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Nicholas
A. Ashford
Professor of Technology
and Policy
Director, Technology & Law Program
Center for Technology, Policy
& Industrial Development
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E40-239, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA
Email: nashford@mit.edu
Tel: (617) 253-1664; Fax: (617) 452-2265
http://web.mit.edu/ctpid/www/tl
Updated: 6/22/2008
EDUCATION
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J.D., The Law School, University of Chicago
Substantial completion of program requirements for the MBA in Business and Labor Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
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Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago
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B.A., Chemistry, Washington University
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HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
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1990
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Recipient of the Macedo
Award of the American Association for World Health for the most outstanding
contribution to public health funded by a state health department.
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1980
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Elected as a Fellow of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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1975
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Lawrence R. Klein Award
for the outstanding contribution to the Monthly Labor Review.
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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
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Professor of Technology
and Policy, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(with MIT since 1972).
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Faculty Associate, Environmental
Policy Group, MIT Urban Studies Department
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Faculty Associate, the
Institute for Work and Employment Research in the MIT Sloan School
of Management
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Adjunct Faculty in Occupational
Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health
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Adjunct Associate Professor
of Public Health, Department of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community
Medicine, Boston University School of Public Health
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES
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US-Greek Joint Council on
Technology Cooperation with the Balkans, Co-chair (1999-present)
American-Association for
the Advancement of Science, Fellow (1980-Present), Chair-elect, 2002;
Chair, 2003, Section on the Societal Impacts of Science and Technology.
United Nations Environment
Programme, Member of the Advisory Committee on Environmental Technology
Assessment.
EPA National Advisory Council
on Environmental Policy and Technology, Chairman of the Committee
on Technology, Innovation and Economics (1988-1992)
American Public Health
Association, Member of the Governing Council (1989-1991)
National Advisory Committee
on Occupational Safety and Health, former Chairman and Public Member
(1976-1982)
Science Advisory Board
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Environmental Measurements
Committee) (1978-1982)
American Chemical Society
(Division of Chemical Safety), Founding Member
Society for Occupational
and Environmental Health, Governing Council; Vice President (1985-1986)
Collegium Ramazzini,
Member of Council of Fellows
Council for Responsible
Genetics, Member of Board of Directors
Journal of Cleaner Production,
Editorial Board
Journal of Environmental
Technology and Management, Editorial Board
International Journal
of Occupational and Environmental Health, Editorial Board
American Journal of
Industrial Medicine, Editorial Board
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TEACHING ACTIVITIES: MIT
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Environmental Law &
Policy: Pollution Prevention and Control
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Regulation of Chemicals,
Radiation and Biotechnology
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Technology, Law, and the
Working Environment
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Law, Technology, and Public
Policy
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Sustainability, Trade, and
the Environment
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ESD.137J/15.657J
11.466J/1.813J
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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
FIELDS OF INTEREST
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Regulatory policy, law,
and economics
Governmental policy affecting
technological innovation
Environmental/Occupational
health and safety
Environmental law and economics
Labor law and economics
Technology assessment
Technological innovation
Pollution prevention
Sustainability, trade and
the environment
Environmental justice
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Professor Ashford's home
page.
Technology and Law publications listed by subject
area and by publication type.
Program Links: CMP
| Ford-MIT
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| LARA | LSI
| MSL | MITIQ
| T&L
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