Brian Woodall received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley, and, prior to joining Georgia Tech's faculty, held full-time faculty positions at the University of California at Irvine and Harvard University.  He has held visiting appointments at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University, and Kobe University.  He is the author of Growing Democracy in Japan (University Press of Kentucky), Japan Under Construction (University of California Press), and Japan's Changing World Role (Japan Society), and co-editor of Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote (University Michigan Press).  His research and teaching utilize the tools of comparative institutional analysis to illuminate a variety of issues, including disaster governance, megaregion sustainability, and sustainable energy security.  Dr. Woodall's recent work has appeared in Progress in Disaster Science, International Journal of Urban Sciences, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Transportation Research Record, and Resilient Cities and Structures.  He is also the creator of the Japanese Cabinets and Cabinet Members Dataset, which is accessible via the Harvard Dataverse.  Dr. Woodall has received funding from the Fulbright Commission, Coca-Cola Foundation, U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, the Abe Fellowship Program of the Social Science Research Council, the University of California Pacific Rim Research Program, and the Japan Foundation.  In addition, he serves as Associate Director of the Nakatani RIES Program and as a member of Kobe University's Board of Advisors.  Dr. Woodall was decorated by the Government of Japan with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contributions to academic exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (Political Science)

Awards and Distinctions:

• The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
• Member of Kobe University Advisory Board
• Fulbright Scholar (Japan)
• Abe Fellow (Social Science Research Council)
• Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellow
• Chancellor Dissertation Fellow (UC-Berkeley)
• Philo Sherman Bennett Prize in Political Science

Areas of Expertise:

• Comparative Institutional Analysis
• Disaster Governance
• Energy Security
• Japanese And East Asian Affairs
• Marine Ecosystem Sustainability
• Megaregion Sustainability
• Sustainable Development
• Urban Science