Ann Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and Faculty Director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment. Professor Carlson's scholarship focuses on climate change law and policy, federalism and the role social norms play in affecting environmentally cooperative behavior. She is co-author (with Farber and Freeman) of a widely used casebook, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, served on the National Academy of Science panel “America’s Climate Choices,” and is currently participating in an American Academy of Arts and Sciences study of the future of our energy system. She is the recipient of the 2007 Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. Carlson is a frequent blogger for Legal Planet and the Huffington Post as well as a regular commentator and speaker on environmental issues.

Published: Monday, October 04, 2010

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