John C. MorrisJohn C. Morris is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University. He has studied environmental policy and water policy for more than twenty-five years, and has published widely in public administration and public policy. He i the co-editor of Speaking Green with a Southern Accent: Environmental Management and Innovation in the South (2010), and True Green: Executive Effectiveness in the US Environmental Protection Agency (2012). He is co-editor of Building the Local Economy: Cases in Economic Development (2008); co-editor of a three-volume series Prison Privatization: The Many Facets of a Controversial Industry (2012); and Advancing Collaboration Theory: Models, Typologies, and Evidence (2016). His most recent books include The Case for Grassroots Collaboration: Social Capital and Ecosystem Restoration at the Local Level (2013, with others); State Politics and the Affordable Care Act: Choices and Decisions (2019, with others); and Organizational Motivation for Collaboration: Theory and Evidence (2019, with Diaz-Kope). In addition, he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reports. Read More Read Less