Carol L. Silva

Carol L Silva earned her PhD in political science and public policy from the University of Rochester (1998). She is currently the Senior Associate VP for Research and Partnerships and an Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. She specializes in the building and conduct of research programs for interdisciplinary teams, the coordination of resources that encourage and support the achievements of those teams, and contributing to state-of-the-art social science discoveries. She is an experienced teacher, and directs well-funded research programs in the domains of risk perception, science, energy, and technology policy, weather and climate policy, and non-market valuation.