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RESUME
JEFFRY M. BURNAM
ADDRESSES:
Adjunct Professor of Government
Department of Government
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
(703) 539-9509 (cell)
3608 Parklane Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
(703) 385-8176
EDUCATION:
Ph. D., Political Science, University of Chicago
M.A., Political Science (Public Law), University of Chicago
B.A., Government, Cornell University
Senior Managers Certificate, JFK Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE:
2001-2007:
Senior Advisor for Environment and Development, Bureau of African
Affairs (2003-2007) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Environment, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and
Scientific Affairs, U. S. Department of State (2001-2003)
1981–2001:
Professional Staff Member on Energy, Environment and Forestry, Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and Legislative
Assistant to Senator Richard G. Lugar.
1979-1981:
Research Director, House Republican Research Committee Task Force on
Government Regulation and Legislative Assistant for Energy and the
Environment to Congressman Mickey Edwards.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
2007- 2014
Visiting Assistant Professor and Associate Director
M.A. Program in American Government
Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
1997-2007:
Adjunct Professor of Government
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1991-1995:
Adjunct Associate Professor, Washington Semester Program
Claremont McKenna College, Washington, D.C.
1988-1990:
Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science, The George Washington University,
Washington, D.C.
1976-1979:
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Law
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL.
SELECTED LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Acid Rain Title of Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000
Charles C. Deam (Indiana) Wilderness Act of 1982
Energy and Climate Research Title of 2001 Farm Bill
Forestry Titles of 2001, 1996 and 1990 Farm Bills
Global Environmental Protection Act of 1989 (Debt for Nature)
Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998
MAJOR DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES:
Congo Basin Forest Partnership
Montreal Protocol to Protect the Ozone Layer
Observer, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants
COURSES TAUGHT:
The American Presidency
Civil Rights and Liberties
Constitutional Law
Departmental Seminar: Global Climate Change
Leadership and Process in American Government
Public Administration: Principles and Cases
Public Policy Seminar: Internship
Research Tutorial on the Politics of Global Climate Change
REFERENCES:
Dr. Stephen J. Wayne
Department of Government
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057
(202) 687-5908
Dr. James I. Lengle
Department of Government
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20057
(202) 687-5711
Constance Berry Newman
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
Special Counsel, The Carmen Group, Inc.
1899 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Fourth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 785-0500
Senator Richard G. Lugar
% The Lugar Center
1717 Rhode Island Avenue NW
Ninth Floor
Washington DC 20006
SKILLS:
Basic French, Mac, Microsoft Office
HOBBIES:
Hiking, Piano
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
“Presidential Leadership on Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints.” Paper Prepared for
the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 2013
“Presidential Persuasion.” Letter to The New Yorker (The Mail: April 2, 2012)
“The President and the Environment: A Reinterpretation of Neustadt’s Theory of Presidential
Leadership.” Congress and the Presidency, 37:3, 302-322 (September-December 2010)
Book Review: “Science in Environmental Policy,” Review of Policy Research (Spring 2011)
“The Politics of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act.” Indonesian Embassy, March 28, 2010
“The Politics of the Environment,” Paper delivered to a panel on Congress, the Presidency and
the Parties, American Political Science Association Convention, Toronto (September 2009)
“Africa on the Edge: Partnerships for Sustainable Development,” Maxwell School, Syracuse
University, April 25, 2005
Remarks at the Africa Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Ministerial Conference,
Yaounde, Cameroon, October 16, 2003
“The Origins of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership,“ Inaugural Meeting of the Congo Basin
Forest Partnership, Paris, France, January 23, 2003
Remarks at the Meeting of the Parties, Montreal Protocol on the Ozone Layer, Rome, Italy,
November 28, 2002
“The Growing Problem of Bushmeat Consumption and its Impact on Wildlife Conservation, ”
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, Committee
on Resources, U S. House of Representatives, July 11, 2002
“The Treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants,” Testimony before the Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works, May 9, 2002
Review of James A. Thurber and Roger H. Davidson, Remaking Congress: Change and Stability
in the 1990s in Perspectives in Political Science (Spring, 1997)
Review of Jonathan Rauch, Demosclerosis in Perspectives in Political Science (Spring, 1995)
Feature Review of Barbara Sinclair, The Transformation of the United States Senate in History
(Spring, 1992)
“The President and the Hill,” Review of Nigel Bowles, The White House and Capitol Hill in
Review of Politics (Spring, 1989)