Michael V. McGinnis

Lecturer, Environmental Studies	Office:	Bren Hall 4003
	Phone:	(805) 893-8579
	Fax:	(805) 893-8686
	E-mail:	mcginnis@lifesci.ucsb.edu
	Website:	http://www.es.ucsb.edu/faculty/mcginnis.php
	Mailing Address:	Environmental Studies Program University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4160
	Courses:	ES 134 Coastal Processes and Management ES 188 The Ethics of Human-Environment Relations

Dr. McGinnis received his Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara in 1993 in Political Science, with a focus on environmental policy and management.  During the past 15 years he has taught a diverse array of interdisciplinary courses that focus on environmental science, public policy, politics, and ethics and values studies.  Each course emphasizes the role of science and political institutions in policy and program development, and offers a range of case study material to supplement class lectures and discussions. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon (1992-1994), and currently teaches for the Graduate School of Environmental Science and Management and the ES Program.  He is also the Acting Director of UCSB’s Ocean and Coastal Policy Center.

Dr. McGinnis is also an environmental consultant for non-profit environmental organizations, state and federal resource agencies, and has developed environmental plans to protect cultural and natural areas, including ecosystem-based plans for significant coastal marine areas. 

To date, Dr. McGinnis has published over 60 articles, essays and book chapters on the subject of large-scale environmental policy and decision-making.  His edited compendium, Bioregionalism (New York and London: Routledge, 1999) remains the primary academic treatment of the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective.  He has received research support from the National Science Foundation (1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1997-2000), two research awards from U.S. Department of the Interior (1995-1998; 1999-2000), and a number of other grants, awards, and research fellowships.

Dr. McGinnis recently received a Fulbright Scholar Award (2008) to teach and conduct research in Montenegro, which is part of southeastern Europe along the Adriatic Sea.  He will be teaching at the University of Montenegro’s Institute of Marine Studies.

Education:
Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, (December) 1993.
Emphasis in Environmental Policy and Administration.
M.A. Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988.
B.A. Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1985.

Selected Publications:
McGinnis, M.V., M. Carr, G. Forrester, J. Harding, P. Raimondi. Government Report, Consequences of Alternative Decommissioning Options to Reef Fish Assemblages and Implications for Decommissioning Policy. In Press. Published by the Mineral Management Service. Pacific Region. U.S. Department of the Interior. MMS Cooperative Agreement No. 14-35-0001-30758. 140pp.

McGinnis, M.V. "Paul Shepard." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. R. Kaplan and B. Taylor, Eds. London and New York: Continuum International Publ. Group Ltd. In Press.

McGinnis, M.V. "Bioregionalism." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. R. Kaplan and B. Taylor, Eds. London and New York: Continuum International Publ. Group Ltd. In Press.

McGinnis, M.V. "Watershed-based Partnerships and Coastal Marine Ecosystem Planning." Proceedings of California and the World Ocean 2002, October, Santa Barbara, CA. American Society of Civil Engineers. In Press.

McGinnis, M.V. "The Political Ecology of the Offshore Oil Platform Rig-to-Reef Policy Debate." Proceedings of California and the World Ocean 2002, October, Santa Barbara, CA. American Society of Civil Engineers. In Press.