Robert DeLeo

Robert DeLeo

  • Professor, Global Studies
  • Ph.D. Northeastern University
  • MPA Northeastern University
  • B.A. Framingham State University

Teaching Interests

Public Policymaking; Hazards and Disasters Policy; State and Local Government; Community-Based Research

Research Interests

Public Policy; Problem Definition and Agenda Setting; Disasters and Hazards Policymaking

Bio

Rob A. DeLeo is a Professor of Public Policy. A policy process scholar by training, Rob's work examines policy change in anticipation of emerging hazards, including climate change, novel diseases, and other types of slow onset events. His research has appeared in Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, Policy & Politics, PNAS Nexus, Publius, Review of Policy Research, Natural Hazards Review as well as various other peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. Rob's work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and various academic and private organizations. Rob previously held a visiting fellowship at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and is a founding member of the Risk & Social Policy Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of scholars examining the relationship between risk messaging and individual behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was the 2021 co-recipient of the American Political Science Association’s Theodore Lowi Award for the best article written in Policy Studies Journal.

Professional Memberships

  • American Political Science Association 2012-01-01 - Present
  • Policy Studies Organization 2012-01-01 - Present
  • International Political Science Association 2011-01-01 - Present

    • Awards and Honors

  • Excellence in Scholarship Award, Bentley University
  • Theodore Lowi Award for the Best Article Published in Policy Studies Journal, American Political Science Association
  • Visiting Fellow, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
  • Humanities Seminar Research Fellowship, Bentley University Valente Center
  • Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, Bentley University
  • Gregory J. Hall Award for Excellence in Honors Capstone Advising, Bentley University
  • Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University
  • Humanities Seminar Research Fellowship, Bentley University Valente Center
  • Humanities Seminar Research Fellowship, Bentley University Valente Center
  • Faculty Member of the Year Nominee, Bentley University Falcon Awards
  • Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, Framingham State University
  • Faculty Member of the Year Nominee, Bentley University Falcon Awards
  • Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Northeastern University
  • Comprehensive Examinations Completed with Distinction, Northeastern University

    • Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

    Journal Articles

  • DeLeo, R., Chow, C. (2025). Testing the Multiple Streams Framework in U.S. State Legislatures. Policy & Politics , (53) 1 200-220. (Link)
  • Crow, D., Albright, E., Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Birkland, T., Shanahan, E. (2025). Learning from Crisis: COVID-19 Agenda and Policy Change and What it Means for a Future Research Agency. International Review of Public Policy, (6) 3 1-28. (Link)
  • Shanahan, E., DeLeo, R., Koebele, E., Taylor, K., Crow, D., Birkland, T., Minkowitz, H. (2025). Narrative Power and the Narrative Policy Framework. Policy Studies Journal (Link)
  • Shanahan, E., DeLeo, R., Koebele, E., Taylor, K., Crow, D., Hartigan, D., Chow, C., Birkland, T., Minkowitz, H. (2025). How Proximity and Trust of Narrators Motivate Their Audience. Journal of Public Policy (Forthcoming)
  • DeLeo, R., Shanahan, E., Taylor, K., Jeschke, N., Crow, D., Birkland, T., Koebele, E., Hartigan, D., Welton-Mitchell, C., Sangappa, S., Albright, E., Minkowitz, H. (2024). COVID-19 Memorable Messages as Internal Narratives: Stability and Change Over Time. Policy Sciences, (57) 3 519-538. (Link)
  • Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Birkland, T., Crow, D. (2024). Policy Style and the U.S. Policy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rebuttal to Lawrence Brown's Fomenters of Fiasco. International Review of Public Policy, (5) 3 1-9. (Link)
  • DeLeo, R., Chow, C. M. (2024). Testing the Multiple Streams Framework in US state legislatures. Policy & Politics (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2024). COVID-19 memorable messages as internal narratives: stability and change over time. Policy Sciences, (57) 3 519-538. (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2024). Policy Style and The US Policy Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rebuttal to Lawrence D. Brown‚Äö√Ñ√¥s Fomenters of Fiasco. International Review of Public Policy, (5) 3 368-375. (Link)
  • Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Albright, E., Koebele, E., Birkland, T., Zhang, M., Shanahan, E. (2023). Estimating the Effect of Policy Entrepreneurship on Individual Vaccination Behavior During the COVID‐19 Pandemic. European Policy Analysis (Link)
  • Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Albright, E., Shanahan, E., Li, M., Koebele, E., Birkland, T. (2023). Policy Entrepreneurs and Individuals: Influence and Behavior in Pandemic Response. Public Administration Review (Link)
  • Shanahan, E., DeLeo, R., Albright, E., Li, M., Koebele, E., Taylor, K., Crow, D., Dickinson, K., Minkowitz, H., Birkland, T., Zhang, M. (2023). Visual policy narrative messaging improves COVID-19 vaccine uptake. PNAS Nexus (Link)
  • Crow, D., DeLeo, R., Albright, E., Taylor, K., Birkland, T., Koebele, E., Shanahan, E., Jeschke, N., Cage, C. (2022). Policy Learning and Change During Crisis: COVID-19 Policy Responses Across Six States. Review of Policy Research (Link)
  • Anderson, S., DeLeo, R., Taylor, K. (2022). Legislators Do Not Harness Voter Support for Disaster Preparedness. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (Link)
  • Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Birkland, T. (2022). Agency and Legislative Oversight as Problem Feedback: The Case of the Mid-Michigan Dam Failures. Wayne State Law Review, (68) 2 Feb-31.
  • Birkland, T., Taylor, K., Crow, D., DeLeo, R. (2021). Governing in a Polarized Era: Federalism and the Response of U.S. State and Federal Governments to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Publius, (51) 4 650-672. (Link)
  • Koebele, E., Dickinson, K., Hartigan, D. B., Neuberger, L., DeLeo, R., Shanahan, E., Robert, J. (2021). Perceptions of Efficacy are Key Determinants of Mask-Wearing Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Natural Hazards Review, (22) 3 (Link)
  • DeLeo, R., Taylor, K., Birkland, T., Crow, D. (2021). During Disaster: Refining the Concept of Focusing Events to Better Explain Long Duration Crises. International Review of Public Policy, (3) 1 (Link)
  • DeLeo, R., Duarte, A. (2021). Does Data Drive Policymaking? A Multiple Streams Perspective on the Relationship Between Indicators and Agenda Setting.. Policy Studies Journal, (50) 3 (Link)
  • Anderson, S., DeLeo, R., O'Donovan, K. (2020). Policy Entrepreneurs, Legislators, and Agenda Setting: Information and Influence. Policy Studies Journal, (48) 3 587-611. (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2018). Indicators, Agendas and Streams: Analysing the Politics of Preparedness. Policy & Politics, (46) 1 27-45. (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2017). Anticipatory policymaking in global venues: Policy change, adaptation, and the UNFCCC. Futures 92 39-47. (Link)
  • DeLeo, R., Donnelly, K. (2017). Remodeling the Model: Policy Transfer and the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts. Polity, (49) 1 May-41. (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2016). Time and the Management of Policy Conflict: Issues, Actors and Institutions in the Boston Biolaboratory Controversy. Critical Policy Studies, (10) 1 (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2014). Democratizing Public Health: Citizen Empowerment Through the Biothriller Genre. Catalyst, (4) 1 (Link)
  • DeLeo, R., Bosso, C., Kay, W. (2011). Reinventing Oversight in the 21st Century: The Question of Capacity. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, (13) 4 (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2010). Anticipatory-Conjectural Policy Problems: A Case Study of Avian Influenza. Risk, Hazards, & Crisis in Public Policy, (1) 1 (Link)

    • Books

  • DeLeo, R., Zohlnhöfer, R., Zahariadis, N. (2024). Multiple Streams and Policy Ambiguity Cambridge University Press (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2015). Anticipatory Policymaking: When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult Routledge

    • Book Chapters

  • Birkland, T., DeLeo, R., Taylor, K. (2025). Focusing Events and Attention Handbook of Public Policy Agenda Setting. Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Zarb, S., Jeschke, N., Birkland, T. (2023). Subnational Focusing Events and Agenda Change: The Case of Toxic Algae Bloom and Contaminated Drinking Water in Toledo, Ohio A Modern Guide to the Multiple Steams Framework. Northampton: Edward Elgar
  • Birkland, T., DeLeo, R., Taylor, K. (2023). Federalism in Disaster Management in the United States German Handbook of Federalism. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co
  • Birkland, T., DeLeo, R., Taylor, K. (2022). Focusing Events and European Politics Elgar Encyclopedia of European Union Public Policy. Edward Elgar
  • Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Crow, D., Birkland, T. (2022). The US Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Incoherent Leadership, Fractured Federalism, and Squandered Capacity Policy Styles and Trust in the Age of Pandemics. New York: Routledge
  • Mulligan, T., Taylor, K., DeLeo, R. (2019). Politics and Policies for Managing Natural Hazards Oxford Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2018). Political Sciences Perspectives on Disaster Ethics Disaster Ethics: Basic Concepts and Normative Theories. New York: Springer (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2018). Agenda Setting on Natural Hazards Issues Oxford Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Link)
  • DeLeo, R. (2014). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: A Policy Perspective Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press

    • Conference Proceedings

  • Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J., DeLeo, R. (2013). “The Dissemination of Social Media to Campaigns for State Legislature: The 2012 New England Case”

    • Other Scholarly Work

  • Crow, D. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccine Survey Technical Report. (Link).
  • Roberts, J. (2020). COVID-19 Survey Technical Reports. Risk & Social Policy Working Group (Link).
  • Donnelly, K. (2009). Expanding Health Care Access to Rhode Island's Low-Income Uninsured: A Review of Public and Private Initiatives Aimed at Insuring Vulnerable Population. Northeastern University, Community-Based Research Initiative .
  • DeLeo, R. (2009). Fighting Homelessness in Massachusetts: A Cross-Agency Analysis of the Residential Assistance for Families in Transition Program. Northeastern University, Community-Based Research Initiative .

    • Presentations

  • DeLeo, R., McDonald, S. (2024). “Feedback, Policy Windows, and Agenda Setting: A Multiple Streams Perspective on Regional Economic Policymaking in Northern Ireland” Presented at the Conference on Public Policy Research Syracuse, New York
  • DeLeo, R., Taylor, K., Dave, D., Shanahan, L., Crow, D., Birkland, T., Jeschke, N. (2024). “Who are Homo Narrans? Individual Level Predictors of Memorable Message Narrativity” Presented at the Conference on Public Policy Research Syracuse, New York
  • DeLeo, R., Dave, D., Hartigan, D., Taylor, K., Shanahan, E., Sangappa, S., Koebele, E. (2024). “A Dynamic Model of Political Trust: Information, Intention, Vaccination” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Jeschke, N., Crow, D., Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Birkland, T., Shanahan, E. (2024). “Policy Design and Focusing Events: COVID-19 Policy Responses Across U.S. States” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • DeLeo, R. (2024). “Trends in Multiple Streams Framework Research” Presented at the The Multiple Streams Virtual Community's 2024 Virtual Seminar Online
  • Anderson, S., DeLeo, R., Taylor, K. (2023). “Affective Forecasting to Yield Prospective Voting” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Los Angeles, California
  • DeLeo, R., Shanahan, E., Koebele, E., Taylor, K., Albright, E., Crow, D., Birkland, T., Minkowitz, H. (2023). “Assessing the Link Between Memorable Messages and COVID-19 Risk Mitigation” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Los Angeles, California
  • Crow, D., DeLeo, R., Taylor, K., Birkland, T., Jeschke, N., Albright, E. (2023). “Learning from Crisis: Does COVID-19 Agenda Change Lead to Policy Change” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • DeLeo, R., Birkland, T., Taylor, K., Jeschke, N., Zarb, S. (2023). “Disasters, Crisis, and Shock: Focusing Events and Public Policy” Presented at the Conference on Public Policy Research Denver, Colorado
  • DeLeo, R., Shanahan, E., Taylor, K., Albright, E., Koebele, E., Birkland, T., Jeschke, N. (2023). “Memorable Messages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Relationship Among Narratives, Affect, and Risk Perception on Mitigation Behavior” Presented at the Conference on Public Policy Research Denver, Colorado
  • DeLeo, R. (2022). “Analyzing the Effect of Focusing Events on State Legislative Agendas” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Montreal, Canada
  • DeLeo, R., Shanahan, E., Albright, E., Taylor, K., Koebele, E. (2022). “Estimating the Effect of Narratives and Imagery on COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Montreal, Canada
  • DeLeo, R. (2022). “An Introduction to the Risk and Social Policy Working Group” Presented at the Harvard University JPB Environmental Fellowship Workshop Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Zarb, S., Taylor, K., DeLeo, R., Birkland, T. (2022). “I Wouldn't Call What Happened Here a Crisis: A Test of the Focusing Events Concept in Drinking Water Crises” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • Shanahan, E., Koebele, E., DeLeo, R., Taylor, K., Birkland, T., Crow, D. (2022). “Narrative Risk Communication: Does Narrator Matter?” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • Jeschke, N., Shanahan, E., DeLeo, R., Crow, D., Birkland, T., Taylor, K., Smith, B. (2022). “Understanding U.S. COVID-19 Policy Responses Across States Over Time” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • DeLeo, R., Taylor, K., Birkland, T. (2021). “Disaster, Crisis and Shock: A Meta-Analysis of Focusing Events in Public Policy In Event: Advances in Theories of the Policy Process” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington
  • DeLeo, R., Anderson, S., Taylor, K. (2021). “Legislators Do Not Harness Voter Support for Preparedness” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington
  • DeLeo, R., Koebele, E., Birkland, T., Albright, E., Crow, D., Zhang, M., Minkowitz, H. (2021). “Understanding U.S. COVID-19 Policy Responses Across States Over Time In Event: Plural Approaches to Understanding COVID-19 Response” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington
  • DeLeo, R. (2021). “Assessing the Drivers of State COVID-19 Policy Across Time and Space” Presented at the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science's Annual Meeting Virtual
  • DeLeo, R., Arthur, G., Crow, D., Koebele, E., Osman, E., McGovern, S., Minkowitz, H., Taylor, K., Shanahan, E., Welton-Mitchell, C. (2021). “Memorable Messages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Relationship between Narratives, Affect and Risk Perception on Mitigation Behaviors” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting
  • DeLeo, R., Birkland, T., Taylor, K. (2021). “COVID-19 and the United States Policy Style” Presented at the Workshop on Policy Styles Virtual
  • Andrews, B. J., Choi, S., Eijmberts, J. P., Ledley, F. D., Cleary, E., Thomas, S., Schwarzkopf, D. L., Stuckey, J. K., Davi, W., DeLeo, R., Moriarty, J., Gainsborough, J. F., Gentry, W. (2020). “How Taxes Shape Lives” Presented at the Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences Convener, Bentley Humanities Seminar Bentley University
  • DeLeo, R., Albright, E., Koebele, E., Roberts, J., Dickinson, K., Roberts, J., Hartigan, D. B. (2020). “Perceptions of Efficacy are Key Determinants of Mask-Wearing Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Virtual
  • DeLeo, R., Anderson, S., Taylor, K. (2019). “Policy Entrepreneurship and Agenda Change” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Washington, D.C.
  • DeLeo, R., Duarte, A. (2019). “Indicators and Agenda Setting: An Analysis of the Politicization of Information in the Substance Use Disorder Policy Domain” Presented at the International Conference on Public Policy Montreal, Canada
  • DeLeo, R. (2018). “Reactive Voting and Hazard Mitigation Policy” Presented at the Lincoln Institute for Land Use Policy's Capital Planning Conference Stow, Massachusetts
  • Anderson, S., DeLeo, R., O'Donovan, K. (2018). “An Empirical Analysis of Entrepreneurs and Agenda Setting” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Boston, Massachusetts
  • Anderson, S., DeLeo, R., O'Donovan, K. (2018). “Information and the Influence of Policy Entrepreneurs” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • DeLeo, R. (2018). “Indicators and Agenda Setting: An Analysis of the Politicization of Information in the Substance Abuse Policy Domain” Presented at the New England Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  • Anderson, S., DeLeo, R., O'Donovan, K. (2018). “Policy Entrepreneurs and Disaster Policy: Testing the Influence of Entrepreneurs on Lawmakers” Presented at the Southern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Anderson, S., DeLeo, R., O'Donovan, K. (2017). “Overcoming Legislative Myopia” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting San Francisco, California
  • DeLeo, R. (2017). “Indicators and the Policymaking Process” Presented at the Workshop on the Multiple Stream Approach Prague, Czech Republic
  • DeLeo, R. (2017). “Analogical Reasoning Across Time and Space: Does Context Matter?” Presented at the Southern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana
  • DeLeo, R. (2016). “Analogies and Agenda Setting: Does Context Matter?” Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Boston, Massachusetts
  • DeLeo, R. (2016). “Before Disaster: A Narrative Policy Analysis of the Rhetoric of Preparedness” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • DeLeo, R. (2016). “Preparedness for Natural Hazards” Presented at the University of Colorado Boulder Natural Hazards Center 41st Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop Broomfield, Colorado
  • DeLeo, R., McDonald, S. M. (2016). “Another Way to Nudge: Capacity Building Through the Targeted Use of Nodality Instruments” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • DeLeo, R. (2016). “The Politics of Preparedness: Indicators, Agenda Setting, and Policy Change” Presented at the Policy & Politics Workshop on Ambiguity, Crisis, and the Multiple Streams Approach Raleigh, North Carolina
  • DeLeo, R. (2015). “Toward an Anticipatory Policy Type: The Political Dynamics of Proactive Policy Change” Presented at the UNESCO First Annual International Conference on Anticipation Trento, Italy
  • Williams, C., DeLeo, R., Gulati, J. (2014). “Social Media Adoption by Campaigns for State Legislature: The 2012 New England Case,‚Äù” Presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association Chicago, Illinois
  • DeLeo, R. (2013). “Boundary Spanning Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Preparedness Policymaking in the Public Health, Natural Disaster, and Terrorism Domain” Presented at the Celebratory Comparative Policy Analysis Conference Leuven, Belgium
  • DeLeo, R. (2013). “Issue Framing, Risk Perception, and Public Policy: The Boston University Infectious Disease Laboratory” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies Boston, Massachusetts
  • Williams, C. B., Gulati, G. J., DeLeo, R. (2013). “The Dissemination of Social Media to Campaigns for State Legislature: The 2012 New England Case” Presented at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois
  • DeLeo, R. (2013). “Are We Ready Yet?: Measuring Preparedness in the Pandemic Policy Domain” Presented at the International Conference on Public Policy Grenoble, France
  • DeLeo, R. (2013). “Setting the Preparedness Agenda: Indicators, Spillover Events, and the Politics of Pandemics” Presented at the International Conference on Public Policy Grenoble, France
  • DeLeo, R. (2012). “An Ounce of Prevention: Policymaking, Problem Indicators, and Time” Presented at the International Political Science Association XXII World Congress of Political Science Madrid, Spain
  • DeLeo, R., Hedlund, R., Hedlund, D., Larson, C. (2012). “Taking Chances in Making Legislative Requests: A Four State Comparison” Presented at the Western Political Science Association 2012 Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon
  • DeLeo, R., Hedlund, R., Hedlund, D., Larson, C. (2011). “Gaining Requested Committees in a State Legislature: The Effects of Prior Legislative Servic” Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association 43rd Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • DeLeo, R., Hedlund, R., Hedlund, D. (2011). “Reading the Tea Leaves: Legislative Risk Taking During the Committee Request and Assignment Process” Presented at the 11th Annual State Politics and Policy Conference Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
  • DeLeo, R., Rochefort, D. (2011). “One of these Things Is Like the Other: Five Types of Public Policy Analogy and their Relevance in the Emerging Nanotechnology Debate” Presented at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting Hartford, Connecticut
  • DeLeo, R., Hedlund, R., Hedlund, D. (2011). “Committee Requests and Assignments: The Roles of Risk Taking In Assignment Success” Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas
  • DeLeo, R. (2010). “Establishing a Safe Drinking Water Standard for Perchlorate in Massachusetts” Presented at the Northeastern University Environmental Policy in Massachusetts: Promoting Safe Development in a Time of Economic Uncertainty Nanotechnology & Society Research Group
  • DeLeo, R., Hedlund, R. (2010). “The Impact of Situational Factors on Committee Request and Assignment Behavior: Does Context Matter?” Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association 42nd Annual Meeting Boston, Massachusetts
  • DeLeo, R. (2010). “Governance and Uncertainty: A Meta-Analysis With Applications to the Health and Environmental Impacts of Nano-Technology” Presented at the Third Biennial Conference of the European Consortium of Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance on Regulation in an Age of Crisis Dublin, Ireland
  • DeLeo, R. (2010). “Committee Requests and Committee Assignments: Do Members Get What They Want?” Presented at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting Newport, Rhode Island
  • DeLeo, R. (2010). “Governing an Emerging Technology: Anticipatory Policymaking and Nanotechnology” Presented at the Northeastern University 2010 Research Expo Boston, Massachusetts
  • DeLeo, R. (2009). “Anticipatory-Conjectural Policy Problems: The Case of Avian Influenza” Presented at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting Portland, Maine
  • DeLeo, R., Donnelly, K. (2009). “Designing and Implementing Community-based Research Courses” Presented at the National Community-based Research Networking Initiative Grantee Conference Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
  • DeLeo, R. (2008). “Measuring the Substance Abuse Continuum of Care” Presented at the Massachusetts Partnership for Healthy Communities Annual Healthy Communities Conference Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

    • Reviews

  • DeLeo, R. (2014). Review of How Change Happens—Or Doesn’t: The Politics of US Public Policy. , (129) 4 (Link)

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Committee Chair for Public Policy Major Review Committee 2025-09-01 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Department of Global Studies Faculty Search Committee 2022-11-01 - 2023-04-30
  • Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Tenure Review 2022-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  • for Classroom Evaluation for GLS 105 2022-04-01 - 2022-04-30
  • Committee Chair for Department of Global Studies Faculty Search Committee 2021-09-01 - 2021-12-31
  • Committee Member for Department of Global Studies Faculty Search Committee 2019-08-01 - 2019-12-31
  • Major/Minor Coordinator for Public Policy Program for Major/Minor Coordinator for Public Policy Program 2017-09-01 - Present
  • Coordinator for The Washington Center Program for The Washington Center Program 2017-01-01 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Assurance of Learning Committee 2016-11-01 - 2022-09-30
  • Committee Member for Pi Sigma Alpha Event Planning Committee 2016-09-01 - 2017-05-31
  • Course Coordinator for State and Local Government (GLS 105) 2014-09-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for Department of Global Studies Internship Committee 2014-09-01 - 2016-05-31
  • Committee Member for Department of Global Studies Website Committee 2014-01-01 - 2016-05-31
  • Committee Member for Global Studies Student Activities Planning Committee 2011-01-01 - 2012-12-31

    • Service: Public

  • Co-Program Organizer/Moderator for Bridgewater State University Panel on Affordable Care Implementation in Massachusetts 2015-04-22 - 2015-04-22

    • Service: Professional

  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for American Political Science Association's “The Politics of Disaster Policymaking: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Beyond ” panel 2023-09-01 - 2023-09-30
  • Editorial Review Board Member for Policy & Politics 2024-02-02 - Present
  • Committee Member for University of Colorado Denver Doctoral Candidate Dissertation Committee 2023-03-01 - Present
  • Officer, Other Officer for American Political Science Association's Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) Section 2022-09-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for Brandeis University Heller School of Government Doctoral Candidate Dissertation Committee 2022-09-01 - Present
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for Conference on Public Policy Research's “The Multiple Streams Framework ” panel 2023-01-01 - 2023-01-31
  • Invited Lecture/Presentation for North Carolina State University Doctoral Seminar on Public Policy 2022-10-01 - 2022-10-31
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past for American Political Science Association's Disasters and Crises Related Group 2022-06-01 - Present
  • Editorial Review Board Member for Policy Theory & Practice 2022-02-01 - 2022-12-31
  • Chairperson for Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award on Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics 2022-05-01 - 2022-09-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for American Political Science Association's “Frontiers in Disaster Research ” panel 2021-09-01 - 2021-09-30
  • Conference/Workshop Track Chair for American Political Science Association's Science Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) Section 2021-05-01 - 2021-09-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for New England Political Science Association's “Massachusetts Politics ” panel 2021-04-01 - 2021-04-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for American Political Science Association's “Disasters and Crisis Research” panel - 2020-09-30
  • Committee Member for Don K. Price Award for the Best Book on Science, Technology, and Politics 2020-05-01 - 2020-09-30
  • Invited Lecture/Presentation for University of Manchester Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation 2020-05-01 - 2020-05-31
  • Chairperson for Virginia Walsh Award Committee for the Best Dissertation in Environmental Politics, Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section, American Political Science Association 2019-04-01 - 2019-09-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for Southern Political Science Association's panel on "The Legacy of Thomas Birkland's After Disaster" 2019-01-01 - 2019-01-31
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for American Political Science Association's “Frontiers of Disasters and Crisis Research” panel - 2018-09-30
  • Chairperson for Caldwell Award Committee for Best Book in Environmental Politics, Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section, American Political Science Association 2018-04-01 - 2018-09-30
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for International Public Policy Association's "Disasters and Public Policy" workshop - 2018-06-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for Southern Political Science Association's "Disaster Resilience and Recovery" panel - 2018-01-31
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Southern Political Science Association's “Conference-Within-A-Conference” Workshop on Disasters and Public Policy 2017-07-01 - 2018-01-31
  • Committee Member for Caldwell Award Committee for Best Book in Environmental Politics, Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section, American Political Science Association 2017-05-01 - 2017-09-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for Midwestern Political Science Association's "Response and Recovery Efforts for Disasters at the State and Local Level" panel - 2017-04-30
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Northeastern Political Science Association's Panel on "Risk and Hazards Governance" 2016-09-01 - 2016-11-30
  • for American Political Science Association Disasters and Crises Standing Group 2015-09-01 - 2017-05-31
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for Celebratory Comparative Policy Analysis Conference's "Policy Dialogue and Diffusion" Panel 2013-11-01 - 2013-11-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting's "Political Language, Agenda Setting, and the Evolution of Policy Issues" Panel 2012-04-01 - 2012-04-30
  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting's "Policy Developments in the Northeast" Panel 2011-04-01 - 2011-04-30

    • Service: University

  • Committee Member for Bentley University Promotion and Tenure Committee - Present
  • Co-Chair for Bentley University Entrepreneurship Research Group 2024-09-02 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Bentley University Honors Council 2022-09-01 - Present
  • Paneli Chair for Undergraduate Research Day 2023-04-21 - 2023-04-21
  • Program Organizer for Panel on "COVID Insights: Rebuilding Trust, Bolstering Institutions & Improving Communication in the Wake of Disaster" 2023-04-04 - 2023-04-04
  • Guest Speaker for Science, Technology, and Society Class 2022-10-01 - 2022-10-31
  • Committee Member for Bentley University Online Learning Task Force 2022-01-01 - 2023-09-30
  • Committee Member for Bentley-Gallup Force for Good Task Force 2022-01-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for Bentley University Strategic Planning Committee 2021-09-01 - 2022-05-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Valente Center Panel on the Future of Food 2021-10-05 - 2021-10-31
  • Guest Speaker for Science, Technology, and Society Class 2021-10-27 - 2021-10-31
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Humanities Research Seminar on Risk Communication 2020-09-01 - 2021-05-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Learning and Teaching Council Colloquium 2021-04-01 - 2021-04-30
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Alumni Panel on Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy 2020-11-01 - 2020-11-30
  • Committee Member for Bentley University Research Council 2019-09-01 - 2021-12-31
  • Task Force Member for Bentley University Reopening Task Force 2020-05-01 - 2021-05-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Alumni Panel on the Coronavirus Pandemic 2020-04-01 - 2020-04-30
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Bentley University Research Council Panel on Disseminating Research 2020-02-01 - 2020-02-28
  • Program Organizer for Bentley University Spark Session on Signature Work 2019-11-19 - 2019-11-19
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Bentley University Research Council Panel on Measuring Research Impact 2019-11-13 - 2019-11-13
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Health Thought Leadership Network Course 2019-09-09 - 2019-09-09
  • Administrative Assignment, Other for Bentley University Honors Program 2018-09-01 - 2020-06-30
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University 2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium - 2018-10-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Alumni Weekend Panel on Politics and Public Policy - 2018-06-02
  • Committee Member for Arts & Sciences Dean Search Committee 2017-10-01 - 2018-04-30
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Panel on Public Policy and the Trump Administration - 2017-12-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University 2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium - 2017-10-31
  • Guest Speaker for International Film Series - 2017-01-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Data Analytics Research Team (DART) - 2017-04-30
  • Committee Member for Department of Natural and Applied Sciences Faculty Search Committee 2016-09-01 - 2016-12-15
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium - 2016-10-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Panel on Marijuana Legalization in Massachusetts - 2016-10-31
  • Board Member for Bentley University Center for Health and Business 2015-12-01 - Present
  • Faculty Sponsor for Fall 2015 Valente Center Visiting Scholars Program 2015-10-04 - 2015-10-09
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Panel Discussion on the Future of Health Care - 2015-09-30
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Panel on the Ebola Outbreak - 2014-11-30
  • Faculty Representative for Bentley University Valente Center Advisory Board 2013-09-01 - 2019-09-30
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University Panel on Affordable Care Act Implementation - 2014-03-31
  • Board Member for Bentley University Center for the Integration of Science and Industry 2013-06-01 - 2021-01-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University 2012 Presidential Election "Crystal Ball" Panel - 2012-10-31