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Marc Hershman | Craig Russell | John Hansen
Marc J. Hershman, Principal Investigator
Professor, School of Marine Affairs
Adjunct Professor, School of Law
University of Washington, Seattle
hershmj(at)u.washington.edu
Professor Hershman has special expertise in the laws, policies and public administrative practice affecting the coastal zone. He has taught coastal and marine resources law at the University of Washington for over 20 years. His courses and research emphasize the Public Trust Doctrine, public and private rights in shoreline, intertidal and submerged lands, design and implementation of coastal management laws and regulations, seaport development and management, legal regimes for wetlands, and laws affecting management of offshore resources such as oil and gas, fisheries, marine mammals, endangered species, water quality and protected areas. His formal education includes A.B. and JD from Temple University, Philadelphia, in 1967.
He is recognized as a leading expert and scholar on the US Coastal Zone Management Program and its implementation in 34 states and territories of the country. He participated in the drafting of the initial law in 1972, in the development of initial implementing regulations, in focused studies on how CZM programs affect special management areas, water quality, port development, waterfront revitalization, aquaculture, LNG and offshore energy facilities, pipelines, and SAV resources. He founded the Coastal Management journal in 1972 and remains its Editor-in-Chief – the oldest marine affairs journal in the world. He led a group of colleagues in a comprehensive evaluation of the successes and failures of the national CZM program (Vol 27: Nos. 2&3, Coastal Management Journal, 1999).
In addition, Professor Hershman is known for many academic and public service contributions beyond the field of coastal management. He has taught marine transportation and port management courses for many years and was the editor of a book on Urban Ports and Harbor Management. He has a special interest in maritime history and co-authored a book on the history of Seattle’s Elliott Bay waterfront. His interest in public education led to a 20 year effort to develop the “Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center” on Seattle’s central waterfront which houses 30,000 sq ft of exhibits, public programs and artistic events featuring the use and conservation of the region’s maritime and coastal resources. He has written extensively on the need for a renewed ocean policy for the United States and was appointed in 2001 by President Bush to the US Commission on Ocean Policy.
Craig Russell, Research Assistant
Master’s Candidate, School of Marine Affairs,
University of Washington, Seattle
craigr(at)u.washington.edu
After wandering the high seas and cubicle walls of NOAA for 8 years, Craig entered the School of Marine Affairs seeking an academic perspective to balance his professional experiences. Craig is the primary research assistant for the Regional Ocean Governance project and is interested in the development of institutional arrangements and information resources to support ROG. He received his A.B. in Urban Studies with correlate studies in land use analysis and geology from Vassar College in 1996. He expects to graduate August 2005 after completing his thesis titled, "Making the Case for Regional Ocean Governance in the Pacific Northwest".
John Hansen, Research Assistant
Master’s Candidate, School of Marine Affairs,
University of Washington, Seattle
jhansen5(at)u.washington.edu
John Hansen has just finished his first year at the School of Marine Affairs, and has focused his areas of work and study on U.S. ocean policy at the federal and State level. Growing up an avid fisherman in the San Francisco Bay Area, John developed an interest in water and the oceans at an early age. This ultimately led John to the beachside campus of UC Santa Barbara and a B.S. in Aquatic Biology. However, being the son of two lawyers, John could not avoid further pursuit of the intriguing legal and policy issues involved in ocean governance. Currently, John is focusing his thesis topic on nascent State ocean management initiatives as a response to the US Commission on Ocean Policy, while continuing his work with Professor Hershman and Craig Russell.
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