2280 USA
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Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. (City and Regional Planning), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. Dissertation: "Balancing public and private interests in water quality planning: motivations for participation," under the direction of David R. Godschalk.

M.R.P.(Environmental Planning), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981.

B.S. (Biology and Environmental Studies), State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1975. New York State Board of Regents College Scholarship. National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist. Environmental Studies Program Honor Certificate.
 

CURRENT APPOINTMENT: FLORDIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 1997- .
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Office of Graduate Studies, 2006- .

    Faculty Associate, Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium, 1989- .
    Reviews Editor, Planning Theory, Sage Publications, Ltd., 2006- .

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cardiff University (UK):
Visiting Fellow, School of City and Regional Planning, 2005.

Florida State University:
Chairperson, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 1992-1998.
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, 1990-1997.
Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, 1984-1990.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, 1983-84.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
Teaching Assistant, Department of City and Regional Planning, 1979-1983.
Research Associate, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, 1977-1983.

Prior:
Community Planner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning, and Standards, 1977.
Research Assistant, Environmental Defense Fund, 1974-1975.
Student Assistant, State University of New York, Marine Science Research Center, 1973.
Director of Recycling, Stony Brook Environmental Action, 1972-1974

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

American Institute of Certified Planners, No. 4316, issued February 1982. [Inducted as Fellow of AICP, April 2004]

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MAJOR INTERESTS

Planning Theory: 1) Collaborative governance. 2) Bargaining capabilities of public agencies. 3) Client, citizen and interest-group participation in the design, evaluation and implementation of plans. 

Natural Resources and Environmental Planning: 1)Environmental enforcement. 2)Consensus building in goal determination. 3)Impact assessment as a heuristic tool.

Planning School Performance: 1) Measurement of school productivity; 2) Demonstrating success in the integration of practice into scholarship.

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HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS.

Jay Chatterjee Award for Distinguished Service, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, July 2008.

American Society of Public Administration, Section on Natural Resources and Envrironmental Administration, 2005 Book Award, to The Promise of Environmental Conflict Resolution, ed. Rosemary O'Leary and Lisa Bingham. Resources for the Future Press, 2003, which includes the chapter, "State agency administrative mediation: a Florida trial," by Frances Berry, Bruce Stiftel and Aysin Dedekorkut.

Fellow, American Institute of Certified Planners, April 2004.

Presidential Service Citations, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, October 1999, November 2002, October 2003. October 2005, November 2006.

Service Recognition, Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association, September 2002, September 2006.

Distinguished Faculty Service Award, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, February 2002.

Elected President. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. 1998.

Gold Award for Excellence in Scholarly Journals, presented to Journal of Planning Education and Research by the Society of National Association Publications, 1995.

Hyde Chair for Excellence in Community and Regional Planning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Joint Appointee, Spring 1995.

Florida State University, Teaching Incentive Program Award, 22 December 1994. This is a recognition given to ten percent of faculty campus wide, recognizing each as "one of Florida State University's very best teachers."

Florida State University, Developing Scholar Award, 13 April 1992. This is one of five such awards made university wide each year to persons of associate professor rank. The award program is designed to "identify future academic leaders at Florida State University."

Appointed Editor (jointly with Charles E. Connerly), Journal of Planning Education and Research, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, 1990. 

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PUBLICATIONS

[Books] [Book Chapters] [Refereed Journal Publications] [Book Reviews] [Monographs] [Web and Other Serials] [Critiques] [Top of c.v.]

Books:

Bruce Stiftel, Vanessa Watson and Henri Acselrad, eds. Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 2. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. ISBN: 0-415-40285-9 (cloth); 0-203-96750-X  (e-book).

John Scholz and Bruce Stiftel, eds. Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning. Resources for the Future Press, 2005. ISBN: 1-933-11518-1 (cloth); 1-933-11519-X (paper)

Bruce Stiftel and Vanessa Watson, eds. Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 1. London and New York: Routledge, 2004.  ISBN: 0-415-34693-2 (cloth); 0-203-63998-7 (e-book). [Reviews}

Portuguese translation: Bruce Stiftel, Vanessa Watson and Pedro Abramo, eds. Diálogos em Planejamento Urbano e Regional. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano e Regional, 2005.

Spanish translation: forthcoming from Equinoccio Editorial (Caracas, Venezuela).

Eric L. Hyman and Bruce Stiftel. Combining Facts and Values in Environmental Impact Assessment: Theories and Techniques, Social impact assessment series, no. 16. Boulder, CO and London: Westview Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8133-7162-7.

Raymond J. Burby and Stephen P. French, with Beverly A. Cigler, Edward J. Kaiser, David H. Moreau and Bruce Stiftel. Flood Plain Land Use Management: A National Assessment. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985. (Epping, Essex, England: Bowker Publishing, 1985). ISBN 0-8133-7070-1.

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Book Chapters:

Bruce Stiftel and Vanessa Watson. "Louis Albrechts: building an international community of planning scholars."  Pp.211-4 in Empowering the Planning Fields: Ethics, Creativity and Action, ed. Jef Van den Broech, Frank Moulaert and Stijn Oosterlynck. Leuven, Belgium: Uitgeverij Acco, 2008.

Bruce Stiftel, Vanessa Watson and Henri Acselrad. "Global commonality and regional specificity."  In Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 2, eds. Stiftel, Watson and Acselrad. Routledge: London and New York, 2006. ISBN: 0415402859 (cloth).

John Scholz and Bruce Stiftel. "The challenges of adaptive governance." Pp. 1-14 in Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict. Resources for the Future Press, 2005. ISBN: 1933115181 (cloth); 193311519X (paper).

Bruce Stiftel and John Scholz. "The future of adaptive governance." Pp. 224-238 in Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict. Resources for the Future Press, 2005. ISBN: 1933115181 (cloth); 193311519X (paper).

Bruce Stiftel. "Multiple objectives in planning school performance measurement: can the diversity of planners' scholarship be usefully assessed at the National Level?"  Planning Education & Sustainability. Proceedings of the 11th annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools, 30 September - 2 October 2005, Adelaide, Australia.  University of South Australia: Adelaide, 2005.

Bruce Stiftel and Vanessa Watson. "Building global integration in planning scholarship." Pp. 1-14 in Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 1. London and New York: Routledge, 2004.  ISBN: 0415346932 (cloth); 0203639987 (e-book).

Frances Berry, Bruce Stiftel and Aysin Dedekorkut. "State agency administrative mediation: a Florida trial."  Pp.207-229 in The Promise of Environmental Conflict Resolution, ed. Rosemary O'Leary and Lisa Bingham. Resources for the Future Press, 2003. ISBN: 1-891853-65-1 (cloth); 1-891853-64-3 (paper).

Bruce Stiftel. "Planning theory." Pp.4-16 in The National A.I.C.P. Examination Course Guidebook 2000, ed. Roshi Pelaseyed. American Institute of Certified Planners: Washington, DC, 2000.

Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke and Bruce Stiftel. "Environmental policy." Pp. 171-200 in The Practice of Local Government Planning, third edition, edited by Linda Dalton, Charles Hoch and Frank S. So. International City Management Association: Washington DC, 2000.

Bruce Stiftel and Michael Boswell. "Assumptions and alternatives testing in Florida comprehensive plans: do we plan the future or project the present?" Pp. 91-102 in Florida's Future: A Guide to Revising Florida's Comprehensive Plan, edited by Lance de-Haven Smith. Florida Institute of Government: Tallahassee, 1999.

Bruce Stiftel, Robert M. Jones and Thomas A. Taylor. "Institutionalizing mediation of public disputes: can state offices overcome the problem of entry?" in Quel environment au XXIème siècle? Environment, maîtise du long terme et démocratie. [The Environment in the 21st Century: Environment, Long-term Governance and Democracy.] Published by Groupe d'Exploitation et de Recherches Multidisciplinaires sur l'Environment et la Société: Paris, 1998.

Bruce Stiftel and Neil G. Sipe. "Die Durchsetzung von staatlichen Vorschriften zur Deponierung von Abfall in Columbia County, Florida, USA: Eine Fallstudie zu Entscheidungsvorgängen um Technologien hoher Komplexität," ["Enforcement of state landfill regulations in Columbia County, Florida, USA,"]. Pp. 280-296 in Die Modernisierung der Demokratie: Internationale Ansätze, [Modernization of Democracy: International Lessons] edited by Horst Zilleßen, Peter C. Dienel, und Wendelin Strubelt. Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag GmbH, 1993.

Bruce Stiftel. "Florida mechanisms for resolving growth disputes." Pp.299-307 in Dispute Resolution and Democracy in the 1990s: Shaping the Agenda, proceedings of the 17th annual conference of the Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution, edited by Cheryl Cutrona, Douglas M. McCabe and Wallace Wilkins. Washington DC: Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution, 1990.

Bruce Stiftel, Andrew Dzurik and Anita Tallarico. "Probable property damage losses from natural hazards to present and future development on Florida's barrier islands: development of a method." Pp. 5461-5469 in Coastal Zone '87: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, edited by Orville T. Magoon and others. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1989.

Andrew Dzurik, Bruce Stiftel and Anita Tallarico. "Estimating Probable Storm Damage on Barrier Islands." Pp. 754-762 in Water Forum ’86: World Water Issues in Evolution, ed. M. Karamouz, G R Baumli, and WJ Brick. New York: American Society of Civit Englineers, 1986.  ISBN: 0-87262-545-1

Eric L. Hyman, Bruce Stiftel and David H. Moreau. "Toward a participant-value method for the presentation of environmental impact data." Pp. 209-225. in Improving Impact Assessment: Increasing the Relevance and Utilization of Technical and Scientific Information, edited by Stuart L. Hart, Gordon A. Enk and William F. Hornick. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985. ISBN 0-86531-865-4.

Bruce Stiftel. "Dialogue: Does it increase participant knowledgeability and attitude congruence." Pp. 61-78 in Public Involvement and Social Impact Assessment, edited by Gregory Daneke, Margot Garcia and Jerome Delli Priscolli. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983. ISBN 0-86531-624-4.

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Refereed Journal Publications:

Bruce Stiftel and Chandrima Mukhopadhyay. Thoughts on Anglo-American hegemony in planning scholarship: do we read each other’s work? Town Planning Review. 78(5,2007):545-572.

Bruce Stiftel and Rebecca Mogg. "Planners guide to the digital bibliographic revolution."  Journal of the American Planning Association. 73(1,2007):68-85.

Bruce Stiftel and Vanessa Watson. “A constução da integração global das Escolas de Planejamento” [“The construction of global integration of the schools of planning”]. Cadernos IPPUR. 19(1-2,2005):17-30.

Bruce Stiftel. "Supply side planning scholarship." Journal of Planning Education and Research. 25(2005):7-8.

Bruce Stiftel, Deden Rukmana and Bhuiyan Alam. "A reply to graduate planning school study responses." Journal of Planning Education and Research. 24(2004):128-130.

Bruce Stiftel, Deden Rukmana and Bhuiyan Alam. "Faculty quality at U.S. graduate planning schools: an NRC-style study."  Journal of Planning Education and Research. 24(2004): 6-22.

Bruce Stiftel, Lewis D. Hopkins, Eugenie Ladner Birch, Linda C. Dalton and others. "Symposium on the State of the Planning Academy." Journal of Planning Education and Research. 20(2001):397-447.

Bruce Stiftel. "Faculty labor and intellectual capital: furthering disciplinary development and institutional positioning in the urban planning academy."  1999 ACSP Presidential Address Journal of Planning Education and Research. 19(1999):207-210.

Bruce Stiftel, Robert M. Jones and Thomas A. Taylor. "Statewide offices of dispute resolution: the Florida experience." Espaces et Socíetés. 97-98(1999):155-182.

Bruce Stiftel. "Mediation of mobile home landlord-tenant disputes: an assessment of government agency implementation of mediation." Mediation Quarterly. 14(1996):53-64.

Peter L. Doan and Bruce Stiftel. "Predicting performance in planning school: an assessment of credentials with consideration of gender, race and national origin." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. 23(1996):299-311

Neil G. Sipe and Bruce Stiftel. "Mediating environmental enforcement disputes: how well does it work?" Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 15(1995):139-156.

Bruce Stiftel and Charles E. Connerly. "Submissions and reviews in the JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: 1991-1992." Journal of Planning Literature. 9(1995):255-266. [Purchase from Infotrieve.]

Bruce Stiftel. "Introduction," to symposium on teaching planning theory. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 14(1995):155-156.

Bruce Stiftel. "Myths of journal publication." Journal of Planning Literature. 8(1993):140-142. [Purchase from Infotrieve.]

Bruce Stiftel and Neil G. Sipe. "Mediation of environmental enforcement: overcoming inertia." Journal of Dispute Resolution. 1992(1992):303-324.

Charles E. Connerly and Bruce Stiftel. "Report from the editors."  Journal of Planning Education and Research. 11(1991): 1-2.

Bruce Stiftel. "Balance of representation in water planning: an assessment of experience from North Carolina." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. 17(1990):105-120.

Bruce Stiftel. "On retaining our best and brightest." Journal of the American Planning Association. 56(1990):67-68.

Bruce Stiftel and Rafael Montalvo. "Florida's twenty day meeting: resolution of the appeal of the development order for the Tampa Bay Park of Commerce." Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 9(1989):367-390.

Bruce Stiftel. "Making the complex seem relevant to the routine: thoughts on teaching planning theory." Planning Theory. 1(1988):2-6.

Beverly A. Cigler, Bruce Stiftel and Raymond J. Burby. "Rural community response to federal mandates: an assessment of floodplain land use management." Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 17(1987): 113-130.

Bruce Stiftel. "The interpersonal/organizational/political view of planning: do planners believe it? Do Florida planning schools teach it?" Florida Environmental and Urban Issues. 12(April 1985): 24-29.

Eric L. Hyman, David H. Moreau and Bruce Stiftel. "SAGE: a new participant-value method for environmental assessment." Water Resources Bulletin. 20(1984): 915-922.

Bruce Stiftel and Raymond J. Burby. "State and local programs for flood hazard management in the Southeast." Carolina Planning. 9(1983): 29-30.

David R. Godschalk and Bruce Stiftel. "Making waves: public participation in state water planning." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 17(1981): 597-614.

Bruce Stiftel and Eric L. Hyman. "Assessment of environmental quality in a democratic state." The Environmental Professional. 2(1981): 306-314.

Eric L. Hyman and Bruce Stiftel. "Retrospective of a research program on the theory and practice of environmental impact assessment." Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 1(1980):428-430.

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Book Reviews (12 since 1980; past ten years listed here; Full listing):

Bruce Stiftel. Review of PRICELESS: ON KNOWING THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING AND THE VALUE OF NOTHING, by Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling. Planning Theory. 3(2004): 268-272.

Bruce Stiftel. Review of PLANNING IN THE U.S.A.: POLICIES, ISSUES AND PROCESSES, by Barry Cullingworth. Town Planning Review, 70(1999): 126-127.

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Teaching Case:

Bruce Stiftel and Rafael Montalvo. "Development on Bay Island." Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Case Clearinghouse, 1989.

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Monographs (40 since 1977; selected for past ten years listed here. Full listing):

Bruce Stiftel, Linda Dalton, Ann Forsyth, Frederick Steiner, Dawn Terkla and Nohad Toulan. "Assessing the diversity of planning school work: a proposal for ACSP planning school performance measurement."  Report of the Working Group on Planning School Performance Measurement to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.  Tallahassee, September 2005.

Michael Elliott, Bruce Stiftel, Kathryn Frank, Severine Mayere, Robert M. Jones and Thomas A. Taylor. "Societal effects of collaborative decision making in Florida: the impact of environmental conflict resolution institutions on public choice, civic culture and environmental management systems."  Final report to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation under grant no. 2001-7528.  Tallahassee and Atlanta: Florida State University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Georgia Institute of Technology, City and Regional Planning Program, August 2003.

Eden June, Bruce Stiftel and Thomas A. Taylor. "Environmental Litigation Reform Act: a survey of implementation experience."  Report prepared for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.  Tallahassee: Florida State University, Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium, June 2003.

Aysin Dedekorkut, John Scholz and Bruce Stiftel, eds. "Adaptive governance and Florida's water conflicts: the case studies."  Florida State University, DeVoe Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Economic Policy and Government, June 2003.

Stephanie McCauley and Bruce Stiftel. "FSU Urban and Regional Planning alumni: a survey of career advancement and accomplishment."  Florida State University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, April 2002.

Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium. "Transportation dispute resolution in Florida."  Report to the Florida Department of Transportation.  30 June 2001.

June M. Thomas with John Metzger, Marsha Ritzdorf, Catherine Ross and Bruce Stiftel. "Race, racism and race relations: linkage with urban and regional planning literature."  Report to the American Sociological Association and the White House Race Initiative. 1997.

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Web-based Publications and Non-refereed Serials (Selected, past ten years):

Bruce Stiftel. The personal tenure statement, version 23.7. Urban Planning Research 25 October 2007  
 
Bruce Stiftel. As a student, how do I get the most out of the APA conference? Planetizen Interchange. 6 April 2007.

Bruce Stiftel. Planners can access planning research much more easily than in the past. Planetizen Interchange. 9 March 2007.

Johanna Looye and Bruce Stiftel. "World Planning Schools Congress highlights GPEAN activities." Global Planning Educators Interest Group Newsletter. July 2006:7-8.

Bruce Stiftel. “Report from Florida planning schools.” Florida Planning. February 2006:12-13.

Bruce Stiftel and John Scholz. "Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict."  Policy Brief No. 13.  Tallahassee: Florida State University, DeVoe Moore Center for the Study of Critical Issues in Economic Policy and Government, July 2004.

Bruce Stiftel. "Rankings don't tell all about this college town."  Tallahassee Democrat. 18 January 2004.

Bruce Stiftel. "The world's planning school associations are building a collective agenda."  Global Planning Educators Interest Group Newsletter. Spring 2003. Pp. 3-4.

Bruce Stiftel and Stephanie McCauley. "Career success and advancement: report of a survey of alumni." FSU DURP Alumni Newsletter. 6(2002):4-7.

Bruce Stiftel. "Collecting letters of recommendation: response to Deirdre McCloskey"  Chronicle of Higher Education 5 April 2002: B17ff.

Bruce Stiftel. "Remarks from Shanghai: 15 July 2001." Global Planning Educators Interest Group Newsletter. Spring 2002: 2-3.

Bruce Stiftel. "Accomplishments of the biennium: 1999-2001." ACSP Update. 124(November/December 2001):1ff.

Bruce Stiftel, Christopher Silver, Susan Bradbury and Wim Wiewel. "Statement on the recent terrorism" ACSP Update. 123(September/October 2001):1-2. 

Bruce Stiftel. "University liaison: making the connection." Florida Planning. v. 12, n.7 (September 2000): 15.  

Bruce Stiftel. "Greetings from Italy."  Florida Planning  v.9, n.9 (Nov/Dec 1999):17. 

Bruce Stiftel "FSU should include environmental charities in employee campaign."  Tallahassee Democrat 23 November 1998: 9A.

Suzanne Orenstein and Bruce Stiftel. "What are success factors for environmental and public policy distpute resolution when there is more than one table?" Resolve 28(1997):8.

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Critiques and Notices (Selected, past ten years only):

Reviews of Dialgoues in Urban and Regional Planning, volume Two:
by Wendy Steele in Australian Planner. 2007.
by Lucio Giecillo in Planum:European Journal of Planning Online. 2007. [in Italiano]
by Greg M. Lloyd in Housing Studies 23(2, 2008):374-5.
by Richard Larkin in Journal of the American Planning Assocation. 74(1, 2008):149.
by Gistav Visser in Urban Forum 19(2008):103-4.
by John McCarthy in Urban Research and Practice 1(1,2008):104-9.

Chris Steins. "An introduction to global planning scholarship." Planetizen. 13 January 07.

Reviews of Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict:

"Wet and Wild." APA Planning. 72(7,July 2006):53.
by Daniel Mazmanian in Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 36(4, 2006).:595-9.
by Amy C. Lewis in Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 42(2006).
by Richard D. Margerum in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 49(5,2006): 794-5.
by William J. Wailand in New York University Law Review. 81(2006):1518ff.
by William D. Leach in Journal of the American Planning Association. 72(4, 2006):514.
by Kristan Cickerill in Ecological Economics 62(2007) 375-6.
by Mark Zeitoun in Environment and Planning A 39(2007):2540-1.
by Brian A. Ellison in Public Administration Review 67(5,2007):946-50.

by Thomas G. Safford in Society and Natural Resources 21(2008):175-177.
by James E. Hook in Agricultural Water Management, forthcoming.


Chris Steins. "Faculty quality at graduate planning schools ranked."  Planetizen. 13 April 06.

Reviews of Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning, volume One:
by Mark Tewdwr-Jones in Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 32(2005):315-6.
by S.K. Kulshrestha in Spatio-economic Development Record, 12(3, 2005):42-3.
by Ảsdis Hlökk Theodórsdóttir. Journal of Nordregio. 5(2, 2005):23.
by Gustav Visser in Urban Forum. 16(4,2005):369-71.
by Pnina O. Plaut.in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 49(1, 2006):164-6.
by Jon Coaffee.in Planning Perspectives.  21(1,2006):104-5
by Paul Maginn.in Journal of Planning Literature.  20(4,2006):373-5.
by John Browder in Journal of Planning Education and Research. 25(4,2006):438-40.
by Edward Feser in Journal of Regional Science. 46(2,2006):412-5.
by Geraldo Costa.in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 30(2,2006):480-2.
by Christopher Cusack in Regional Studies. 40(5, 2006): 563-4.
by Rik Houthaeve in Stedebouw & Ruimtelijke Ordening [Urban & Spatial Planning]. 87(2,2006): 59-61. [in Dutch]
by Louis Albrechts in Town Planning Review. 77(2006): 633-4.
by Carlos Nunez Silva in Journal of Urban Affairs. 29:(2007):224-6.
by Pierre Filion in Canadian Journal of Urban and Regional Research  15(2,2006): 313-4.
by Shlomo Angel. in Journal of the American Planning Association 73(3,2007):353-4.

Tom Block.  Interview at time of FAICP induction.  FSU Headlines radio segment, May 2004. [requires Real Player audio]

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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (25 external and 6 internal grants and contracts as PI or Co-PI since 1985 totalling $998,715; last ten years listed here.  Full listing.)

Principal Investigator. “Planning school promotion and tenure study”. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, $8,500. 2007-8.

“Muskie Fellowship Program.” IREX, U.S. Department of State, $9,265. 2007-09.

Principal Investigator. “Land development permitting in Tallahassee Florida: a two-table perspective on planner’s preparation and persuasion.”  Devoe L. Moore and Family Center for Economic Policy and Government. $9,000. 2005.

Principal Investigator. "British planning permissions research." Cardiff University (UK), Visiting Fellows Scheme. GBP4,192 (US$7,839) 2005.

Co-principal Investigator (with John Scholz). "Water resources governance."  Devoe L. Moore and Family Center for Economic Policy and Government, Florida State University. $53,000. 2002-2003.

Co-investigator (with Thomas A. Taylor). "Environmental Litigation Reform Act: implementation assessment."  Florida Department of Environmental Protection. $23,000. 2003.

Pricipal Investigator (with Michael Elliott). "Societal effects of collaborative decision-making in Florida: the impact of environmental conflct resolution institutions and practice on public choice, civic culture and environmental management systems."  The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. $75,000. 2002.

Co-principal investigator (with Robert M. Jones). "Project development research." Florida Department of Transportation. $27,800. 2001.

"Urban policy association support program."  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, grant to ACSP. $25,000. 2000.

"ACSP Support Grants."   Fannie Mae Foundation.  $43,000. 2001.

"Hazards reserach award grant." Institute for Business and Home Safety.

Co-investigator. "Administrative Procedures Act - Alternative Dispute Resolution Evaluation Project," Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium. $200,000. 1998-1999.

Principal. Internship program grants with: 
Florida, Century Commission. $8,400. 2006-07.
Collier County (Florida) Department of Community Development. $9,000. 1998-1999.
Transportation Consulting Group. $5,000. 1997. Renewed, $5,000, 1998.
Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commmission. $5,000. 1997. Renewed, $5,000, 1998.
Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A. $4,663, 1996; renewal $5,984, 1997.

Principal. "ACSP conference simultaneous translation," Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. $5,000. 1997.

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PRESENTATIONS
[Keynote Addresses] [International] [National] [Regional, State and Local]

Keynote Addresses:

Bruce Stiftel. "The opportunity of adaptive governance."  Keynote address, Going with the Flow: Governance Options for Clean Water Act Compliance: 2007 Road to Excellence Conference. Local Government Academy, 3 May 2007, Pittsburgh, PA. [Podcast]

Bruce Stiftel. "Practice and academy: charting a joint future for urban planners."  Keynote address, 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University. 11 April 2003. Richmond, VA.

Bruce Stiftel. "Faculty labor and intellectual capital: furthering disciplinary strength and institutional position in the urban planning academy." Presidential Address presented to the 41st annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, 23 October 1999.

International Presentations (24 since 1991; selected for last ten years listed here. Full listing):

Bruce Stiftel and Chandrima Mukhopadhyay. "Thoughts on Anglo-American hegemony in planning scholarship: do we read each other's work?" Paper presented at the 21st annual congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Naples, Italy, 11-14 July 2007. [Power Point slides]

Bruce Stiftel. "Across the counter: a two-table perspective on British development control."  Paper presented at the World Planning Schools Congress, Mexico City, 12-15 July 2006.

Bruce Stiftel. "Multiple objectives in planning school performance measurement: can the diversity of planners' scholarship be usefully assessed at the national level?" Paper presented at the annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools (ANZAPS), Adelaide, Australia, 30 September-1 October 2005.

Nursen Kaya and Bruce Stiftel. “Land Development Permitting in Tallahassee Florida: A Two-Table Perspective on Planner's Preparation and Persuasion.”  Paper presented by Kaya at the 19th Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), Vienna, Austria, 13-17 July 2005.

Michael Elliott and Bruce Stiftel. “Societal Effects of Collaborative Decision-Making in Florida: The Impact of Environmental Conflict Resolution Institutions on Public Choice, Civic Culture and Environmental Management Systems.”  Paper presented by Elliott to the 18th annual conference of the International Association for Conflict Management, Seville, Spain, 12-15 June 2005.

Bruce Stiftel and Vanessa Watson. "Building global integration in planning scholarship." Paper presented by Stiftel at the 18th Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Grenoble, France, 1-4 July 2004.
                     
Bruce Stiftel. "Pressures facing planning schools."  Paper presented at the Assemblée Générale de L'Association pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Aménagement et Urbanisme Internationale (APERAU); International Association for the Development of Planning Education and Research], Grenoble, France, 30 June 2004.
   
Bruce Stiftel and Deden Rukmana. "Faculty quality at U.S. urban planning schools: an NRC-style study."  Paper presented by Stiftel at the Joint Congress of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Association of European Schools of Planning, Leuven, Belgium, 8-11 July 2003.

Bruce Stiftel. "Promoting an agenda of international academic cooperation in urban and regional planning: the GPEAN initiatives."  Paper presented at the X Encontro Nactional da Associação de Planejamento Urbano e Regional (Tenth National Conference of the National Association of Education and Research in Urban and Regional Planning [ANPUR]), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 26-30 May 2003.

Bruce Stiftel. "Consensus-building processes in transportation planning: lessons from Florida.  Paper presented at the 16th Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Volos, Greece, 10-14 July 2002.

Bruce Stiftel. "Can governments bargain effectively?: lessons from a waste transfer station location."  Paper presented at the first World Planning Schools Congress, Shanghai, China, 9-15 July 2001.

Bruce Stiftel and Christopher Harkness. "Overcoming agency ratification obstacles in environmental negotiation: lessons from labor-management practice."  Paper presented by Stiftel at the 12th Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Aveiro, Portugal, 22-25 July 1998. 

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National Presentations (28 since 1980; selected for past ten years listed here. Full listing):

Bruce Stiftel. "Returning to the faculty."  Presentation at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Administrators' Conference, Pismo Beach, CA, 23-24 March 2007.

Bruce Stiftel, Linda Dalton, Ann Forsyth, and Frederick Steiner. "Multiple objectives in planning school performance measurement: can the diversity of planners' scholarship be usefully assessed at the national level?" Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Ft. Worth TX, 9-12 November 2006.

Bruce Stiftel. “Toward a systematic assessment of planning school performance.”  Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Administrators’ Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 1-2 April 2005.

Bruce Stiftel and Vanessa Watson. "Building global integration in planning scholarship." Paper presented by Stiftel at the 45th annual meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, OR, 21-24 October 2004.

Bruce Stiftel and Michael Elliott. "Systemic and cumulative effects of collaborative planning in Florida." Paper presented at the 44th annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Baltimore, 23 November 2002.

Severine Mayere and Bruce Stiftel. "How do we substantiate the effects of process innovation in environmental decision making: a review of prior research."  Paper presented by Mayere at the 44th annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Baltimore, 23 November 2002.

Francis Berry, Bruce Stiftel and Aysin Dedekorkut. "Mediation in state agency administrative procedures: an assessment of its use in Florida state agencies."  Paper presented by Berry at the Conference on Evaluating Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution Programs and Policies organized by Syracuse University and the Indiana Conflict Resolution Institute, Washington DC, 8-9 March 2001.

Bruce Stiftel. "Carmichael meets Kingsfield: a stylized account of student-faculty conflict concerning A.D.A. accommodation." Paper presented at the Administrators' Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, 14-15 May 1999.

Bruce Stiftel and Christopher Harkness. "Overcoming agency ratification obstacles in environmental negotiation: lessons from labor-management practice." Paper presented at at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Pasadena, CA, 4-8 November 1998.   

Bruce Stiftel and Charles E. Connerly. "Images of planning scholarship: Submissions and Reviews in the Journal of Planning Education and Research: 1991-1996." Paper presented by Stiftel at the 39th annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 6-9 November 1997.

Bruce Stiftel and Suzanne Orenstein. "What are success factors for environmental and public policy dispute resolution when there is more than one table."  Paper presented at the roundtable on What is Success in Public Policy Dispute Resolution sponsored by the National Institute of Dispute Resolution and RESOLVE, Washington, DC, 9-11 June 1997.

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Regional, State and Local Presentations
(40 since 1982; selected for past ten years listed here. Full listing):

Bruce Stiftel. “Pracademics and the fallacy of induction.” Presentation to the conference on The Role of University Centers in Collaborative Governance, sponsored by the Policy Consensus Initiative, 6-7 June 07, Jupiter, FL.               

Steve Leitman  and Bruce Stiftel. "Government fragmentation and the solution of water policy controversy."  Keynote address, Soil and Water Conservation Association conference on Water Resource Issues in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin: Working Together for a Better Future. 17 May 2007, Quincy, FL.

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"Across the counter: a two-table perspective on negotiating planning permissions." Presentation at Cardiff University, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff, Wales, December 2005.

John T. Scholz and Bruce Stiftel. "Adaptive Governance of Water Conflicts."  Paper presented by Scholz at the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2005.

Bruce Stiftel and John T. Scholz. “Adaptive governance and water conflict.”  Presentation by Stiftel to ConserveFlorida, 15 March 2005, Orlando, FL.

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TEACHING

Semester Courses Taught:

Florida State University:

URP4022:  Collective Decisions.  
URP5429:  Water Resource Conflicts.  
URP 5101: Planning Theory and Practice. 
URP 5421: Environmental Planning and Resource Management.
URP4423:  Introduction to Environmental Planning and Resource Management.
URP 5122: Environmental Dispute Resolution. 
URP 6102: Seminar in Planning Theory. 
URP 5945: Internship Seminar. 
URP 6938: Doctoral Research Colloquium. 
URP 5425: Methods of Environmental Analysis. 
URP 5311: Advanced Planning Problems. 
URP 5201: Methods of Planning Analysis I: Research and Evaluation. 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:

Planning 223(1): Planning Problems. 
Planning 267: Participatory Planning.

Prior Students  (Full List of Prior Students Here)

Major Professsor to three graduated Ph.D. students, fifty-three M.S.P. students, and one M.S. student.
Advisor to one postdoctoral fellow.

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SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

Testimony Before Legislative and Policy Bodies

Royal Town Planning Institute (UK), Education Commission. March 2002.
Florida, Joint Legislative Commission on Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, April 1990.
Florida, Governor's Growth Management Advisory Commission, Boca Raton, December 1986.
  

Editorial Service (Selected):

Member, Editorial Board, International Planning Studies. 2006- .
Member, Editorial Board, Town Planning Review. 2006-2009.
Reviews Editor, Planning Theory. 2005- .
Member, Editorial Board, Journal for Education in the Built Environment. 2005- .
Editor (joint with Vanessa Watson and Henri Acselrad), Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning book series. Routledge, in conjunction with the Global Planning Education Association Network. 2003-2007.
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Planning Education and Research. 1997-2001.
Editor (joint with Charles E. Connerly), Journal of Planning Education and Research. 1991-1996.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the American Planning
  Association. 1987-1994; 2006-2008.
Editor, Carolina Planning. 1977.

Service to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (Selected):

Certification Maintenance Working Group, Chair, 2007- .
Planning School Assessment Task Force, Member 2006- .
Higher Education Leadership Award Committee. Chair, 2005.
Working Group on Planning School Performance Measurement. Chair, 2004-06.
Global Planning Education Association Network, ACSP Representative 2001-2006;
    Elected founding chairperson July 2002.
    Co-chair, 2003-2005.
International Associations and Conferences Committee, Co-chair, 2001-2006.
Planning Globally Task Force, Steering Committee, Member 2001-2006.
Organizing Committee, 2003 Administrators' Conference, Amelia Island FL, Chair.
Past-president, 2001-2002.
President, 1999-2001.
President-elect, l998-1999.
Vice President, 1997-1998.

Committee on the Academy and the Profession, Member 1996-97, 2001- ; Chair, 2003- .
National conferences track on Planning Process, Participation and Dispute Resolution, 1996-98. Track Chair.

Local Host Committee, 1997 National Conference, 1995-1997. Co-chair.

Service to the Planning Accreditation Board:

Accreditation Site Visits: 
University of Colorado, Denver and Health Sciences Center, 2006 (Team chair)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2000 (Team chair)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1998 (Team chair)

University of Pittsburgh, 1996

Service to the American Planning Association (Selected):

FAICP Nominating Committee, Florida Chapter. 2005. Member.
Executive Committee, Florida Chapter. 1997-2001; 2004-2006. Universities Representative.
Conference Committee, Florida Chapter. 1997. Member.
AICP Exam Program Committee, Florida Chapter. 1986-88. Chair.


Service to Other Universitiies
(Selected):

29 retention, promotion and/or tenure reviews since 1990.

Other:

University of Arizona, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Planning Program Strategic Planning Committee, External Member. 2004-05.  
University of Cincinnati. Review of graduate programs in Community and Regional Development Planning, External Reviewer. 2004.

FSU University Service (Selected):

University-wide:
    Search Committee for the Dean of the Graduate School, 2005. Member.
    Graduate Policy Committee, 2004-2007. Social Sciences Representative.       
    Graduate Enrollment Management Committee, 2004. Social Sciences Representative.
    Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2001-2003. Member
    University Council on Teaching, 1994-97. Member.
    Faculty Senate, Computing and Information Resources Committee, Member 1994-99; Chair, 1997-99.
   
College of Social Sciences:
    GIS Lab Coordinating Committee, l998-2000. Member. 1999-2000. Chair.
    Information and Data Processing Committee, 1992-1995. Chair.
    Administrative Committee, 1992-l998. Member.
    Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1990-91; l998-1999; 2001-2003. Member.
    Policy and Academic Affairs Committee, Member: 1987-90;91-93;1998-2000; 2001-05; Chair: 2003-2004.

Department of Urban and Regional Planning:
    Department Chairperson, 1992-l998.
    Director of Doctoral Studies, 1989-92; 2003-2004.
    Academic Personnel Committee, Chair, 1985-1987; 2000-2003; 2004-2005.
    Alumni Liaison. 1985-87; 1998-2003.
    Curriculum Committee, Chair, 1984-85; 1988-89.
    
Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium:
    Faculty Associate, 1989- .
    Advisory Council, 1987-89. Member.
    
Miscellaneous Service (Selected):

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. 1999. Consultant in the design of evaluation procedures for government-organized environmental dispute resolution programs.
Policy Census Initiative. 1998-99. Member of Work Group on overcoming barriers to state use of dispute resolution, funded by Hewlett Foundation and Western Justice Center.
Florida Mobile Home Study Commission. 1990. Participant in review of mediation activities concerned with resolution of landlord-tenant disputes.
ICF Incorporated, Washington, 1980; 1983.  Research and assistance on community involvement and other issues as background to policy making by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the "Superfund" hazardous waste program.
Systems Research and Development, Incorporated, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1980.  Research design for investigation of public involvement in surface mining.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Planning Association (Charter Member)
American Political Science Association
American Water Resources Association
Association for Conflict Resolution
Association of European Schools of Planning
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Florida Planning and Zoning Association
Planners Network
Royal Town Planning Institute (International Associate)
 

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