Christopher
T. Hill
Professor
of Public Policy
Director, Doctoral Program in Public Policy
Curriculum Vita
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Education
1969 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1966 M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1964 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Professional Experience
2005 – 2006
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
Public Policy Scholar
2003 – 2005
George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc., Fairfax, VA
President
2001 – present
Technology Policy International (Boston, Washington, Silicon Valley, Tokyo)
Principal
1994 – present
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2008 – present
Director, Doctoral Program in Public Policy
2005 – 2006 (on leave)
1997 – 2005
Vice Provost for Research
1995 – 1997
Director, Doctoral Program in Public Policy
1994 – present
Professor of Public Policy and Technology, School of Public Policy
1993 – 1994
Critical Technologies Institute, RAND, Washington, DC
Senior Policy Analyst
1990 – 1993
National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
1990 – 1993
Executive Director, The Manufacturing Forum
1992 – 1993
Staff Director, Manufacturing Subcouncil, Competitiveness Policy Council (under contract between NAS and CPC)
1983 – 1990
Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Senior Specialist in Science and Technology Policy (GS-17)
1978 – 1983 Center for Policy Alternatives, MIT, Cambridge, MA
1980 – 1981
Assistant Director for Budget and Finance
1978 – 1983
Senior Research Associate
1977 – 1978
Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC
Senior Professional Staff Member and Project Leader, Materials Program
1970 – 1978
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1976 – 1978
Associate Professor of Technology and Human Affairs
1974 – 1978
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
1970 – 1974
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
1972 – 1978
Associate Director, Center for Development Technology
1968 – 1970
Uniroyal Corporation, Central Research Laboratory, Wayne, NJ
Research Engineer, Polymer Physics Section Group Leader, plastics rheology group
1964 (summer)
Humble Oil and Refining Company (now EXXON), Baytown, Texas
Technical Services Summer Engineer, Baytown refinery
1960 – 1963
Hope Natural Gas Company (now Consolidated Natural Gas Co.), Clarksburg, WV
Summer employee in engineering, gas dispatching, and field operations
1958 – 1968
Part-time professional musician (saxophone) and jazz band leader, Clarksburg, WV; Chicago, IL; and Madison, WI
Books
Succeeding in the Post-Scientific Society, in preparation.
All Proper Means: Foundations of U.S. Technology Policy, in preparation.
Technological Innovation for a Dynamic Economy, Christopher T. Hill and James M. Utterback, editors, New York: Pergamon Press, 344 pages, 1979.
Regulation, Market Price, and Process Innovation: The Case of the Ammonia Industry, Edward Greenberg, Christopher T. Hill, and David J. Newburger, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 241+ pages, 1979.
Federal Regulation and Chemical Innovation, Christopher T. Hill, editor, Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, Symposium Series No. 109, 191 pages, 1979.
Materials and Energy from Municipal Waste, Vol. I, 284 pages, Christopher T. Hill, project leader and principal author; Vol. II, Working Papers, 524 pages, Christopher T. Hill, editor, Washington, D.C.: Office of Technology Assessment, July 1979.
Book Reviews
"Test Case for R&D Cooperation," book review
of R&D Collaboration on Trial: The Microelectronics and
Computer Technology Corporation, by David
V. Gibson and Everett M. Rogers, Issues
in Science and Technology, Spring 1995,
pp. 87-90.
"Picking Scientists and Engineers for Top Jobs," book
review of The Prune Book: The 60 Toughest
Science and Technology Jobs in Washington,
by John H. Trattner, Madison Books, Lanham,
MD 1992, and of Policy and Supporting Positions
(The Plum Book), Committee on Governmental
Affairs, United States Senate, U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1992, in The
Public Manager/The New Bureaucrat, Winter
1992-1993, pp. 62-64.
Publications and Reports
“R&D Priorities for Research Related to Critical
Infrastructure Protection,” in preparation.
“An Analysis of Industry Support for the NSF’s Engineering Research Centers: Implications for the Evaluation of ERCs as a Policy Tool,” Jonathan C. Tucker, Christopher T. Hill, Christine Pommerening, and Franco Furger, under submission, summer 2008.
“Addressing Global Climate Change: Grassroots Initiatives and Technology Diffusion in the U.S.,” report to the SEPP Program, University of Tokyo, Japan, George R. Heaton, Jr., Christopher T. Hill, and Patrick Windham, May 2008, 64 pages.
“New Pathways in U.S. Innovation Policy,” report to the New Energy Development and Technology Development Organization of Japan, George R. Heaton, Jr., Christopher T. Hill, Patrick Windham and David W. Cheney, May 2008, 46 pages.
“Patents,” in Encyclopedia of the Modern World, Peter N. Stearns, editor, Oxford University Press, 2008.
“Copyrights,” in Encyclopedia of the Modern World, Peter N. Stearns, editor, Oxford University Press, 2008.
“The Post Scientific Society,” Issues in Science and Technology, Fall 2007, pp. 78-84 (based on “The American Innovation System in the Post-Scientific Society,” paper prepared for the project on Advancing Innovation, Enhancing the Economy, American Institute of Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University, June 2007, 16 pages).
“Impacts and Sustainability of the First Two Phases of Alaska EPSCoR,” Report of the External Review Panel, Edward Derrick, Christopher Hill, Frank Waxman and Regina White, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Research Competitiveness Program, 2007.
“New Cooperation in East Asia,” editorial by Hiroshi Nagano and Christopher T. Hill, Science, Vol. 316, June 8, 2007, p. 1393.
“Innovation Policy Today in the United States,” report to the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization of Japan, George R. Heaton, Jr., Christopher T. Hill, Patrick Windham and David W. Cheney, May 2007, 97 pages.
“International Cooperation in Science and Technology,” report to the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization of Japan, George R. Heaton, Jr., Christopher T. Hill, Patrick Windham and David W. Cheney, Sept. 2006, 86 pages.
“From Science Funding to Foreign Policy Making,” paper
prepared for the Workshop on Earth Science
Findings with Foreign Policy Implications,
June 28, 2004, proceedings in press,
John Kemelis, Editor, U.S. Department of State,
forthcoming 2005
“Building Capacity for Research, Creative and Scholarly
Activity at the University of Southern Maine,” Frank J.
Calzonetti, Edward G. Derrick, Christopher
T. Hill, John M. Owens, David J. Prior,
and Albert H. Teich, American Association
for the Advancement of Science, Research
Competitiveness Service, April 2005, 28
pages.
“The PhD in U.S. Industry,” Report
to the Japan Research Institute, Tokyo,
Christopher T. Hill, Patrick Windham,
David W. Cheney and George R. Heaton, Jr.,
Technology Policy International, April 2005.
“R&D Priorities and Human Resources for Science and
Technology: Implications of U.S. Experience for Japan,” in Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Comprehensive
Review of the S&T Basic Plan in Japan, N. Saito, Editor,
Tokyo, September 13 and 14, 2004.
“Science and Technology Policy--A Comparison of Kerry
with Bush,” Perspectives on Technology Policy, Number
2, (newsletter prepared by Technology Policy
International for the New Energy and Industrial
Technology Organization of Japan,
Washington DC), June 25, 2004, 10 pages.
“Options for Kyoto Laboratories,” report
to the Japan Research Institute, Tokyo,
George R. Heaton, Jr., David
W. Cheney, Christopher T. Hill, and Patrick
Windham, Technology Policy International,
March 2004, 30 pages.
“Human Resources for Science and Technology: How the
U.S. Meets National Needs,” report to the Japan Research
Institute, George R. Heaton, Jr., David
W. Cheney, Christopher T. Hill, and Patrick
Windham, Technology Policy International,
February 2004, 89 pages.
“The Decision Making Process in U.S. Science and Technology
Policy,” report to the Japan Science and Technology Agency,
David W. Cheney, Patrick Windham, Tomoe
Kiyosada, Christopher T. Hill and George
R. Heaton, Jr., Technology Policy International,
November 2003, 37 pages.
“Potential Contributions of Modeling, Simulation and
Analysis (MSA) to Critical Infrastructure Protection,” Christopher
T. Hill, Kevin “Kip” Thomas, Todd M. LaPorte and
Douglass S. Adams, in The Critical Infrastructure
Protection Project: Workshop I Working
Papers, George Mason University,
August 2003, pp. 137-146.
“Assessing National Infrastructure Protection: A Review
of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
(NISAC),” report to the United States Department of Homeland
Security, Christopher T. Hill, Todd M. LaPorte, Kevin “Kip” Thomas
and Douglass S. Adams, School of Law, George
Mason University, Summer 2003, 63 pages.
“An Expanded Analytical Capability in the Congressional
Research Service, the General Accounting Office, or the Congressional
Budget Office,” Chapter 7 in Science and Technology Advice
for Congress, M. Granger Morgan and Jon
M. Peha, editors, RFF Press, Washington,
DC, 2003, pp. 106-117.
“Strengthening the Advanced Technology Program,” testimony before the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards, Committee on Science, United States House of Representatives, in Technology Administration: Review and Reauthorization, Committee Print, Serial No. 107-54, March 14, 2002, pp. 59-66.
“Decade of Developments Forecast for Biotech,” Potomac
Tech Journal, January 7, 2002, 3 pages..
“Patterns in U.S. University-Industry Relationships:
Lessons from Current Experience,” report to the Japan
External Trade Research Organization, New
York, New York, and the New Energy Development
and Industrial Technology Development
Organization, Washington DC, George R.
Heaton Jr., David W. Cheney, Christopher
T. Hill and Patrick Windham, with Tatsujiro
Suzuki, January 31, 2002, 76 pages.
“Technology Issues in the Department of Defense,” Issue
Number 7 of Perspectives on Technology
Policy, Technology Policy International,
June 25, 2001, 7 pages.
“R&D Funding in the FY2002 Budget,” Issue
Number 1 of Perspectives on Technology
Policy, Technology Policy International,
April 2001, 6 pages.
“Technology Policy and the New Economy,” Jetro
Sensor, April 2001, p. 15. Published in
Japanese; English original manuscript available.
“Public Policies and the Emergence of High Technology
Sectors,” report to the Japanese External Trade Research
Organization, New York, New York, George
R. Heaton, Jr., David W. Cheney, Christopher
T. Hill, and Patrick Windham with Tatsujiro
Suzuki, January 2001, 60 pages.
“Fifty Years of Science and Technology Policy in Ten
Minutes,” in AAAS Science And Technology Policy Yearbook
2001 Albert H. Teich, Stephen D. Nelson,
Ceilia McEnaney, and Stephen J. Lita, editors,
American Association for the Advancement
of Science, 2001, pp. 107-111. Also on
the Web at: http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/yrbk01.htm
"Developments in Science and Technology
Policies in the United States," in
(on-line) Proceedings from US-EU Workshop
on Learning from Science and Technology
Policy Evaluation, Bad Herrenalb, Germany,
Philip Shapira and Stefan Kuhlmann, editors,
September 2000, pp. 4-1 to 4-11. On the
Web at: http://cherry.iac.gatech.edu:80/e-value/
"Policy Innovation: The Initiation and Formulation of
New Science and Technology Policies in the United States During
the 1980s," report to the Japanese External Trade Research
Organization, New York, New York, and the
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization of Japan, Washington, DC,
George R. Heaton, Jr., Christopher T. Hill,
and Patrick Windham, March 2000, 101 pages.
Congressional
Testimony
“Strengthening the Advanced Technology Program,” testimony
before the Subcommittee on Environment,
Technology and Standards, Committee on
Science, United States House of Representatives,
in Technology Administration: Review and
Reauthorization, Committee Print, Serial
No. 107-54, March 14, 2002, pp. 59-66.
“A University Perspective on Issues in Federal R&D
Procurement,” testimony before the Subcommittee on Technology
and Procurement Policy, Committee on Government
Reform, United States House of Representatives,
July 17, 2001. On the Web at: www.house.gov/reform/tapps/hearings/7?17?01/Hill.htm
“The Future of the Congressional Support Agencies,” testimony
before a joint hearing of the Subcommittees
on Legislative Appropriations, United
States House of Representatives and United
States Senate, in Downsizing Government and Setting Priorities
of Federal Programs, Committee Print,
Committee on Appropriations, House of
Representatives,
February 2, 1995, pp. 1112-1124.