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Wheaton in Chicago

    

Dr. Noah J. Toly
Noah Toly is Director of Urban Studies and Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations.  Prior to joining the faculty at Wheaton, he served as Policy Fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy in the University of Delaware's School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.
Education

Ph.D. University of Delaware, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, 2006

M.A. University of Delaware, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, 2004

B.A. Wheaton College, Interdisciplinary Studies and Spanish, 1999

 
Professional and Personal Interests
Professional Interests: Dr. Toly’s chief interests are in urban and environmental policy.  He is particularly motivated by questions of environmental justice and the relationships between technology, environment, and society.  His work on urban hazards, cities and climate change, climate policy, and biodiversity is an expression of his interest in exploring the boundaries between nature and society. 

Personal Interests: Noah enjoys spending time with his family, participating the ministries of their church, reading, and watching sports. You're likley to find him at Wheaton College football games and other Thunder athletic events. He also offers occasional team defense clinics to Wheaton's club lacrosse team.

Courses Taught

  • Chicago
  • Cities in a Social Science Perspective
  • Integration Seminar
  • Environmental Politics
  • Global Cities
  • Public Policy
  • Cities and the Environment

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Urban Affairs Association
  • American Political Science Association
  • International Studies Association
  • Association of American Geographers
  • International Association for Science, Technology, and Society
  • Council on Faith and International Affairs

Research
Individual: Dr. Toly is currently completing two commissioned book chapters, guest editing a theme issue of Christian Scholar's Review, co-editing a book with Dr. Daniel Block (IVP Academic), and working on peer reviewed articles on cities and the environment.

With Students: Dr. Toly is currently working with a student on two peer reviewed articles, "The Role of Transnational Urban Networks in Global Climate Governance: From Technical Leadership to Norm Entrepreneurship" and "Polarization, Environmental Politics, and the Dual City: Chicago’s Calumet Region in an Age of Global Environmental Activism." He is also interested in working with students to develop research presentations for the Fourth International Solar Cities Congress, to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2008. Students interested in assisting with writing projects should call the Urban Studies office at x5730 or email Dr. Toly.

Papers Published and/or Presented
  • Toly, Noah J. 2008. (Forthcoming). "Transnational Municipal Networks for Climate Stabilization: From Global Governance to Global Politics." Globalizations, Vol. 5, No. 3.
  • Toly, Noah J. 2008 (Forthcoming). "Religion, Climate Change, and Human Suffering" in The Handbook of Religion and Politics. New York: Routledge.
  • Toly, Noah J. 2008. (Forthcoming). "Climate Change: Global Problem, Global Solutions" in Environment, Economics, and Equity. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
  • Pritchard, Rusty, Na'Taki Osborne, and Noah Toly. 2007. "Global Warming and American Cities: What Community Developers Should Know and Do about Climate Change." Workshop presented at the Annual Conference of the Christian Community Development Association, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Toly, Noah J. 2007. "Urban Climate Policy and Norm Entrepreneurship." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Toly, Noah J. 2007. "Cities in Global Environmental Politics." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Seattle, Washington.
  • Toly, Noah J. 2007. "The Role of Transnational Urban Networks in Global Environmental Governance: From Technical Leadership to Norm Entrepreneurship." Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Toly, Noah J. 2007. "Are Evangelicals Warming to Global Environmentalism?" Review of Faith and International Affairs, Vol. 4, No. 4: 53 - 55.
  • Byrne, John, Kristen Hughes, Noah Toly, and Young-Doo Wang. 2006.  “Can Cities Sustain Life in the Greenhouse?”  Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, Vol. 26, No. 2: 84 – 95.
  • Byrne, John, Noah J. Toly, and Leigh Glover (Eds.).  2006.  Transforming Power: Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict.  In the Energy and Environmental Policy Series.  New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
  • Byrne, John and Noah J. Toly.  2006.  “Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse” in Transforming Power: Energy as a Social Project.  In the Energy and Environmental Policy Series.  New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
  • Byrne, John, Noah J. Toly, and Young-Doo Wang. 2006. “Introduction: Modern Energy and Modern Society” in Transforming Power: Energy as a Social Project.  In the Energy and Environmental Policy Series.  New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
  • Toly, Noah J.  2006. “Urban Policies for a Warming World: Municipal GHG Abatement and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies.”  Paper presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the International Association for Science, Technology, and Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Byrne, John, Young-Doo Wang, Jong-Dall Kim, Noah J Toly, Rebecca Walker, Jason Houck, Kristen Hughes, Yihsiu Kung, and Jorge Suarez.  “Portraits of Urban Sustainability.”  Paper presented at the Second International Solar Cities Congress, Oxford, England.
  • Suarez, Jorge, Noah J Toly, John Byrne, Kristen Hughes, Yihsiu Kung, Rebecca Walker, and Jason Houck.  “Sustainable Public Transportation for Growing Cities: Bus Rapid Transit in Latin America.”  Paper presented at the Second International Solar Cities Congress, Oxford, England.
  • Toly, Noah J.  2005.  “Climate Change and Climate Change Policy as Human Sacrifice: Artifice, Idolatry, and Environment in a Technological Society.”  Christian Scholar’s Review,Vol. XXXV, No. 1: 63 – 78.
  • Byrne, John, Noah J Toly, Kristen Hughes, Leigh Glover, Young-Doo Wang.  2005. “Urban Choices in the Greenhouse” in Jong-dall Kim (Ed.) Solar Cities for a Sustainable World: Proceedings of International Solar Cities Congress 2004.  Daegu, Korea: Research Institute for Energy, Environment, and Economy.
  • Toly, Noah J.  2005. “A Tale of Two Regimes: Instrumentality and Commons Access.”  Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, Vol. 25, No. 1: 26 – 36.
  • Toly, Noah J.  2004.  “Changing the Climate of Christian Internationalism: Global Warming and Human Suffering.”  The Brandywine Review of Faith and International Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 2: 31 – 37.

Assistant Director: Sean Young