Richard Murdocco Adjunct Professor Masters of Arts, Public Policy, Stony Brook University Bachelor of Arts, Political Science/Urban Studies, Fordham University N-739, Social and Behavioral Sciences Building Department of Political Science 4392 SUNY Stony Brook, NY 11794-4392 P: (631) 560-1450 F: (631) 632-4116 richard.j.murdocco@stonybrook.edu Collection of Published Work and Media Appearances

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Richard Murdocco is an award-winning columnist who writes on land use, real estate markets and economic development, and environmental policy. Murdocco's work often appears in major publications including Newsday and the New York Daily News.

His reported and op-ed analytical writing explores the policy processes behind land use decision making, the interplay between developmental efforts, economic growth, and environmental quality, and the forces that shape zoning policies on the local and regional levels.

In addition to his affiliation with the University's Department of Political Science, he also teaches within Stony Brook's School of Atmospheric and Marine Sciences. Within SoMAS, Murdocco teaches a series of graduate and undergraduate courses on environmental policy. 

Alongside from his policy work, Murdocco is a marketing and communications executive in the renewable energy industry.

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