Biographical Info

Michael Greenberg studies environmental health and risk analysis. He is distinguished professor and associate dean of the faculty of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. He has written more than 30 books and more than 300 articles. His most recent books are The Environmental Impact Statement After Two Generations: Managing Environmental Power, New York: (Routledge 2011), Nuclear Waste Management, Nuclear Power and Energy Choices: Public Preferences, Perceptions, and Trust, (Springer 2012), and Protecting Seniors Against Environmental Disasters: From Hazards and Vulnerability to Prevention and Resilience (Earthscan 2014). He has been a member of National Research Council Committees that focus on the destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile and nuclear weapons; chemical waste management; and the degradation of the U.S. government physical infrastructure, and sustainability and the U.S. EPA. Currently, he is chairing a Committee for the appropriations committees of the U.S. Senate and House to determine the extent that the US DOE emphasizes human health and safety in its allocations for remediating former nuclear weapons sites. Dr. Greenberg has received awards from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Society for Professional Journalists, the Public Health Association, the Association of American Geographers, and Society for Risk Analysis. He served as area editor for social sciences and then editor-in-chief of Risk Analysis: An International Journal during the period 2002-2013, and continues as associate editor for environmental health for the American Journal of Public Health.

Undergraduate Courses

• Introduction to Planning, Public Policy, and Health

Graduate Courses

• Environmental Planning and Management
• Graduate Planning Studio
• Transportation Risk & Security

Recent Publications

1. Greenberg, MR, Schneider, D. Income disparities and risk: Geographical manifestations of extreme inequities in the United States. Risk Anal. 2024; :. doi: 10.1111/risa.14349. PubMed PMID:38984664
2. Greenberg, MR, Lowrie, KW. Kenneth Olden: Whatever you do, do it well. Risk Anal. 2024;44 (9):1981-1990. doi: 10.1111/risa.14753. PubMed PMID:38955786
3. Greenberg, MR, Lowrie, KW. John D. Graham: Making sense of risk. Risk Anal. 2024;44 (8):1735-1742. doi: 10.1111/risa.14350. PubMed PMID:38922745
4. Greenberg, MR, Lowrie, K. Thomas Burke: Blending practice and academia at the highest levels. Risk Anal. 2023;43 (12):2405-2410. doi: 10.1111/risa.14225. PubMed PMID:38009438
5. Greenberg, M, Lowrie, K. Robert Budnitz-Tinkerer, experimenter, and nuclear safety promoter. Risk Anal. 2024;44 (1):5-11. doi: 10.1111/risa.14246. PubMed PMID:38009429
6. Greenberg, M, Lowrie, K. Kristin Shrader-Frechette: Confronting environmental injustice. Risk Anal. 2023; :. doi: 10.1111/risa.14174. PubMed PMID:37277917
7. Greenberg, M, Schneider, D donas@rutgers.edu. Population density: What does it really mean in geographical health studies?. Health Place. 2023;81 :103001. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103001. PubMed PMID:36947902
8. Greenberg, M, Lowrie, K, Heller, C, Kunreuther, L. Howard Kunreuther: An irrational economist committed to managing risk. Risk Anal. 2022;42 (12):2607-2612. doi: 10.1111/risa.14078. PubMed PMID:36717362
9. Burger, J, Greenberg, M, Lowrie, K, Goldstein, BD. Bernard D. Goldstein-Risk communication as an essential component of public health practice. Risk Anal. 2022;42 (11):2459-2463. doi: 10.1111/risa.14055. PubMed PMID:36625059 PubMed Central PMC10316670
10. Burger, J, Greenberg, M, Lowrie, K, Berlin, K. Ken Berlin-Climate science, risk, and solutions must be communicated together. Risk Anal. 2022;42 (11):2531-2535. doi: 10.1111/risa.14034. PubMed PMID:36625058 PubMed Central PMC10316665