Faculty/Staff Listing
Dr. Michael F. Dwyer
Adjunct Professor
Telephone: 702-858-9971
Office: WRI-A219
E-mail: michael.dwyer@unlv.edu
Education
- Ph.D. UNLV
- M.P.A University of Colorado at Denver
- B.S. Metropolitan State College of Denver
Employment
- 1978-present - U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Variety of technical and management positions in Colorado, New Mexico, Washington D.C. and Nevada.
- 1993 Congressional Fellow – United States Senate
- 1987 Part-time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Department of Civil Engineering Technology
Courses Taught
- Advanced Land Use Management (ENV 430)
- Natural Resource Policy (PSC 403A)
Research Interests
My primary interests are: the application of System Dynamics in a group setting to deriving sustainable land and resource management policies; and the understanding the relationship between public lands and quality of life, particularly in and around rapidly growing cities. My dissertation research assessed the effect of a group model building approach on the performance of teams developing urban growth policy.
Publications/Presentations
Dwyer, M. and K. A. Stave, 2008, Group Model Building Wins: The results of a comparative analysis, Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece, July 20-24, 2008
Dwyer, M. and K. A. Stave, 2007, Assessing the effects of a Group Model Building intervention: A comparative case study approach (Abstract), Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston, July 30 –August 2, 2007
Stave, K. A. and M. Dwyer. 2006. Lessons from LUTAQ: Building systems thinking capacity into land use, transportation, and air quality planning in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Full Paper). Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Nijmegen, Netherlands, July 23-27, 2006
Dwyer, M. and K. A. Stave, 2005, Modeling the Relationship between Population and Land Development under Changing Land Use Policies, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston, July 17-21, 2005
Stave, K. A. and M. Dwyer, 2005, A Group Model Building Process to Integrate Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Planning in Las Vegas, Nevada, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston, July 17-21, 2005
Stave, K. A. and M. Dwyer. 2004. The Process of Problem Definition in a Group Model Building Project for Sustainable Urban Planning in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Abstract). Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Oxford, England, UK, July 25-29, 2004.
Dwyer, M. and K.A. Stave. 2004. A Conceptual Framework for Applying System Dynamics to the Question of Urban Growth. (Abstract). Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Oxford, England, UK, July 25-29, 2004.
Awards
- Phi Kappa Phi, 2007
- Nevada Environmental Leadership ‘Golden Pinecone’, 2002
- Leadership Las Vegas, 2001
- Department of the Interior Superior Service Award, 1990
- Phi Alpha Alpha, 1988
