Bio: Adjunct Professor of Public Administration since 1988 at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, teaching courses on negotiation, conflict resolution and public involvement. As a practitioner, Mr. Zerkin specializes in the design and facilitation of public and stakeholder involvement processes; collaborative stakeholder research initiatives and policy roundtables; and agreement-seeking processes on state and local issues. He has been accepted onto the roster of the U.S. Institute of Environmental Conflict Resolution’s National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals.
Education: J.D., Yale Law School; B.A., Brandeis University; and a member of the New York Bar.
Other Publications: Co-authored a study and evaluation of public participation practices at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Federal Transportation Agency's Public Transportation Participation Pilot Program, published on-line in 2013.
Past Assignments: Conducted a day-long "Negotiation Skills for Planners" workshop at every APA Annual Conference since 1999. Conducted a two-day workshop on conflict management, consensus building and public involvement as part of the APA's Planners Training Service program in 2008. Annual Visiting Lecturer at the graduate school of the American University of Paris since 2010. Taught Environmental Conflict Resolution at Columbia University (2008) and Bocconi University in Milan, Italy (2013).
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