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Roger D. Masters

Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government, Emeritus
Research Professor of Government
President, Foundation for Neuroscience and Society

9A Silsby
Roger.Masters@dartmouth.edu

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B.A., Government, Harvard University
M.A. and Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago

Recent publications

Recent books

  • Fortune is a River: Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine History, New York: Free Press, 1998.
  • Beyond Relativism: Science and Human Values, Hanover NH, University Press of New England, 1993.
  • Collected Writings of Rousseau, with Christopher Kelly, eds., University Press of New England, 9 vols. to date; vol. 10 in press.

Recent articles and presentations

  • "Science, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy:  Can Scientific Inquiry Prevail Over Entrenched Institutional Self-Interest?" New England Journal of Political Science, in press, 2005.
  • Guest Editorial: "A Moratorium On Silicofluoride Usage Will Save $$Millions," with M. J. Coplan, Fluoride 38:1-5, 2005.
  • "Fin de l’Etat-Nation," Futuribles
  • "The Hidden Handicap: Lead, Brain Chemistry, and Educational Failure," Paper presented to 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL., Sept. 3, 2004.
  • "The Social Implications of Evolutionary Psychology: Linking Brain Biochemistry, Toxins, and Violent Crime,"  in Richard W. Bloom and Nancy K. Dess, eds., Evolutionary Psychology and Violence: A Primer for Policymakers and Public Policy Advocates (Westwood: Praeger, 2003), Ch. 2, pp. 23-56.
  • "MacLean’s Evolutionary Neuroethology: Environmental Pollution, Brain Chemistry, and Violent Crime," Gerald A. Corey Jr. & Russell Gardner Jr., eds. The Evolutionary Neuroethology of Paul MacLean  (Westport: Praeger, 2002), pp. 275-296 (Ch. 15).
  • "Neurotoxicants and Behavior: Implications of 'Toxicogenomics' for Public Policy," Paper presented to XX International Neurotoxciology Conference, Nov. 19, 2002, U of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 2002.
  • "Biology and Politics," in Nelson W. Polsby, ed., Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 4: 345-369, Palo Alto: Annual Reviews, 2001.
  • "Water Treatment with Silicofluorides and Lead Toxicity," with Myron. J. Coplan, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 56: 435-449, 1999.
  • "Environmental Pollution, Neurotoxicity, and Criminal Violence," in Aspects of Environmental Toxicology, J. Rose, ed., Gordon and Breach, 1997, pp. 13-48.

Research interests

  • Biology and human behavior
  • Science and public policy
  • Nonverbal behavior and politics
  • Political philosophy

Last Updated: 7/25/06