Stern, Paul C(linton)

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STERN, Paul C(linton)

STERN, Paul C(linton). American, b. 1944. Genres: Psychology, Environmental sciences/Ecology, Social sciences, International relations/ Current affairs. Career: Clark University, Worcester, MA, member of Psychological Services Center, 1965-68, 1969-70; Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, MA, clinical psychology trainee, 1967-69; Elmira College, Elmira, NY, instructor, 1971-75, assistant professor of psychology, 1975-78; Yale University, New Haven, CT, postdoctoral fellow at Institution for Social and Policy Studies, 1978-79, research associate, 1979-80; National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Washington, DC, senior staff officer, 1980-89, principal staff officer, 1989-; study director, Committee Behavioral and Social Aspects of Energy Consumption and Production, 1980-85, Committee on International Conflict and Cooperation, 1985-93, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, 1989-, Committee on Risk Characterization, 1994-96, Committee on International Conflict Resolution, 1995-; George Mason University, research professor of sociology, 1993-; Social and Environmental Research Institute, president, 1996-. Publications: Evaluating Social Science Research, 1979, 2nd ed (with L. Kaloff), 1996; (with J.S. Black and J.T. Elworth) Home Energy Conservation: Issues and Programs for the 1980s, 1981; (with G.T. Gardner) Environmental Problems and Human Behavior, 1996. EDITOR: (with E. Aronson) Energy Use: The Human Dimension, 1984; Improving Energy Demand Analysis, 1984; Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Behavioral Issues, 1985; (with R. Axelrod, R. Jervis, and R. Radner, and contrib.) Perspectives on Deterrence, 1989; Behavior, Society, and Nuclear War, Vol. I (with P.E. Tetlock, J.L. Husbands, and others), 1989, Vol. II (with Tetlock, Husbands, and others), 1991, Vol. III: Behavior, Society, and International Conflict, 1993; (with O.R. Young and D. Druckman) Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions, 1992; (with J.L. Comaroff) Perspectives on Nationalism and War, 1995; (with H.V. Fineberg) Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society, 1996. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20418, U.S.A.