Professional Employment History

• 1991-Present, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
• 1984-1991, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
• 1984, Research Associate, Center for Environmental Management
• 1980-81, 1983-84, Instructor and Research Assoicate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 1981-84, Research Fellow, Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard
• 1977-78, New York Mayor's Office of Economic Development, Executive Assistant for Program Development
• 1973-74, Program Planner, Design Office, Boston Museum of Fine Art

Current Fields of Interest

• Environmental Policy
• Public Policy Dispute Resolution
• Risk Management
• Urban Design Policy

Major Recent Publications 

• Elliott, M. (1996) "Resolving Environmental Disputes: Mediation Practicies in the United States" Environmental Mediation: An International Review Helmut Widner, editor (Berlin: edition sigma).

• Foley, Carol and M. Elliott (1995) "Systems Design and the Promotion of Pollution Prevention: Building More Effective Technical Assistance Programs" Georgia Law Review 29(2): 449-471.
• Elliott, M. (1994) "The Use of Mediation to Resolve Environmental Disputes: Growth, Experience, and Instiutional Transformation in the United States" in Mediation: Als Politscher und Sozilaer Prozess Andreas Dalley et. al., editors (Loccum, Germany: Evangesliche Akadmie Loccum, 113-126).
• Elliott, M. and G. Bourne (1993) "Resolving Public Disputes", Special Issues on Alternative Dispute Resolution Daily Report, June, pp. 24-27.
• Susskind, L., Elliott, M.L. et al. (1983). Paternalism, Conflict and Co-Production: Learning from Citizen Action and Citizen Participation in Western Europe (New York: Plenum Press).

Research Grants and Contract

• Inter-University Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 1988 - Present
  To promote theory building and education in the area of dispute resolution. Fostering Pollution Prevention to
• Mid-Sized Firms: Strategies for More Effective Technology Transfer 1992-Present
  To design more effective pollution prevention policies. International Environmental and Land Use Dispute
• Resolution 1991 - Present
  To promote the use of dispute resolution for resolving environmental and land use conflicts in Estonia, Germany, Kazahkstan and Nicaragua. Evaluation of Dispute Resolution Processess 1992 - Present
  To promote more effective instiutionalization of dispute resolution systems in public policy arenas, with specific projects examining regulatory negotiations, policy dialogues and mediations conducted by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Public Policy Dispute
• Resolution 1988 - Present
  Specific mediation-based interventions dealing with issues of groundwater protection, parks management, preservation of endangered species, growth management, historic preservation, access to health care, arts and cultural planning, solid waste management, affordable housing, and wetlands preservation.
  
• Building the Livable City 1986 - 89 and 1994 - Present.
  To analyze local efforts to achieve excellence in urban environmental design approaches to improving local design capacity.

Honors, Awards and Recognitions

• Recipient, Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activity Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991
• Finalist, Oustanding Achievement in Research Program Development, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989
• Appointed, Panel of Arbitrators, by the American Arbitration Assoication, 1989 - Present
• Recipient, Georgia Planning Association Merit Award, Georgia Planning Assoication
• Member, Editorial Policy Committee, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 1984 - Present

Memberships in Professional Societies

• American Planning Association
• National Association of Environmental Professionals
• Society for Risk Analysis
• Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution
• International Association for Conflic Management