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 Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government,
Emeritus
Research Professor of Government
President, Foundation for Neuroscience and Society
9A Silsby
Roger.Masters@dartmouth.edu
Go to: Professor Masters'
webpage
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
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