Sarah Pralle

• 2024 Spring
  • PSC 499 Honors Capstone Project
  • PSC 602 Public Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice
  • PSC 700 Selected Topics - Climate Chnge/Sci/Percptn/Plcy
• 2023 Fall
  • PSC 328 American Social Movements
  • PSC 302 Environmental Politics and Policy
• 2023 Spring
  • PSC 308 The Politics of U.S. Public Policy
• 2022 Fall
  • PSC 328 American Social Movements
  • PSC 302 Environmental Politics and Policy
• 2022 Spring
  • LAW 891 Climate Change: Science, Perception & Policy
  • BIO 600 Selected Topics - Climate Change
  • PSC 700 Selected Topics - Climate Chnge/Sci/Percptn/Plcy
  • PSC 308 The Politics of U.S. Public Policy

I am an associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. I received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington and a B.A. in political science from Bates College. Prior to joining the faculty at the Maxwell School, I was a post-doctoral fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

My research focuses on the politics that affect public policy processes, particularly in the area of environmental policy. Currently I am working on a project that examines the politics of mapping flood zones in U.S. communities, which is part of a larger effort to understand climate change adaptation. I am also examining the social construction of policy success and failure. 

"Energy Related Air Quality and Health Effects Research", Sponsored by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

"Interdisciplinary seminar grant: Seminar series in Environment, Sustainability and Policy.", Sponsored by CUSE Grants - Interdisciplinary Seminar Grant.

"An Evaluation of Wind Turbine-related Noise in NYS", Sponsored by Electric Power Research Institute.

"States, Courts, and Nature: The Impact of State Litigation on National Environmental Policy", Sponsored by Smith Richardson Foundation Inc.

• Book
  • Pralle, S. B., Branching Out, Digging In: Environmental Advocacy and Agenda Setting. Georgetown University Press, 2006.
• Journal Articles
  • Lea, D., Pralle, S. B., "To Appeal and Amend: Changes to Recently Updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps in Risk." Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 2022.
  • Pralle, S. B., "Drawing lines: FEMA and the politics of mapping flood zones." Climatic Change, 2019.
  • Fahey, B. K., Pralle, S. B., "Governing Complexity: Recent Developments in Environmental Politics and Policy." Policy Studies Journal, 2016.
  • Pralle, S. B., Boscarino, J., "Framing trade-offs: The politics of nuclear power and wind energy in the age of global climate change." Review of Policy Research, 2011.
  • Pralle, S. B., "Agenda-setting and climate change." Environmental Politics, 2009.
  • Pralle, S. B., "Timing and sequence in agenda-setting and policy change: A comparative study of lawn care pesticide politics in Canada and the US." Journal of European Public Policy, 2006.
  • Pralle, S. B., "The Mouse that Roared: Agenda Setting in Canadian Pesticides Politics." Policy Studies Journal, 2006.
• Book Chapters
  • Pralle, S. B., "Agenda Setting and Issue Definition in U.S. Environmental Politics." In Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy. Konisky, D. (ed.) Edward Elgar publishers, 2020.
  • Pralle, S. B., "Shopping around: Environmental organizations and the search for policy venues." In Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action. Prakash, A., Gugerty, M. K. (eds.) Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Pralle, S. B., "Reform, Not Revolution: Pesticides Regulation in Canada." In Canadian Environmental Policy: Context and Cases. Nijnatten , D. V., Boardman, R. (eds.) Oxford University Press, 2009.

Honorable Mention for the 2007 Charles Levine Prize for the best book in Comparative Policy and Administration (2007)

Special Recognition for the 2007 Lynton Keith Caldwell prize for the best book published in Environmental Politics and Policy in the past three years (2007)

Winner of Best Paper in Public Policy presented at the 2006 American Political Science Association meeting (2006)