Teaching

• PPOL 511 - Public Organizations and Leadership
• PPOL 512 - Public Policy Theory 
• PPOL 523 - Qualitative Research Methods
• PPOL 552 - International Comparative Rural Policy
• PPOL 613 - Advanced Policy Theory 
• PPOL 614 - Advanced Policy Theory II
• PS 476/576 - Science and Politics

Professional Experience

• 2023 - Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Healthy People and Planet, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
• 2022 to present - University Distinguished Professor, Oregon State University. 
• 2015 to present - Affiliate Professor, Master of Natural Resources, Oregon State University.
• 2005 - Visiting Professor, Environmental Resource Management, American University in Bulgaria.
• 2005 to present - Affiliate Professor, Water Resources Management and Policy Graduate Program.
• 2003 to 2023 - Director, Public Policy Graduate Program, Oregon State University.
• 2003 - Fulbright Scholar, Public Administration, University of Botswana.
• 2003 to present - Affiliate Professor, Marine Resource Management Program, Oregon State University.
• 2001 - Professor - Political Science, Oregon State University.
• 1998 to 2001 - Associate Professor, Political Science, Oregon State University.
• 1998-present - Affiliate Professor, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University.
• 1992-present - Executive Board, Vote Smart

Books:

• Christopher Simon, Brent S. Steel and Nicholas P. Lovrich, State and Local Government: Sustainability in the 21st Century (Oregon State University, 2024, 3rd ed.; Oregon State University, 2018, 2nd ed.; Oxford University Press, 2011, 1st ed.).
• Erika Allen Wolters and Brent S. Steel (eds.) Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands (Oregon State University Press, 2020; OSU Open Educational Resources ed.).
• Erika Allen Wolters and Brent S. Steel, When Ideology Trumps Science: Why We Question the Experts on Everything from Climate Change to Vaccinations (Praeger Publishers, 2018).
• Edward Weber, Denise Lach and Brent S. Steel (eds.), New Strategies for Wicked Problems: Science and Solutions for the 21st Century (Oregon State University Press, 2017).
• John C. Pierce and Brent S. Steel, Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West: Tilting at Windmills? (Springer Press, 2017).
• Brent S. Steel (ed.), Science and Politics: An A to Z Guide to Issues and Controversies (Sage/CQ Press, 2014).
• John Dernbach (Brent S. Steel, Contributing Author), Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability (Environmental Law Institute Press, 2012).
• Richard Clucas, Mark Henkels, and Brent S. Steel (eds.) Oregon Politics and Government: Progressive versus Conservative Populism (University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
• Brent S. Steel, Richard Clinton and Nicholas Lovrich. Environmental Politics and Policy: A Comparative Perspective (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
• John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Brent S. Steel, Mary Ann Steger, and John Tennert, Political Culture and Public Policy in Canada and the United States:  Only a Border Apart? (Edwin Mellen Publishers, 2000).
• Dennis L. Soden and Brent S. Steel (eds.), Global Environmental Policy and Administration (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999).
• Brent S. Steel (ed.), Public Lands Management in the West: Citizens, Interest Groups and Values (Praeger Publishers, 1997).
• John C. Pierce, Mary Ann Steger, Brent S. Steel and Nicholas P. Lovrich, Citizens, Political Communication, and Interest Groups: Environmental Organizations in Canada and the United States (Praeger Publishers, 1992).