E. Scott Lee

Chair – Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science
Associate Professor of Political Science
Tom Raper Hall 252
(765) 973-8324
scottlee@iu.edu

Education

• D.A., Political Science, Idaho State University, 2014
• M.P.A., Idaho State University, 2011
• J.D., University of Idaho, 1984
• B.A., Political Science, University of Utah, 1981

Current Teaching Interests

Collaborative Decision/Policy Making, Public Policy Process, Public Policy Ethics

Current Research Interests

Collaborative Decision/Policy Making, Environmental Policy Making, Antiquities Act

Selected Publications

• Lee, E. Scott. 2020. "Does a competing policy solution seen as inevitable open a window in the policy stream? The case of Idaho's Boulder-White Cloud Mountains." Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 103-123.
• Lee, E. Scott. 2018. "The threat of monument designation as a technique for successful wilderness legislation: Using the Antiquities Act as a carrot or a stick." The Social Science Journal, 55, 413-421.
• Lee, E. Scott. 2017. "Failed Collaborative Efforts Relating to Public Lands Use in Idaho's Boulder-White Cloud Mountains Ares." Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 250-269.
• Lee. E. Scott. 2015. "From CIEDRA to Wilderness." The Blue Review: https://thebluereview.org/from-ciedra-to-wilderness-in-boulder-white-clouds/.

Selected Presentations

• "The Continuing Western Showdown at Utah's Antiquities Act Corral: A Modest Proposal to Modify the 1906 Antiquities Act." Paper presented at the 2023 World Social Science Association Conference, Tempe, AZ.
• "An essential public administration teaching intersection: Listening to learn and critical thinking." Refereed presentation at the 2022 World Social Science Association, Denver, CO.
• "Collaboration stories – A theoretical application of the Narrative Policy Framework to collaborative policy making." Paper presented at the 2021 Western Social Science Association Conference, held virtually.
• "The propriety of current guerrilla government: When public administrators trump Trump." Paper presented at the 2019 Midwest Public Affairs Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
• "Jumping the gun in California: What happens to existing stakeholder groups when the Antiquities Act is used prematurely?" Paper presented with Monica Argadoña at the 2019 Western Social Science Association Conference, San Diego, CA.
• "Presidential Power Under the Antiquities Act: Trump's Western Showdown at the Antiquities Act Corral." Paper presented at the 2018 Western Social Science Association Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Selected Offices Held in National/International Professional Organizations

Co-Chair, Public Administration Section, World Social Science Association, 2017-present

Selected Awards/Recognitions

• Member, Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (Inducted in 2020)
• Idaho State University Doctoral Student of the Year Award (2014-2015)
• Teaching Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Idaho State University, (2012-2014)
• Lead Article Editor -Idaho Law Review, University of Idaho College of Law, (1983-1984).