Richard Murdocco Adjunct Lecturer Masters of Arts, Public Policy, Stony Brook University Bachelor of Arts, Political Science/Urban Studies, Fordham University N-739, Social and Behavioral Sciences Building Department of Political Science 4392 SUNY Stony Brook, NY 11794-4392 P: (631) 560-1450 F: (631) 632-4116 richard.j.murdocco@stonybrook.edu Collection of Published Work and Media Appearances

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Richard Murdocco is an award-winning columnist who writes on land use, real estate markets and economic development, and environmental policy. Murdocco's work often appears in major publications including Newsday and the New York Daily News.

Both his reported and op-ed analytical writing explores the policy processes behind land use decision making, the interplay between developmental efforts, economic growth, and environmental quality, and the forces that shape zoning policies on the local and regional levels.

In addition to his affiliation with the Department of Political Science and the College of Arts and Sciences, he also teaches within Stony Brook's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), offering graduate and undergraduate courses on environmental policy. 

Outside academia, Murdocco is a marketing and communications executive. He is currently pursuing his Juris Doctor (JD) at Touro Law, with an expected graduation in 2029.

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