Paul A. Barresi is Professor of Political Science and Environmental Law at Southern New Hampshire University (U.S.A.) and Adjunct Professor of Law at Sun Yat-sen University (China), where he was a Fulbright Lecturer in Law in 2016. He teaches courses in American politics, the American legal tradition, environmental law and politics, sustainable societies, and win-win negotiation. He has been nominated twice for a university Excellence in Teaching Award.  

Professor Barresi holds a B.S. from Cornell University; a J.D. With Highest Honors from the George Washington University National Law Center; an M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow in Public International Law; and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University, where he was a Presidential University Graduate Fellow. His scholarship has been published in numerous books, peer-reviewed journals, and law reviews. He has served as a pro bono contributor to a draft Environment and Natural Resources Code for the Kingdom of Cambodia and as a foreign expert on a U.S.-China environmental impact assessment law research team under contract with China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Professor Barresi was Founding Chair of the Northeastern (U.S.A.) Political Science Association’s Section on Environmental Politics and Policy; served on the National (U.S.A.) Council for Science and the Environment’s (NCSE) Council of Environmental Deans and Directors’ Executive Committee; and was an accredited NCSE delegate to the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. He has served as founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainability Research (Hapres) and as an editor of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (Springer), Ecological Civilization (SCIEPublish), and the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law (Brill). Professor Barresi has translated Russian environmental law and policy materials into English. He also reads some Chinese characters and speaks some Mandarin Chinese.