02/15/16
John C. Pierce
1724 Mississippi St.
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 856-0221 (home)
(971) 322-8049 (cell)
Education:
B.A. with University Honors, University of Puget Sound, 1965
M.A. in Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1967
Ph. D. in Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1969
Current Appointments:
Affiliate Faculty/Graduate Faculty/Lecturer, School of Public Affairs and
Administration, University of Kansas (2007-present)
Courtesy Faculty, Graduate Faculty, School of Public Policy, Oregon State
University (2013-present)
Professor Emeritus, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Vice
Chancellor Emeritus, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Previous Employment:
Adjunct Faculty, Museum Studies Program, University of Kansas, 2010/11
Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society, 2003-2006 (retired, 7/01/06)
Research Professor and Graduate Faculty, Washington State University at
Vancouver, Independent scholar and author, 2001-2003
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Colorado at Colorado
Springs, and Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado
at Colorado Springs, 1997-2001
Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Professor of Political Science, Graduate Faculty
Member, Washington State University, 1986-1997
Chair and Professor, Graduate Faculty Member, Department of Political Science,
Washington State University, 1976-1984
Associate to Full Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington State
University, 1973-1977
Congressional Fellow, American Political Science Association, 1970-71
Instructor to Associate Professor with tenure, Graduate Faculty Member,
Department of Political Science, Tulane University 1968-1973.
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Selected Honors/Awards:
Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Puget Sound, 2015
Alumni of Notable Achievement, College of Liberal Arts, University of
Minnesota, 2012
Phi Beta Kappa (Alumni Designation), University of Puget Sound, 2008
John Pierce Day, State of Washington, 1997
Christian A. Johnson Foundation Educational Leadership Program, 1996
Golden Key Honor Society Certificate of Honor for Meritorious Service, 1995
Washington State University Mortar Board Distinguished Professor, 1995
Washington State University Outstanding Faculty, 1981
American Political Science Association: Congressional Fellow, 1970-71
Selected Activities:
Friends of the KU Spencer Art Museum Board (2014-present)
Member, President (2013), Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Douglas
County Historical Society (current)
Member, Board of Directors, and Executive Committee, Kansas Council for the
Humanities (2008-2014)
Editorial Board, “Economics and Governance and Sustainability.” Book series
Of the Simone Cesaretti Foundation, Florence, Italy
Member, Board of Trustees, University of Puget Sound (2004-2013)
Chair, Advisory Council, Friends of the Hall Center for the Humanities,
University of Kansas (2011-12)
Permanent Board Secretary, Oregon Geographic Names Board: 2003-2006
Member, Board, Lewis and Clark Bicentennial in Oregon: 2003-2006
Member (ex-officio) Oregon Heritage Commission: 2003-2006
Partner, Board of the Oregon Cultural Trust: 2003-2006
Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum Endowment Board, 1998-2001
Trustee, Washington Commission on the Humanities, 1995-97
Trustee, Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, 1994-2002 (Appointed
twice by President William Clinton)
Whitman County Mental Health Board, 1977
Courses Taught:
Cultural Institutions and Social Capital (SPAA/MUSE, KU)
Non-profit Accountability (SPAA, KU)
Honors Introduction to Public Administration (SPAA, KU)
The Nature of Museums (MUSE, KU)
Social Capital and Civic Engagement (SPAA, KU)
Sustainability Issues for Public Administrators (SPAA, KU)
Sustainability and Civic Engagement (service learning course, SPAA, KU)
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Introduction to American Government and Politics (WSU)
Introduction to Political Science (Tulane)
Public Opinion and Voting Behavior (WSU, Tulane)
Political Parties and Interest Groups (WSU, Tulane)
The Electorate (WSU)
Political Culture and Public Policy (WSU)
Social Capital and Public Policy (WSU-Vancouver)
Public Policy Seminar (WSU)
Honors Introduction to Political Science (WSU)
Introduction to Political Science (Tulane)
Political Methodology (Tulane)
Congress and the Legislative Process (WSU, Tulane)
Honors Advanced Seminar (WSU)
Evaluation Research (WSU-Vancouver)
Numerous Ph.D. and Masters theses and dissertations
Current Research:
Books/Monographs:
Tilting at Windmills. Research monograph on public attitudes about tradeoffs in the
development of alternative energy technologies in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and
California. With Brent S. Steel. Under contract to Springer. Expected completion:
2015/16.
Searching for Home, One Stream at a Time. A collection of personal essays reflecting on
my search for “home” by fishing streams where I have lived or where my family lives or
has lived, from the Sandhills of Nebraska to the rolling hills of Tuscany.
Nice Trout. A collection of personal essays focusing on reflections in regard to
experiences fly-fishing for trout (In Press with Whitefish Press, scheduled for Fall, 2016).
Article length research projects:
Evan Berman, John C. Pierce, Brent S. Steel & Jeanette Taylor. “Job Satisfaction in Cascadia: A Comparison of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington Civil Servants.” Paper prepared for the Fred Riggs Symposium: Rethinking Public Service
Ethics: Cross-cultural Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges, American Society for
Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference Section on International &
Comparative Administration (SICA), Seattle, WA 2016.
*The presence of sustainability-related public values in the applications of cities for All-
American City status (with Heather Getha-Taylor, Jeannette Blackmar)
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*The role of social capital in buffering the impact of economic conditions on public
health outcomes (with Dorothy Daley, Holly Goerdel, Renee Dinsmore)
*The role of socio-political sources in the creation of creative cultural capital (with Alisa
Moldanova and Nicholas Lovrich)
*Sociocultural correlates of compassionate counties (with Ward Lyle and Stacey White)
*Explaining the presence of sanctuary communities (With Nicholas Lovrich, Chris
Simon and Maria Chavez-Pringle).
Publications:
Books/Monographs/Journal Symposia
*John C. Pierce. Nice Trout. Collected personal essays. (Cincinnati, OH:
Whitefish Press, Forthcoming: 2015/16).
*Brent S. Steel and John C. Pierce. Tilting at Windmills (tentative title) Research
monograph on public attitudes about tradeoffs in the development of alternative
energy technologies in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and California. Springer. Under
contract. Springer. Expected completion: 2015/16.
*John C. Pierce. Beginner’s Creek. Collected personal essays. (Cincinnati, OH:
Whitefish Press, 2012), 123 pp.
*John C. Pierce. McCormick Creek. (Lawrence, KS: Snapfish, 2012), 21 pp.
*John C. Pierce and Brent S. Steel. (Editors). Cultural Considerations in Support for
Alternative Energy Policy. Special issue symposium of Comparative Technology
Transfer and Society Vol. 7, No. 3 (2009): 247-302.
*John C. Pierce and Carolyn N. Long. (Editors) Presidents and the Presidency:
Selected Essays from the Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series (Portland, Oregon: The
Oregon Historical Society, 2006).
*John C. Pierce. Catch and Release. Collected personal essays. (Sweet Grass Books,
Farcountry Press: 2006), 142 pp. Also audio-issued on the Idaho Commission for
Libraries’ Talking Book series (2011).
*John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Brent S. Steel, Mary Ann E. Steger and
John Tennert. Political Culture and Public Policy in Canada and the United States:
Only a Border Apart? (Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press, 2000).
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*John C. Pierce. River Earth: A Personal Map. Collected essays. (Pullman,
WA:WSU Press, 1999), 192 pp.
*Russell Dalton, Paula Garb, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce and John
Whitely. Critical Masses: Citizen Responses to the Environmental Consequences of
Nuclear Weapons Production in the United States and Russia (Cambridge, Mass:
MIT Press, 1999).
*John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Mary Ann E. Steger and Brent S. Steel.
Political Communication and Environmental Interest Groups: The United States And
Canada (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1992).
*David C. Nice, John C. Pierce and Charles H. Sheldon (editors). Government and
Politics in the Evergreen State (Pullman, WA: WSU Press, 1992).
*John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Taketsugu Tsurutani and Takematsu Abe.
Public Knowledge and Environmental Politics in Japan and the United States
(Boulder, CO: Westview, 1989).
*John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. Water Politics, Democracy and the
Technical Information Quandary (Millwood, NY: Associated Faculty Press, 1986).
*Thor Swanson, William F. Mullen, John C. Pierce and Charles H. Sheldon (editors).
Political Life in Washington: Governing the Evergreen State (Pullman, WA: WSU
Press, 1985).
*John C. Pierce, Kathleen Beatty and Paul R. Hagner. The Dynamics of American
Public Opinion (Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1982).
*John C. Pierce and John L. Sullivan (editors). The Electorate Reconsidered
(Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE, 1980).
*JL Huffman, M Berry, N Brown, NP Lovrich, JC Pierce. The Allocation of Water
to Instream Flows, Volume I: A Comparative Study of Policy Making and Technical
Information in the States of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Washington (Washington
State Water Research Center, 1980).
*JC Pierce, NPJ Lovrich, A Cook. The Allocation of Water to Instream Flows,
Volume III: Idaho Water Resources Management (Washington State Water
Research Center, 1980).
*William F. Mullen, John C. Pierce, Charles H. Sheldon and Thor Swanson (editors).
Washington Government and Politics (Pullman, WA: WSU Press, 1978).
*John C. Pierce and Harvey R. Doerksen (editors). Water Politics and Public
Involvement (Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Science, 1976).
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*John C. Pierce and Harvey R. Doerksen. Public Attitudes Toward Water Allocation
in The State of Washington: Citizens, Interest Groups and Agencies (Pullman, WA:
State of Washington Water Research Center, 1975).
*John C. Pierce and Richard A. Pride (editors). Cross-National Micro-Analysis
(Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE, 1972).
*L. Earl Shaw and John C. Pierce (editors). Readings on the American Political
System (Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1970).
*John C. Pierce. Ideology, Attitudes and Voting Behavior of the American
Electorate: 1956, 1960, 1964 (Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1969,
281pp.).
Articles and Essays
Pierce, John C., Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and William Budd. “Social Capital,
Institutional Performance, and Sustainability in Italy’s Regions: Still Evidence of
Enduring Historical Effects?” Under Revise and Resubmit.
Rachel Krause, John C. Pierce and Brent S. Steel. “The impact of auditory and visual
experience with wind turbines on support for wind production and proximity-based
opposition.” Society and Natural Resources (Forthcoming).
Blackmar, Jeannette M., John C. Pierce, and Brent S. Steel. “Social Capital and the
Centrality of Local Food Policy to Sustainability Initiatives in U.S. Counties.”
Review of Studies of Sustainability (2015): 45-62. DOI: 10.3280/RISS2015-001004.
Brent S. Steel, John C. Pierce, Rebecca L. Warner, and Nicholas P. Lovrich.
“Environmental Value Considerations in Public Attitudes about Alternative Energy
Development in Oregon and Washington.” Environmental Management Vol. 55
(2015): 634-645.
Natalie Martinkus, Wenping Shi, Nicholas P. Lovrich, John Pierce, Paul Smith, and
Michael Wolcott. “Integrating Biogeophysical and Social Assets Into Biomass-to-
Biofuel Supply Chain Siting Decisions.” Biomass and Bioenergy Vol. 66 (2014):
410-418.
John C. Pierce. “Nice Trout.” Essay in three parts, in three issues of Northern
Journeys (2013/2014).
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Bonnie J. Johnson and John C. Pierce. “Is County Level of Social, Creative, and
Human Capital Associated with Winning Humanities Grants in Kansas? Nonprofit
Management and Leadership Vol. 24 (2014): 503-520.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas Lovrich, Bonnie Johnson, William Budd and Tony Reames.
“Social Capital and Sustainability Plans and Policies in American Urban areas: 2000-
2010.” Sustainability Vol. 6, No. 1 (2014): 136-157.
Johnson, Bonnie P., Holly T. Goerdel, Nicolas P. Lovrich, Jr., and John C. Pierce.
“Social Capital and Emergency Management Planning: A Test of Community
Context Effects on Formal and Informal Collaboration.” American Review of Public
Administration DOI: 10.1177/0275074013504127 (2013).
John C. Pierce, Bonnie J. Johnson and Stacey S. White. “Social, Creative, Human
and Political Capital Effects on Sustainability Initiatives in Kansas Counties: A
Research Note.” Community Development. Vol. 44, No.2 (2013): 188-199.
John C. Pierce, William Budd, and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Resilience and
Sustainability in American Urban Areas.” Environmental Politics. Vol. 20, No. 4
(July, 2011): 566-584.
John C. Pierce, Brent S. Steel and Rebecca L. Warner. “Knowledge, Culture and
Public Support for Renewable Energy Policy.” Comparative Technology Transfer
and Society (2009): 270-286.
John C. Pierce and Brent S. Steel, “Cultural Considerations in Public Support for
Renewable Energy Technologies.” Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
(2009): 247-250.
John C. Pierce. “A Selkirk Font.” Northern Journeys. Vol. 11: October, 2008.
William W. Budd, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., and John C. Pierce. “Political Culture
and Sustainability in American Cities.” Cities: An International Journal of Urban
Planning and Policy (2008). Vol. 25: 257-267.
John Pierce, Mark Stephan, Nicholas Lovrich, Madina Khalmirzaeva, Abdulkhakim
Salokhiddinov, and Edward P. Weber. “Cross-national Transfer of Governance
Technologies: The Case of Water Allocation in Uzbekistan.” Comparative
Technology Transfer and Society. (2006) 4: 287-304.
John Pierce. “A River’s Reach.” Plains Song Review VIII (2006): 15-19.
John Pierce. “Catch and Release.” Open Spaces 6 (2004): 29-35.
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John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Internet Technology Transfer and Social
Capital: Aggregate and Individual Relationships in American Cities.” Comparative
Technology Transfer and Society 1 (2003): 47-70.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., and C. David Moon. “Social Capital and
Government Performance: An Analysis of Twenty American Cities.”Public
Performance & Management Review 25 (2002): 381-397.
John Harner, Kee Warner, John Pierce and Tom Huber. “Urban Environmental
Justice Indices.” The Professional Geographer 54 (2002): 318-331.
John C. Pierce. “The Logger Savant.” Northern Journeys (2002).
C. David Moon, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and John C. Pierce. “Political Culture in the
Urban West: Is It Really Different?” State and Local Government Review (Spring,
2001): 195-201.
C. David Moon, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and John C. Pierce. “Political Culture in
Canada and the United States: Comparing Civic Attitudes in Major Canadian and
American Cities.” Social Science Quarterly 81 (2000): 826-836.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and Russell Dalton. “Contextual Influences
on Environmental Knowledge: Public Familiarity with Technical Terms in Nuclear
Weapons Production in Russia and the United States.” Environment and Behavior 32
(2000): 188-208.
Brent S. Steel, John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Public Information
Campaigns and ‘At-Risk Voters.” Political Communication 15 (1998): 117-113.
John C. Pierce. “The Hidden Layer of Political Culture: A Comment on
‘Postmaterial Values and the Environment: A Critique and Reappraisal.” Social
Science Quarterly 78 (1997): 30-35.
Brent S. Steel, John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Resources and Strategies
of Interest Groups and Industry Representatives Involved in Federal Forest Policy.”
Social Science Journal 33 (1996): 401-420.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce, Brent S. Steel, Mary Ann E. Steger and John
Tennert. “Native Claims and Public Attitudes: The Politics of Context and Culture
in British Columbia and Washington State. International Journal of Canadian
Studies 12 (1995): 235-259.
Brent S. Steel, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., and John C. Pierce. “Causes and
Consequences of Public Knowledge Concerning State and Local Taxes: An Oregon
and Washington Comparison Study.” State and Local Government Review 26 (1994):
89-103.
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Brent S. Steel, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., and John C. Pierce. “Natural Resource
Information Sources and Postmaterial Values: A Comparative Study of U.S. and
Canadian Citizens in the Great Lakes Area.” Journal of Environmental Systems 22
(1992-93): 123-136.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Mary Ann E. Steger and Brent S. Steel.
“Public Policy, Political Culture and Generational Change in British Columbia.”
International Journal of Canadian Studies 10 (1993): 23-38.
Brent S. Steel, Rebecca L. Warner, Nicholas P. Lovrich,Jr. and John C. Pierce. “The
Inglehart-Flanagan Debate over Postmaterialist Values: Some Evidence from a
Canadian-American Case Study.” Political Psychology 13 (1992): 61-67.
John C. Pierce, Mary Ann E. Steger, Lynette Lee-Sammons and Nicholas P. Lovrich,
Jr. “Media Reliance and Public Images of Environmental Politics.” Journalism
Quarterly 67 (1990): 379-393.
Brent S. Steel, Mary Ann S. Steger, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and John C. Pierce.
“Consensus and Dissension among Contemporary Environmental Activists:
Preservationists and Conservationists in the US and Canada Context.” Environment
and Planning C: Government and Policy 8 (1990): 379-393.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and Masahiko Matsuoka. “Support for
Citizen Participation: A Comparison of American and Japanese Citizens, Activists
and Elites.” Western Political Quarterly 43 (1990): 39-60.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce and Charles H. Sheldon. “Citizen Knowledge
and Voting in Judicial Elections.” Judicature 79 (1989): 28-33.
Mary Ann E. Steger, John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and Brent S. Steel.
“Political Culture, Postmaterial Values and the New Environmental Paradigm.”
Political Behavior 11 (1989): 233-254.
Dennis L. Soden, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce and Berton L. Lamb.
“Public Participation in Natural Resource Policy Processes: A View from the Inside
Out.” The Environmental Professional 10 (1989): 304-316.
John C. Pierce, Lynette Lee-Sammons and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Public Reliance
on Sources of Environmental Information in Japan and the United States.” Journalism
Quarterly 65 (1989): 902-908.
Mary Ann E. Steger, John C. Pierce, Brent S. Steel and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr.
“Information Source Reliance and Knowledge Acquisition: Canadian/U.S.
Comparisons Regarding Acid Rain.” Western Political Quarterly 41 (1988): 747-
764.
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John C. Pierce, Mary Ann E. Steger, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., and Brent S. Steel.
“Public Information on Acid Rain in Canada and the United States.” Social Science
Quarterly 69 (1988): 193-202.
Stephanie Witt, Mary Ann E. Steger, John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr.
“Investigating the Potential for Voter Support of Metropolitan Government Reform:
The Relative Weight of Class, Attitudinal, Ideological and Knowledge Factors.” The
Western Governmental Researcher 4 (1988): 57-76.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Taketsugu Tsurutani and Takematsu Abe.
“Environmental Belief Systems Among Japanese and American Elites and Publics.”
Political Behavior 9 (1987): 139-159.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Taketsugu Tsurutani and Takematsu Abe.
“Environmental Policy Elites’ Trust of Information Sources in Japan and the United
States.” American Behavioral Scientist 30 (1987): 578-596.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Taketsugu Tsurutani and Takematsu Abe.
“Culture, Politics and Mass Publics: Traditional and Modern Supporters of the New
Environmental Paradigm in Japan and the United States.” Journal of Politics 49
(1987): 54-79.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce, Taketsugu Tsurutani and Takematsu Abe.
“Gender Differences in Policy Relevant Knowledge Holding: A Cross-National
Analysis of Environmental Information Levels in the U.S. and Japan.” Research in
Politics and Society 2 (1986): 147-180.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce, Taketsugu Tsurutani and Takematsu Abe.
“Policy Relevant Information and Public Attitudes: Is Public Ignorance a Barrier to
Nonpoint Pollution Management?” Water Resources Bulletin 22(1986): 229-236
John C. Pierce, Taketsugu Tsurutani, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and Takematsu Abe.
“Vanguards and Rearguards in Environmental Politics: A Comparison of Japan and
the United States.” Comparative Political Studies 18 (1986):419-477.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce, Taketsugu Tsurutani and Takematsu Abe.
“Water Pollution Control in Democratic Societies: A Cross-National Analysis of
Sources of Public Beliefs and Behavior in Japan and the United States.” Review of
Policy Research 5 (1985): 431-450.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and John C. Pierce. “The Good Guys and Bad Guys in
Natural Resource Politics: Content and Structure of Perceptions of Interests Among
General and Attentive Publics.” The Social Science Journal 23 (1985):309-326.
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Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Takematsu Abe, John C. Pierce and Taketsugu Tsurutani.
“Knowledge and Action in Environmental Politics: Effects of Knowledgeability
Upon Public Policy Attitudes in Post-Industrial Japan and the United States.” Studies
in International Relations (Koukusai Kankei Kenkyo) 9 (1984): 37-77.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and John C. Pierce. “Situation-Specific and Transituational
Factors Affecting Knowledge Gap Phenomena.” Communication Research 11
(1984): 415-434.
Paul R. Hagner and John C. Pierce. “Racial Differences in Political
Conceptualization.” Western Political Quarterly 37 (1984): 212-235.
John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Interest Groups and the Formation of
Policy: The Role of Technical Information and Trust.” Policy Studies Journal 11
(1983): 181-204.
Pinky S. Wassenburg, Kay G. Wolsborn, Paul R. Hagner and John C. Pierce.
“Gender Differences in Political Conceptualization.” American Politics Quarterly 11
(1983): 181-204.
Paul R. Hagner and John C. Pierce. “Levels of Conceptualization and Political Belief
Consistency.” Micropolitics 2 (1983): 311-348.
Paul R. Hagner and John C. Pierce. “Correlative Characteristics of Levels of
Conceptualization.” Journal of Politics 44 (1982): 779-807.
John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Knowledge and Politics: The
Distribution And Consequences of Policy Relevant Information Among the Public,
Activists, Legislators and Experts.” Knowledge 3 (1982): 521-554.
John C. Pierce and Paul R. Hagner. “Conceptualization and Party Identification:
1956-1976.” American Journal of Political Science 26 (1982): 377-387.
John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Survey Measurement of Political
Participation: Selective Effects of Recall in Petition Signing.” Social Science
Quarterly 63 (1982): 164-171.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., and Annabel K. Cook. “Water Resource
Policy and Collective Representation in Idaho: Legislators, Activists and the General
Public.” Idaho Journal of Politics 4 (1981): 1-27.
John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Belief Systems Concerning the
Environment.” Political Behavior 2 (1980): 259-286.
John C. Pierce. “Conflict and Consensus in Water Politics.” Western Political
Quarterly 32 (1979): 307-319.
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John C. Pierce. “Water Resource Preservation: Personal Values and Public Support.”
Environment and Behavior 11 (1979): 147-161.
Kathleen M. Beatty, Harvey Doerksen and John C. Pierce. “Water Resource Politics
and Interest Group Tactics.” Water Resources Bulletin 14 (1978): 394-403.
John C. Pierce. “Party, Ideology and Public Evaluations of the Power of Television
Newspeople.” Journalism Quarterly 54 (1977): 307-312, 361.
Nathaniel Beck and John C. Pierce. “Political Involvement and Party Allegiances in
Canada and the United States.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology 18
(1977): 23-43.
John C. Pierce. “The Role of Preservationist Identification in the Belief Systems of
Water Resource Group Leaders.” Polity 9 (1977): 538-550.
Kathleen M. Beatty and John C. Pierce. “Representation and Public Involvement in
Water Resource Politics: A Comparison of Six Participant Types.” Water Resources
Bulletin 12 (1976): 1005-1017.
Harvey R. Doerksen and John C. Pierce. “Citizen Influence in Water Policy
Decisions: Context, Constraints and Alternatives.” Water Resources Bullletin 11
(1975): 953-964.
Lawrence C. Dodd and John C. Pierce. “Roll Call Measurement of Committee
Integration: The Impact of Alternative Methods.” Polity 7 (1975): 386-401.
John C. Pierce. “The Relationship Between Linkage Salience and Linkage
Organization In Mass Belief Systems.” The Public Opinion Quarterly 39 (1975):
102-110.
Douglas D. Rose and John C. Pierce. “Rejoinder to Comment by Philip E.
Converse.” The American Political Science Review 68 (1974): 661-666.
John C. Pierce and Douglas D. Rose. “Nonattitudes and American Public Opinion:
The Examination of a Thesis.” The American Political Science Review 68 (1974):
626-649.
John C. Pierce, William P. Avery and Addison Carey, Jr. “Sex Differences in Black
Political Beliefs and Behavior.” American Journal of Political Science 17 (1973):
422-430.
John C. Pierce and Addison Carey, Jr. “Efficacy and Participation: A Study of Black
Political Behavior.” Journal of Black Studies 2 (1971): 201-223.
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John C. Pierce. “Party Identification and the Changing Role of Ideology in American
Politics.” Midwest Journal of Political Science 14 (1970): 25-42
George R. Pierson, Raymond B. Cattell and John C. Pierce. “A Demonstration by the
HSPQ of the Nature of the Personality Changes Produced by Institutionalization of
Delinquents.” Journal of Social Psychology 70 (1966): 229-239.
Chapters, Essays, Reprinted Articles, Proceedings, Reviews and Other Items
Lovrich, Nicholas P. and John C. Pierce. “Social Capital and Organizational
Change.” In Global encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. Ali
Farazmand, editor (Springer, Forthcoming, 2016): 23 pp.
Getha-Taylor, Heather, John C. Pierce and Jeannette Blackmar. “Recognizing Public
Values at the Local Government Level: A Study of the All-American City Awards.”
In John Bryson, Barbara Crosby and Laura Bloomberg (Editors), Creating Public
Values in Practice. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2015: Pp. 263-286.
Lovrich, N., W. Shi, N. Martinkus, P. Smith, J. Pierce, A. Kulkarni, M. Gaffney, M.
Wolcottc, and S. Brown. 2012. Integrating Social Capital Into Biojet Feedstock
Facility Siting Decisions. In Proceedings of the Sun Grant Initiative 2012 National
Conference: Science for Biomass Feedstock Production and Utilization, Oct. 2-5 in
New Orleans, LA, USA. In-press.
Martinkus, N., A. Kulkarni, N. Lovrich, P. Smith, W. Shi, J. Pierce, M. Wolcott, and
S. Brown. 2012. An Innovative Approach to Identify Regional Bioenergy
Infrastructure Sites. In Proceedings of the 55th International Convention of Society
of Wood Science and Technology, August 27-31, 2012, Beijing, CHINA. In-press.
John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Democracy and Technology.” In Brent
S. Steel (ed.) Science and Politics. (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2014:134-137).
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and Stuart Elway. “Washington’s Political
Culture,” in Lovrich and Clayton (eds.), Governing Washington: Politics and
Government in the Evergreen State. (Pullman, Washington: Washington State
University Press, 2011), pp. 1-19.
Bonnie Johnson, John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “The Accountability
Environment of U.S. American Counties.” In George Frederickson and Melvin
Dubnick, Editors, Accountable Governance: Problems and Promises. (Armonk New
York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011), pp. 111-126.
John C. Pierce, “Beginner’s Creek” in Beginner’s Creek (Cincinatti, OH: Whitefish
Press, 2012): 1-11.
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John C. Pierce, “Yelm Creek” in Beginner’s Creek: 13-24.
John C. Pierce, “Creek Keeper,” in Beginner’s Creek: 93-108.
John C. Pierce, “The Perfect Creek,” in Beginner’s Creek: 109-121.
John C. Pierce, “Angler’s Font,” in Beginner’s Creek: 55-68.
John C. Pierce, “Spaces Between the Pools,” in Beginner’s Creek: 43-54.
John C. Pierce, “Searching for Jeru,” in Beginner’s Creek: 25-41.
John C. Pierce, “Downstream or Downhill,” in Beginner’s Creek: 63-92.
John C. Pierce. “Anglers’ Dance,” in Catch and Release (Sweet Grass Books, 2006):
8-18.
John C. Pierce. “Catch and Release,” in Catch and Release: 19-31.
John C. Pierce. “On Jeru Falls,” in Catch and Release: 32-41.
John C. Pierce. “Fishing with my Sister,” in Catch and Release: 42-58.
John C. Pierce. “A River’s Reach,” in Catch and Release: 59-71.
John C. Pierce. “Berryfishing,” in Catch and Release: 72-84.
John C. Pierce. “IA-O,” in Catch and Release: 85-101.
John C. Pierce. “Trophy Husband,” in Catch and Release: 102-117.
John C. Pierce. “The Logger,” in Catch and Release: 132-144.
John C. Pierce. “Aquaculture,” in Catch and Release: 145-158.
John C. Pierce. Review of Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital
Divide. In Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (August 2004).
John Pierce, Nicholas Lovrich and Stuart Elway. “Public Opinion and Political
Culture in Washington State.” In Cornell W. Clayton, Lance T. LeLoup and Nicholas
P. Lovrich (editors) Government and Politics in the State of Washington (Pullman,
WA: Washington State University Press, 2004): 1-26.
John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “The Cultural Context for Forest Policy
Decisions: The Case of Western Canada and the United States.” In Shindler and
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Finley (editors) Two Paths Toward Sustainable Forest: Public Values in Canada and
the United States (2003: Oregon State University Press).
John C. Pierce. “Riverfishing,” in John C. Pierce, River Earth (WSU Press, 1999): 1-
10.
John C. Pierce. “River Earth,” in River Earth: 11-20.
John C. Pierce. “Fly Fishing Alone,” in River Earth: 21-28.
John C. Pierce. “Lagniappe: The Accidental Finding,” in River Earth: 29-38.
John C. Pierce. “Politics and the Pack,” in River Earth: 39-52.
John C. Pierce. “The Sounds of Silence,” in River Earth: 53-61.
John C. Pierce. “Mirage: The Fish that Doesn’t Exist,” in River Earth: 63-67.
John C. Pierce. “The Survivalist,” in River Earth: 69-83.
John C. Pierce. “Masquerade,” in River Earth: 85-91.
John C. Pierce. “Flylife,” in River Earth: 93-99.
John C. Pierce. “The Inclined Plane,” in River Earth: 101-111.
John C. Pierce. “The Forest Primeval,” in River Earth: 113-125.
John C. Pierce. “The Bogachiel Sonata,” in River Earth: 127-144.
John C. Pierce. “Violation,” in River Earth: 145-159.
John C. Pierce. “Who Am I?” in River Earth: 159-176.
John C. Pierce. “Rivers of Change,” in River Earth: 177-199.
Russell J. Dalton, Paula Garb, Nicholas P. Lovrich, John C. Pierce and John M.
Whitely. “Introduction.” In Dalton, Garb, Lovrich, Pierce and Whitely (editors)
Critical Masses: Citizen Responses to the Environmental Consequences Of Nuclear
Weapons Production in the United States and Russia (Cambridge,MA: MIT Press,
1999): 3-25.
John C. Pierce, Russell J. Dalton and Andrei Zaitev. “Public Perceptions of
Environmental Conditions.” In Dalton, Garb, Lovrich, Pierce and Whitely (editors)
Critical Masses: Citizen Responses to the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear
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Weapons Production in the United States and Russia (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
1999): 97-129.
Russell J. Dalton, Yevgeny Gontmacher, Nicholas P. Lovrich, and John C. Pierce.
“Environmental Attitudes and the New Environmental Paradigm.” In Dalton, Garb,
Lovrich, Pierce and Whitely (editors) Critical Masses: Citizen Responses to the
Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Production in the United States
and Russia (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999): 195-230.
John C. Pierce, Russell J. Dalton and Ira Gluck. “The Mobilization of Public Support
For Environmental Action.” In Dalton, Garb, Lovrich, Pierce and Whitely (editors)
Critical Masses: Citizen Responses to the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear
Weapons Production in the United States and Russia (Cambridge: MA: MIT Press,
1999): 251-284.
Russell J. Dalton, Paula Garb, Nicholas P. Lovrich, John C. Pierce, John M. Whitely.
“Conclusion: Legacies of the Nuclear Age.” In Dalton, Garb, Lovrich, Pierce and
Whitely (editors) Critical Masses: Citizen Responses to the Environmental
Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Production in the United States and Russia
(Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999): 381-415.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, and Russell J. Dalton. “If the Truth Hurts,
Consider the Source: Public Trust of Information about Nuclear Facilities in Russia
and the United States.” In Dennis L. Soden and Brent S. Steel (editors). Handbook
of Global Environmental Policy and Administration (New York: Marcel Dekker,
1999): 433-451.
Brent S. Steel and John C. Pierce. “Political Communication Strategies of Interest
Groups and Industry in Federal Forest Policy.” In Brent S. Steel (editor), Public
Lands Management in the West: Citizens, Interest Groups and Values (Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1997): 49-64.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and Lynette Lee-Sammons. “Political
Culture And Support for Science and Technology Among Publics, Activists and
Elites In Japan and the U.S.” In Dennis Soden (editor), Science Policy (Lommack,
NY: Nova Science, 1996): 91-112.
Russell Dalton, Paula Garb, John Whitely, Nicholas Lovrich and John C. Pierce.
“Environmental Survey in Chelyabinsk and Hanford.” In Ecological Consciousness-
Ecological Security (Kaluga, Russia: Kaluga Institute of Sociology, 1996): 42-52.
John C. Pierce. “Postmaterialism.” In Robert Pachlke (editor), The Encyclopedia of
Conservation and Environmentalism (New York: Garland, 1995): 529-530.
John C. Pierce. “Scientific Literacy, Democracy and the Technical Information
Quandary.” Universe (Pullman, WA: Washington State University, 1994).
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Mary Ann E. Steger, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce and Brent S. Steel. “The
Political Communication Systems of Environmental Groups: A Canadian-American
Comparison.” In Jonathan Lemco (editor), The Canada-United States Relationship
(Westport: Praeger, 1992): 93-127.
Dennis L. Soden, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and John C. Pierce. “Public Perceptions of
Urban Water-Related Health Issues.” In Chester L. Tate, Jr. (editor) International
Symposium on Water-Related Health Issues (American Water Resource Association,
Bethesda: November, 1986): 45-50.
Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce and Charles H. Sheldon. “Public Attitudes on
Court Services: The Effects of Knowledge on Perceptions of the Level and Quality
of Service.” Judiciary (Olympia, 1986).
Takematsu Abe, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., John C. Pierce and Taketsugu Tsurutani.
“Citizen Participation in Environmental Policy Making in the Coastal Area: Some
Lessons from a Cross-National Study.” Proceedings of Ocean Space 85:
International Symposium on Ocean Space Utilization (Tokyo, 1985): 37-77.
Dennis Soden, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. and John C. Pierce. “Conflict Resolution in
Small Scale Hydro Electric Development: The Effects of Preservationist Values,
Technical Information and Knowledge Holding.” Proceedings of the American
Fisheries Society Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries (Denver, 1985):
455-461.
Dennis Soden, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., and John C. Pierce. “City/Suburb
Perceptions of Groundwater Issues.” Proceedings of the American Water Resources
Association On Groundwater Contamination and Reclamation (Tucson, 1985).
John C. Pierce and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. “Citizen, Solon and Expert Views on
Water Policy.” Proceedings of Conference on Water and Energy. (American Society
Of Civil Engineers, June 27-30, 1982).
John C. Pierce and Paul R. Hagner. “Change in the Public’s Political Thinking: The
Watershed Years, 1956-1968.” In John C. Pierce and John L. Sullivan (editors) The
Electorate Reconsidered (Beverly Hills: Sage: 1980): 69-90.
John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich and Annabel K. Cook. “Public Policy, Public
Opinion and the Technical Information Quandary.” Proceedings of the American
Water Resources Association Symposium, 1979.
John C. Pierce. “Public Opinion and Political Linkage.” In Mullen, Pierce, Sheldon
and Swanson (editors) The Government and Politics of Washington State (Pullman,
WA: Washington State University Press, 1978): 43-62.
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William F. Mullen and John C. Pierce. “Political Parties.” In Mullen, Pierce,
Sheldon And Swanson (editors) The Government and Politics of Washington State
(Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1978): 81-100.
Nathaniel Beck and John C. Pierce. “Political Involvement and Party Allegiances in
Canada and the United States.” Reprinted in Robert Presthus (editor) Cross-National
Perspectives (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1977).
John C. Pierce. “Participation and Representation in Water Resource Politics.”
Proceedings of the Instream Flow Needs Conference and Symposium (Boise:May,
1976).
Harvey R. Doerksen and John C. Pierce. “Citizen Influence in Water Policy
Decisions: Context, Constraints and Alternatives.” In Pierce and Doerksen (editors),
Water Politics and Public Involvement (Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Science, 1976): 3-28.
John C. Pierce, Kathleen M. Beatty and Harvey R. Doerksen. “Rational Participation
and Public Involvement in Water Resource Politics.” In Pierce and Doerksen
(editors) Water Politics and Public Involvement (Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Science,
1976): 249-266.
John C. Pierce and Harvey R. Doerksen. “Citizen Advisory Committees: The Impact
of Recruitment on Representation and Responsiveness.” In Pierce and Doerksen
(editors) Water Politics and Public Involvement (Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor Science,
1976): 249-266.
John C. Pierce, Addison Carey, Jr. and William P. Avery. “Sex Differences in Black
Political Beliefs and Behavior.” Reprinted in Prestage and Githins (editors) A Portrait
of Marginality (New York: David McKay, 1977): 66-74.
John C. Pierce. “Party Identification and the Changing Role of Ideology in American
Politics.” Reprinted in Welch and Comers (editors) Public Opinion (National Press
Books, 1975): 107-116.
John C. Pierce and Richard A. Pride. “Cross-National Microanalysis: Procedures and
Problems.” In Pierce and Pride (editors) Cross-National Microanalysis (Beverly
Hills: Sage Publications, 1972): 13-30.
Miscellaneous
William Flanigan and David RePass with John C. Pierce and Nancy Zingale. Political
Behavior Laboratory Manual (Minneapolis, 1967).
John C. Pierce. “Watergate Politics.” A teaching note in DEA News (Winter, 1975): 10.
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John C. Pierce and Harvey R. Doerksen. Wetland Owners Survey. Final report submitted
to the Washington State Water Research Center (Fall, 1976).
John C. Pierce, Nicholas Lovrich, and Annabel K. Cook. The Allocation of Water to
Instream Flows: Idaho Water Resources Management. Final report to OWRT
(1980).
Contracts, Grants, Awards, Consultancies
School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas. Program outcomes
assessment for accreditation reports. 2013-2015.
Graduate Program in Public Policy, Oregon State University. Public Attitudes about
Alternative Energy Technologies in the face of Climate Change. 2013.
Longitudinal Analysis of Community Collaboration and Sustainability: Evidence from the All-
America City Awards. Heather Getha-‐ Taylor, Jeannette Blackmar, John C. Pierce.
Project Vote Smart via OSU and WSU. Drafting of final report on evaluation of Youth
Vote Initiative.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Consultant on multiple policy questions,
including guidelines for individual retirement agreements, summer school
organization and funding, distance education and extended studies organization
and funding, and position allocation processes.
Leigh Stowell and Company. Consultant on issues dealing with the construction of
methods for identifying the political cultural attributes of market segments in
major American cities.
Project Vote Smart. Consultant on issues dealing with the enhancement of politician
participation in surveys of policy positions in order to better inform voters.
2001. Pro bono.
U.S.G.S. Reviewer of final report on survey of attitudes about prairie dog protection.
2001. Pro bono.
Hanford-CERE Project: Documentation of Public Concerns Regarding Environmental
Cleanups. Xavier University. Department of Energy pass-through funds.
Co-Investigator. Nicholas P. Lovrich, Principal Investigator. $99,716. 1994-95.
Canadian Embassy Instructional Support Grants for Mini-Course on Canadian-American
Public Policy Comparisons. $500. 1992.
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Canadian Embassy Faculty Research Programme grant. “Public Policy Issues Facingthe
Pacific Northwest: Testing the Role of Postmaterialist Values in British
Columbia and Washington State Politics.” Principal Investigator with Nicholas
P. Lovrich, Jr., Mary Ann E. Steger, and Brent S. Steel. $6000. 1991.
Canadian Embassy Faculty Research Programme grant. “A Study of Canadian and
U.S. Environmental Groups as Transmitters of Scientific Information to
Governments and the Public: The Case of Acid Rain.” Co-principal
Investigator with Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr., Mary Ann E. Steger and Brent S. Steel.
$4,500. 1987.
Spokane County contract to survey county citizens’ evaluations of county government.
With Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. $5,000. 1985.
Ohta Foundation of Japan grant to lecture at Nihon University, College of International
Relations, Mishima, Japan. Y1,800,000. 1983.
Institute of International Education grant to study environmental information holding
among citizens, activists and policy makers in the U.S. and Japan. Unofficial
co-investigator to Principal Investigator Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr. $19,000.
1983-1984.
College of Sciences and Arts, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Washington
State University. Project initiation grant for released time to prepare proposal
On information holding in American public. $2,500. 1984.
Washington State University. Grant-in-Aid for study of Expert Policy Related Technical
Information. Principal Investigator. $500. 1980.
Washington State University. E.O. Holland Travel Grant. $246. 1979.
Natural Resources Law Institute, Lewis and Clark Law School. Survey of Idaho
Instream Flow Policy. Subcontract of OWRT grant to Natural Resources
Law Institute. Co-Principal Investigator. $24, 069.72. 1978.
Graduate School. Washington State University. NIMH Bio-Med Grant for the study
of the Impact of the Washington Involuntary Commitment Act of 1973.
Principal Investigator. $2,400. 1976-1977.
Washington State Department of Agriculture, through the Washington State Water
Research Center. Survey of Wetland Owners in Grant and Skagit Counties.
Principal Investigator. $1,400. 1976.
Department of Interior. Office of Water Resources Research. Study of attitudes
toward public participation in water resource allocation in Washington
State among selected sub-samples of the public, citizen advisory committees,
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organization leaders, and agency personnel. Principal Investigator. $10,674.
1974-75.
Washington State University. Graduate School. Study of general public attitudes
toward water resource issues in Washington State. Principal Investigator. $5,932. 1974-
75.
Tulane University. The Study of Ideological Conceptualization in the 1968 Election.
Principal Investigator. $950. 1969.