Wendy E. Wagner
- Richard Dale Endowed Chair in Law
- Professor
Wendy Wagner is a leading authority on the use of science by environmental policy-makers. Her research focuses on administrative processes governing the bureaucratic state, the regulation of toxic substances, and the intersection of law and science. Professor Wagner has authored three books and over six dozen articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics, ranging from corporate accountability to causation in torts. Outside of her academic duties, Wagner has served on various academic and professional organizations, including several National Academies of Science committees, governing committees of the ABA and the Society for Risk Analysis, and as a consultant to ACUS.
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Professor Wagner is a leading authority on the use of science by environmental policy-makers. She received a Masters of Environmental Studies and her law degree, both from Yale, where she was Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal and Managing Editor of the Yale Journal of Regulation. Before entering teaching, she clerked for the Honorable Albert Engel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She then practiced law for four years, first as an Honors Attorney in the Civil Enforcement Section of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, and then as the Pollution Control Coordinator with the Department of Agriculture's Office of the General Counsel. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Texas, Professor Wagner taught at Case Western Law School and was a visiting professor at Columbia and Vanderbilt Law Schools.
Prof. Wagner’s research focuses on the design of administrative process, with particular attention to environmental policy and science-intensive regulations. She has published more than six dozen articles and book chapters and three books on a wide range of topics. Her work has won multiple awards, including the Hamilton Grand Prize for the best book published at UT in 2009 ("Bending Science" with Tom McGarity) and the 2018 American Bar Association Award for Scholarship in Administrative Law ("Dynamic Rulemaking" with Tom McGarity, Bill West and Lisa Peters).
Prof. Wagner has served or is serving on several National Academies of Science Committees, the Bipartisan Policy Center Committee on Regulatory Science, the National Conference of Scientists and Lawyers (AAAS-ABA Committee), the Administrative New Scholarship Roundtable, and as a consultant to the Administrative Conference of the U.S. (ACUS) on a project on the agencies’ use of science. Wagner also served on governing councils of the ABA Administrative Law Section and the Society for Risk Analysis. She is a Member Scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform.
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year-2017
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Article
Dynamic Rulemaking
Wendy E Wagner, Bill West, Thomas McGarity, Lisa Peters, Dynamic Rulemaking, 92 N.Y.U. LAW REVIEW 183 (2017).
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Book Review
Book Review of Stuart Shapiro, Analysis and Public Policy: Successes, Failures and Directions for Reform
Wendy E. Wagner. “Book Review of Stuart Shapiro, Analysis and Public Policy: Successes, Failures and Directions for Reform.” In 19 JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, Page 88 (January 3, 2017). View online.
year-2016
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Book Chapter
Participation in Administrative Process
Wendy E. Wagner, Participation in Administrative Process, in Comparative Law and Regulation: National, International, and Transnational Perspectives 109 (Francesca Bignami & David Zaring, eds.) (2016)
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Other Publication
Models: Scientific Practice in Context
Wendy E. Wagner, Liz Fisher & Pasky Pascual. “Models: Scientific Practice in Context.” (National Academies of Science, Educational Modules for Science-Based Policy Decisions, 2016). View online. -
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Regulating by the Stars
Wendy E. Wagner, Regulating by the Stars, in Achieving Regulatory Excellence, 36 (Cary Coglianese, editor, Brookings Institution Press, 2016).
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Report
Legal Developments on Automated Vehicles in Texas
Wendy E. Wagner, Chapter 2: Legal Developments on Automated Vehicles in Texas (with Lisa Loftus-Otway and others), in Bringing Smart Transport to Texans: Ensuring the Benefits of a Connected and Autonomous Transport System in Texas -- Final Report (Kara Kockelman, PI and editor 2016)
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Book Review
Holding Tight on the Reigns in Harnessing Industry Information
Holding Tight to the Reigns in Harnessing Industry Information: A Comment on Laurence Tai, Admin. L. Rev. Accord (2016)
year-2015
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Article
A Place for Agency Expertise: Reconciling Agency Expertise with Presidential Power
Wendy E. Wagner, A Place for Agency Expertise: Reconciling Agency Expertise with Presidential Power, 115 Columbia Law Review 2019 (2015).
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Rethinking Judicial Review of Expert Agencies
Wendy E. Wagner, Rethinking Judicial Review of Expert Agencies [Symposium: Science Challenges for Law and Policy], 93 Texas Law Review 1681 (2015) (with Elizabeth Fisher & Pasky Pascual).
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Other Publication
Assessing Asymmetries
Wendy E. Wagner, Assessing Asymmetries, 93 Texas Law Review See Also 91 (2015).
year-2014
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Racing to the Top: How Regulation Can Be Used to Create Incentives for Industry to Improve Environmental Quality (Environmental Law Distinguished Lecture)
Racing to the Top: How Regulation Can Be Used to Create Incentives for Industry to Improve Environmental Quality (Environmental Law Distinguished Lecture), 29 Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 1 (2014)
year-2013
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Article
Making Method Visible: Improving the Quality of Science-Based Regulation
Wendy E. Wagner, Making Method Visible: Improving the Quality of Science-Based Regulation, 2 Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law 429 (2013) (with Pasky Pascual & Elizabeth Fisher).
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The Participation-Centered Model Meets Administrative Process
Wendy E. Wagner, The Participation-Centered Model Meets Administrative Process, 2013 Wisconsin Law Review 671 (2013).
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Report
Science in the Administrative Process
Wendy E. Wagner. “Science in the Administrative Process” ( 2013). View online.
year-2012
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Article
The Enlightenment of Administrative Law: Looking Inside the Agency for Legitimacy
Wendy E. Wagner, The Enlightenment of Administrative Law: Looking Inside the Agency for Legitimacy, 47 Wake Forest Law Review 463 (2012) (with Sidney Shapiro & Elizabeth Fisher).
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Revisiting the Impact of Judicial Review on Agency Rulemaking: An Empirical Investigation
Wendy E. Wagner, Revisiting the Impact of Judicial Review on Agency Rulemaking: An Empirical Investigation, 53 William and Mary Law Review 1717 (2012).
year-2011
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Article
Imagining Corporate Sustainability as a Public Good Rather than a Corporate Bad
Wendy E. Wagner, Imagining Corporate Sustainability as a Public Good Rather than a Corporate Bad, 46 Wake Forest Law Review 561 (2011).
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Rulemaking in the Shade: An Empirical Study of EPA's Air Toxic Emission Standards
Wendy E. Wagner, Rulemaking in the Shade: An Empirical Study of EPA's Air Toxic Emission Standards, 63 Administrative Law Review 99 (2011) (with Katherine Barnes & Lisa Peters). View Article
year-2010
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Article
Misunderstanding Models in Environmental and Public Health Regulation
Wendy E. Wagner, Misunderstanding Models in Environmental and Public Health Regulation, 18 New York University Environmental Law Journal 293 (2010) (with Elizabeth Fisher & Pasky Pascual).
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Article
Administrative Law, Filter Failure, and Information Capture
Wendy E. Wagner, Administrative Law, Filter Failure, and Information Capture, 59 Duke Law Journal 1321 (2010).