Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781538169971)

Christopher A. Simon (Ph.D., 1997, Washington State University) is Professor of Political Science and a former Director of the MPA Program at The University of Utah. He conducts research in alternative energy policy; civic community and volunteerism; education policy; criminal justice policy; Homeland Security policy; land use policy; public administration; immigration policy/sanctuary cities; international development aid policy; and military sociology. He is co-author of Sanctuary Ordinances: The Contemporary Politics of Immigrant Assimilation in America; The Energy Security Dilemma: US Policy and Practice; and State and Local Government: Sustainability in the 21st Century; and, sole author of Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility; Public Policy: Preferences and Outcomes; and To Run a School: Administrative Organization and Learning. He has published articles in numerous academic journals.

In 2008, he was named Technology Educator of the Year by the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology for his published work on renewable energy and renewable energy course development at the University of Nevada, Reno.