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Matthew C. Nowlin

Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program

Education

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

M.A. and B.A., University of Central Oklahoma

Research Interests

Nowlin’s research interests and activity include such areas as theories of the policy process, policy learning, belief systems (specifically cultural theory), governance, deliberation, climate change, energy, and natural hazards. His research has been funded by the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the US Department of Agriculture. Dr. Nowlin’s research has appeared in many of the leading journals in public policy, public administration, and environmental politics including the Policy Studies Journal, Review of Policy Research, Public Administration, Environmental Research Letters, Weather, Climate, and Society, Energy Research and Social Science, Energy Policy, and Public Understanding of Science, among others.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Public Policy, Foundations of Public Sector Management and Leadership, Environmental Law and Regulatory Policy, and Research and Management in Environmental Organizations

Selected Publications

  • Wehde, Wesley and Matthew C. Nowlin. 2023. “Determining Patterns of Routine Weather Information Usage and Their Demographic Determinants.” Weather, Climate, and Society, 15(3): 711-725.
  • Rountree, John, Chris Anderson, Justin Reedy, and Matthew C. Nowlin. 2022. “The Internal Dynamics of ‘Scaling Up’ Deliberative Mini-Publics.” Communication and the Public, 7(3): 146-164.
  • Nowlin, Matthew C. 2022. “Who Should ‘Do More’ about Climate Change? Cultural Theory, Polycentricity, and Public Support for Climate Change Actions across Actors and Governments.” Review of Policy Research, 39(4): 468- 485.
  • Nowlin, Matthew C., Maren Trochmann, and Thomas Rabovsky. 2022. “Advocacy Coalitions and Political Control.” Politics and Policy, 50(2): 201-224
  • Hawes, Rachel and Matthew C. Nowlin. 2022. “Climate Science or Politics? Disentangling the Roles of Citizen Beliefs and Support for Energy in the United States.” Energy Research and Social Science, 85.
  • Nowlin, Matthew C. 2021. “Policy Learning and Information Processing.” Policy Studies Journal, 49(4): 1019-1039.
  • Nowlin, Matthew C. and Wesley Wehde. 2021. “Social Capital and Hurricane Warning Response.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 65.
  • Nowlin, Matthew C. 2021. “Political Beliefs, Views about Technocracy, and Energy and Climate Policy Preferences.” Public Understanding of Science, 30(3): 331-348.
  • Nowlin, Matthew C., Kuhika Gupta, and Joseph T. Ripberger. 2020. “Revenue Use and Public Support for a Carbon Tax.” Environmental Research Letters, 15(8).
  • Gupta, Kuhika, Matthew C. Nowlin, Joseph T. Ripberger, Hank Jenkins-Smith, and Carol Silva. 2019. “Tracking the Nuclear ‘Mood’ in the United States: Introducing a Long Term Measure of Public Opinion about Nuclear Energy Using Aggregate Survey Data.” Energy Policy, 133.