Scholars
Naomi Bick
California State University, Fresno
Based in
United States
North America
Dr. Bick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. She received her Ph.D. from Western Michigan University in 2021. Her research focuses on public policy, with an emphasis in climate change, urban politics, and local political institutions. Her current research projects explore municipal climate change governance, using a mixed methods approach (regressions, surveys, interviews, and case studies).
Dr. Bick’s teaching interests include public policy, American government, state and local politics, and climate change policy at the undergraduate and MPA level.
Country(ies) of Specialty
United StatesFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Climate JusticePublications
Articles
Bick, N. 2025. Meeting California Climate Change Standards: Understanding the Regional and Local Transportation Coalitions Throughout California. The Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy., 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/jci3.12034
Bick, Naomi. 2025. “From framing to implementation: The experience of local sustainability administration in the US.” Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 164, 2025, 104003, ISSN 1462-9011,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104003.
Bick, Naomi. 2024. “Citizen involvement in local sustainability policymaking: an in‑depth analysis of staff activities and motivations.” Sustainability Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01562-x
Bick, Naomi. 2023. “Using historical institutionalism as a guidepost to understanding policy change in Rust Belt cities.” Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 28, 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-023-10091-4
Bick, Naomi. 2023. “Agricultural framing in California’s Central Valley: Farming values and climate change policy.” The Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2023.2237268
Bick, Naomi, and Denise Keele. 2022. “Sustainability and Climate Change: Understanding the Political Use of Environmental Terms in Municipal Governments”.