John Charles MorrisJohn C. Morris is a Professor and Dean's Distinguished Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University, and Visiting Researcher at the University Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. He has studied environmental policy and wter policy for more than thirty years and has published widely in public administration and public policy. Among other volumes, he is the co-editor of Speaking Green with a Southern Accent: Environmental Management and Innovation in the South (Lexington Press, 2010), and True Green: Executive Effectiveness in the US Environmental Protection Agency (Lexington Press, 2012). His recent books include The Case for Grassroots Collaboration: Social Capital and Ecosystem Restoration at the Local Level (with William A. Gibson, William M. Leavitt, and Shana C. Jones , Lexington Press, 2013); Organizational Motivation for Collaboration: Theory and Evidence (withLuisa M. Diaz-Kope , Lexington, 2019); Interorganizational Interactions for Watershed Protection: Working Better Together (with Madeleine W. McNamara, Routledge, 2020); and Clean Water Policy and State Choice: Promise and Performance in the Water Quality Act (Cambridge, 2022). His most recent book is The Drought Dilemma: Pathways to Innovation for a Water-Stressed Future (2024, Routledge, with Jonathan D. Farley and Jonathan M. Fisk,). In addition, he has published more than ninety articles in peer-reviewed journals, and more than forty book chapters, reports, and other publications. Read More Read Less