Jonathan P Deason , PhD

Professor of Environmental and Energy Management

Office: Room 131, 1776 G Street, N.W.

Tel: (202)-994-4827

Fax: (202)-994-4606

Email: jdeason@gwu.edu

Website: http://www.gwu.edu/~eem

Office Hours : Spring 2009: Mondays 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Education

• Ph.D., Environmental Systems, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, January 1984
• M.S., Environmental Engineering, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1978
• M.B.A., Management, School of Business Administration, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, May 1975
• B.S., Engineering, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, May 1970

Research Interests

Biography

Jonathan Deason has been the Lead Professor of the Environmental and Energy Management program at the George Washington University since August 1996. Prior to joining GW, Deason was Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance at the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he managed nine regional offices across the nation and seven staff divisions in Washington, D.C. He has served as a member of the national Boards of Directors of the American Water Resources Association and the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation, and as President of the National Capital Section, American Society of Civil Engineers.

From 1986 to 1989, Deason was Manager of the National Irrigation Water Quality Program in the Interior Department, where he directed a team of about 200 multi-disciplinary specialists engaged in responding to irrigation-induced contamination problems across the western states. From 1984 to 1986, he was the Special Assistant for Water Resources to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) where he helped manage the Army Corps of Engineers. Before that, he served in the Interior Department as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of the Secretary (1982-1984), and as Chief of the Water Resources Program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (1978-1982). Prior to that, he served with the Army Corps of Engineers as both a civilian and a military officer for eight years.

Deason also served a 30-year Reserve career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, holding the position of Chief of Staff (Reserve) of the Corps during the last six years of his career. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and has authored more than 100 professional papers dealing with environmental and engineering management issues.

Deason has received a number of awards including the 1984 Arthur S. Flemming Award for work related to improving the nation's water resources, the 1992 Founder's Medal of the National Society of Professional Engineers as the Federal Engineer of the Year, the 1993 Engineering Achievement Award of the Virginia Engineering Foundation, a 1993 Executive Rank Award from the President of the United States, and designation in 2003 as a Research Policy Scholar by the George Washington Institute for Public Policy.

Journal Puplications

1. Deason, J.P., “Natural Resource Trustee Partnering in the Urban River Restoration Initiative,” Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, Volume 14, Number 4 (Winter 2004), pp. 45-59.
   
   
2. Deason, J.P., Schad, T.M., and Sherk, G.W. "Water Policy in the United States: A Perspective," Water Policy Journal, Volume 3, Number 3 (2001), pp. 175-192.
   
   
3. Deason, J.P. and Daane, J.R., “Water Metering Policies in the Former Soviet Union: Lessons from Lviv, Ukraine,” Environmental Engineering and Policy, Volume 1, Number 2 (December 1998), pp.75-80.
   
   
4. Deason, J.P. and Taylor, W.R., “Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration: The Outlook for Federal Facilities”, Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, Volume 8, Number 4 (Winter 1998), pp. 49-61.
   
   
5. Deason, J.P., Tsongas, T.A., and Cothern, C.R., “Sick Buildings: What Have We Learned and What Can Be Done?”, Environmental Engineering and Policy, Volume 1, Number 1 (July 1998), p. 37-46.
   
   
6. Deason, J.P. and Corl, C.A., “Toward Protection of the Marine Environment: Uniform National Discharge Standards for Military Vessels,” Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, Volume 8, Number 2 (Summer 1997), pp. 49-59.
   
   
7. Deason, J.P., “Changing World Attitudes on Environmental Values and Sustainability: Implications for Educational Institutions,” Renewable Resources Journal, Volume 14, Number 4 (Winter 1996-1997), pp. 4-11.
   
   
8. Deason, J.P., "Irrigation-Induced Contamination: How Real a Problem?" Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 115, Number 1 (February 1989), pp. 9-20.

Conference Proceedings

1. Deason, J.P., “A New Approach to Cleaning up Contaminated Urban River Corridors in the United States: The Urban River Restoration Initiative.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy and Environment. University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, December 12, 2003.
   
   
2. Deason, J.P., “Passaic River Restoration Initiative: A New Model for Cleaning Up Our Nation’s Contaminated Urban Rivers.” Proceedings of the EPA Forum on Managing Contaminated Sediments at Hazardous Waste Sites. Alexandria, Virginia: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 30, 2001.
   
   
3. Deason, J.P., “Urban River Restoration Initiative: Key to Brownfields Redevelopment Success in Urban River Corridors,” Brownfields 2000 – Research and Regionalism: Revitalizing the American Community. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000.
   
   
4. Deason, J.P., "A New Response to Hazardous Waste Management Challenges in the U.S. Department of the Interior," Shaping our Environmental Heritage. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Air and Hazardous Waste Association, 1992.
   
   
5. Deason, J.P., "Management of Irrigation-Induced Contaminants," International and Transboundary Water Resources Issues. John E. Fitz Gibbon, editor. Bethesda, Maryland: American Water Resources Association, 1990.
   
   
6. Deason, J.P., "Risk Assessment in Federal Hazardous and Toxic Materials Management and Remediation." Risk Based Decision Making in Water Resources. Yacov Y. Haimes, editor. New York: Engineering Foundation, 1989.