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Carol Silva

Carol L. Silva, Ph.D.

Professor

Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Partnerships

Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor of Political Science

Carol Silva.

Curriculum Vitae:

Fields: Public Policy &
Political Methodology
Email: clsilva@ou.edu
Office: 3100 Five Partners Place
Website: ou.edu/research-norman

Education:

  • Ph.D., M.A., University of Rochester
  • B.A., University of New Mexico

Carol L Silva, PhD in political science & public policy from the University of Rochester (1998), is the Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor of Political Science, and Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Partnerships at the University of Oklahoma. She specializes in the building and conduct of research programs for transdisciplinary teams, the coordination of resources that encourage and support the achievements of those teams, and contributing to social science discoveries. She is an experienced instructor, and directs research programs in the domains of environmental policy, the intersection of technology and democratic institutions, weather and climate policy, COVID-19 adaptation, and benefit cost analysis/non-market valuation. You can see some of her work at:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7171-6944 or at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4m4cXM8AAAAJ

Research Interests:

Environmental Politics, Science & Tech Policy, Contingent Valuation Methodology, Policy Analysis, Risk Analysis & Assessment, Gender & Risk Perception, Public Opinion and Survey Research Methodology