Arnold Vedlitz
HARC Fellow

Dr. Arnold Vedlitz is holder of the Bob Bullock Chair in Government and Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy in The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.  He is Division Head for the Science, Technology and Public Policy Division of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, as well as Division Head for the Science, Technology and Public Policy Division of the Texas Transportation Institute. Dr. Vedlitz received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Houston.

Dr. Vedlitz is the co-editor of a new book from MIT Press on environmental politics and decision making, author of an important book on public policy and author of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters in the fields of political behavior, science and technology politics and public policy. He is principal investigator, co-principle investigator and senior research scientist on externally funded research projects totaling more than $15 million. These grants have been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and numerous state agencies.

Vedlitz recently served on the Council of Competitiveness, National Innovation Initiative, Public Sector Task Force. He is a reviewer for the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Social Science Quarterly and dozens of other scholarly journals and a grant reviewer and panel member for the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.