Publications
Nowlin, M. C. (2026). Policy Learning as Belief Updating through Information Processing. In C. M. Radaelli & B. L. Zaki (Eds.), Handbook of Policy Learning. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Nowlin, M. C., Anderson, C., & Reedy, J. (2026). Deciding Who Decides: Trust and Support for Elected Official, Expert, and Citizen Decision-Making Regarding Nuclear Waste Management. Review of Policy Research, 43(1), e70008. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.70008
Vantaggiato, F., Lubell, M., Nowlin, M. C., Yusuf, J.-E. (Wie)., & Shafiee-Jood, M. (2026). Sea-Level Rise Adaptation and Collaboration in Polycentric Governance: A Comparison of Three Regions. Public Administration Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.70117
Nowlin, M. C. (2025). Learning and Uncertainty: Information Environments and Policy-Oriented Learning. In H. C. Jenkins-Smith & C. M. Weible (Eds.), The Advocacy Coalition Framework (pp. 155–183). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85554-2_7
Cannon, S., Prochaska, A., Stewart, K., Callahan, T., & Nowlin, M. (2024). Identifying Barriers Preventing Stormwater Pond Buffer Implementation in Coastal South Carolina. Journal of South Carolina Water Resources, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.34068/jscwr.09.02.07
Nowlin, M. C. (2024). Policy Beliefs, Belief Uncertainty, and Policy Learning Through the Lens of the Advocacy Coalition Framework. Policy & Politics, 52(4), 675–695. https://doi.org/10.1332/03055736Y2023D000000002
Nowlin, M. C., & Wehde, W. (2024). Teaching Quantitative Methods to Students of Public Policy. In E. St. Denny & P. Zittoun (Eds.), Handbook of Teaching Public Policy (pp. 168–180). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Reedy, J., Anderson, C., & Nowlin, M. C. (2023). Technical Issues and Engagement Processes: Support for Citizen and Expert Deliberation Regarding the Management of Nuclear Waste. Frontiers in Communication, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1237736
Wehde, W., & Nowlin, M. (2023). Determining Patterns of Routine Weather Information Usage and Their Demographic Determinants. Weather, Climate, and Society, 15(3), 711–725. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-22-0106.1
Hawes, R., & Nowlin, M. C. (2022). Climate Science or Politics? Disentangling the Roles of Citizen Beliefs and Support for Energy in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science, 85, 102419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102419
Nowlin, M. C. (2022). Who Should “Do More” About Climate Change? Cultural Theory, Polycentricity, and Public Support for Climate Change Actions Across Actors and Governments. Review of Policy Research, 39(4), 468–485. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12468
Nowlin, M. C., Trochmann, M., & Rabovsky, T. M. (2022). Advocacy Coalitions and Political Control. Politics & Policy, 50(2), 201–224. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12458
Rountree, J., Anderson, C., Reedy, J., & Nowlin, M. C. (2022). The Internal Dynamics of “Scaling up” Deliberative Mini-Publics. Communication and the Public, 7(3), 146–164. https://doi.org/10.1177/20570473221106025
Nowlin, M. C. (2021). Policy Learning and Information Processing. Policy Studies Journal, 49(4), 1019–1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12397
Nowlin, M. C. (2021). Political Beliefs, Views About Technocracy, and Energy and Climate Policy Preferences. Public Understanding of Science, 30(3), 331–348. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662520978567
Nowlin, M. C., & Wehde, W. (2021). Social Capital and Hurricane Warning Response. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 65, 102536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102536
Wehde, W., & Nowlin, M. C. (2021). Public Attribution of Responsibility for Disaster Preparedness across Three Levels of Government and the Public: Lessons from a Survey of Residents of the U.S. South Atlantic and Gulf Coast. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 51(2), 212–237. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaa037
Bundrick, M. L., & Nowlin, M. C. (2020). Place, Values, and Public Opinion About Climate Change in South Carolina. Journal of Political Science, 48(1), 85–109. https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/jops/vol48/iss1/4
Nowlin, M. C., Gupta, K., & Ripberger, J. T. (2020). Revenue Use and Public Support for a Carbon Tax. Environmental Research Letters, 15(8), 084032. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab92c3
Nowlin, M. C., & Rabovsky, T. M. (2020). A Cultural Theory of Partisanship and Policy Attitudes. Social Science Quarterly, 101(2), 878–892. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12750
Gupta, K., Nowlin, M. C., Ripberger, J. T., Jenkins-Smith, H. C., & Silva, C. L. (2019). Tracking the Nuclear ’Mood’ in the United States: Introducing a Long Term Measure of Public Opinion About Nuclear Energy Using Aggregate Survey Data. Energy Policy, 133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110888
Nowlin, M. C. (2019). Environmental Policymaking in an Era of Climate Change. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315441726
Nowlin, M. C., & Conner, T. W. (2019). “Hot Rocks That Shoot Ghost Bullets”: Native American Perceptions of a Nuclear Waste Facility. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 7(1), 21–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2017.1304222
Jenkins-Smith, H. C., Ripberger, J. T., Copeland, G., Nowlin, M. C., Hughes, T., Fister, A. L., & Wehde, W. (2017). Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R): 3rd Edition. University of Oklahoma Libraries. https://doi.org/10.15763/11244/52244
Nowlin, M. C. (2017). Improving Governance of Risk and Uncertainty. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 28(1), 158–160. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mux031
Conner, T. W., Nowlin, M. C., Rabovsky, T., & Ripberger, J. T. (2016). Cultural Theory and Managerial Values: Examining Trust as a Motivation for Collaboration. Public Administration, 94(4), 915–932. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12200
Nowlin, M. C. (2016). Modeling Issue Definitions Using Quantitative Text Analysis. Policy Studies Journal, 44(3), 309–331. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12110
Nowlin, M. C. (2016). Policy Change, Policy Feedback, and Interest Mobilization: The Politics of Nuclear Waste Management. Review of Policy Research, 33(1), 51–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12158
Nowlin, M. C. (2015). Partisanship, Information, and Public Opinion about Yucca Mountain. Proceedings of the 15th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference.
Goebbert, K., Jenkins-Smith, H. C., Klockow, K., Nowlin, M. C., & Silva, C. L. (2012). Weather, Climate and Worldviews: The Sources and Consequences of Public Perceptions of Changes in Local Weather Patterns. Weather, Climate, and Society, 4(2), 132–144. https://doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-11-00044.1
Ripberger, J. T., Song, G., Nowlin, M. C., Jones, M. D., & Jenkins-Smith, H. C. (2012). Reconsidering the Relationship Between Cultural Theory, Political Ideology, and Political Knowledge. Social Science Quarterly, 93(3), 713–731. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00884.x
Jenkins-Smith, H. C., Silva, C. L., Nowlin, M. C., & deLozier, G. (2011). Reversing Nuclear Opposition: Evolving Public Acceptance of a Permanent Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility. Risk Analysis, 31(4), 629–644. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01543.x
Nowlin, M. C. (2011). Theories of the Policy Process: State of the Research and Emerging Trends. Policy Studies Journal, 39(s1), 41–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00389_4.x
Nowlin, M. C. (2008). The Implementation of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative to Individuals Receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Oklahoma Politics, 18, 111–131.