co-Editor (2024 – present), New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture
Edited Volumes
Boryczka, J.M. & Surak, S. (2023). Beyond Citizenship and the Nation-State, Routledge: New York.
Marcuse, H. (2019). Ecology and the Critique of Society Today: Five Selected Papers for the Current Context. Surak, S., Jansen, P.E. & Reitz, C. (eds.). Limited-edition publication: The International Herbert Marcuse Society.
Kirsch, R. & Surak, S. (2017). Marcuse in the Twenty-First Century: Radical Politics, Critical Theory, and Revolutionary Praxis. Routledge: New York.
Marcuse, H. (2017). Transvaluation of Values & Radical Change: Five Lectures, 1966-1976. Jensen, P.E., Surak, S. & Reitz, C. (eds.). Limited-edition publication: The International Herbert Marcuse Society.
Refereed Journal Articles
A. Pope & Surak, S. (2020). “Discipline-Oriented Citizenship,” eJournal of Public Affairs, 9(2), http://www.ejournalofpublicaffairs.org/discipline-oriented-citizenship/
R. Heidelberg & Surak, S. (2020). “The Administrative Making of the Recycler,” Policy Studies 41 (4), 331-349.
Surak, S. (2016). “Displaying Garbage: Installations as Spaces of Domination and Resistance,” New Political Science 38 (4).
Surak, S., & S. Pope (2016). Engaging the Educators: Facilitating Civic Engagement through Faculty Development. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 20 (3), 41-62.
Surak, S. (2016). “Capitalist Logics, Pollution Management, and the Regulation of Harm: Economic Responses to the Problem of Waste Electronics.” Capitalism Nature Socialism, 38 (1), 1–4.
Surak, S. (2016). “To the Perfection of Waste: Utopian Visions and Reimagining Managing.” Administrative Theory & Praxis, 38 (1), 5–18.
Surak, S. (2011). “Finding Value in Trash? Power, Waste Regimes, and German Vehicle Recycling Legislation.” Public Knowledge Journal, (3) 3.
Surak, S.M. & Rogge, M.E. (2005). “Towards Democratic and Sustainable Development in the Visegrad Countries: An Assessment of the Role of Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations.” Social Development Issues 27 (1), 55–72.
Professional Publications
Surak, S. & Pope, A. (2022). “Civic Reflection: Überlegungen zu Werten, Entscheidungen und zivilgesellschaftlichem Engagement in polarisierenden Zeiten,“ AdB Journal (Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten e.V.). English translation: https://tece-usde.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Civic-Reflection_Surak_Pope_English.pdf
Engelage, N., A. Grayson, G. Lamplugh, E. Neu, T. Pfaffanger, & S.M. Surak. (2022). Elevating youth voices: From public history to civic engagement. Transatlantic Exchange of Civic Educators. Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten e.V.
Surak, S. & Batista Lobo, M. (2022). “Global Learning without Leaving Your Seat: International Classroom Collaborations during COVID and Beyond,” in Fall 2021 Faculty Showcase Proceedings for Silver Linings: Lessons Learned from Teaching during the Pandemic, University System of Maryland https://www.usmd.edu/cai/sites/default/files/Silver%20Linings%20%281%29.pdf
(2019). “Civic Reflection as Conversation Model: Building Skills for Discussing Values,” APSA Raise the Vote https://connect.apsanet.org/raisethevote/2019/12/13/civic-reflection-as-conversation-model-building-skills-for-discussing-values/
Book Chapters
Surak, S.M. (2025). “Por que, então, se preocupar com a ecologia de Marcuse?” [“So, why be concerned about Marcuse’s ecology?” in Ecologia e revolução em Herbert Marcuse, Marilia Mello Pisani, Ed. Editora Politeia.
Surak, S., & Pope, A. (2022). Civic Engagement Across Disciplines: Supporting Educators in Civic Education. In Civic Education Across Ever-Changing Societies: Transforming Lives, Cultures, and Nation-States by T. Kloubert & P. Mabrey, Eds. Michigan State University Press.
Pope, A., Surak, S., & Bernor, M. (2022). Fostering classroom contemplation through civic reflection discussions. In N. Keefer, Ed. Mindful Social Studies: Cultivating Social and Emotional Development for 21st Century Citizenship, pp. 145-162. Lexington Books.
Prichard, A, Surak, S. & Hoffman, A. (2022). Student-Generated Local Candidate Voter Guides: Teaching Information Literacy through Partnering Librarians and Faculty. In preparation for Alternatives to Traditional Research Writing Assignments by S. Higgins & Y. Tran, Eds. Embracing Change Books.
Surak, S., Jansen, P.E. & Reitz, C. (2019). “Introduction.” In Marcuse, H. Ecology and the Critique of Society Today: Five Selected Papers for the Current Context. Surak, S., Jansen, P.E. & Reitz, C. (Eds.). Limited-edition publication: The International Herbert Marcuse Society.
Surak, S., Jenson, C., Pope, A., and M. McCartney. (2017). “Assessing Faculty Development Seminars to Support Civic Engagement.” In Rios, A., McCartney, M., Bennion, E.A., & Simpson, D.W. (eds.) Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association.
Surak, S. (2015). “Introduction.” In Reitz, C., & Jansen, P.E. (eds.), Herbert Marcuse’s 1974 Paris Lectures at Vincennes University: U.S. Political Economy & Possibilities of Freedom, pp. vii-xvi. Limited-edition publication.
Encyclopedia Entries
Surak, S. (2024). “Timothy W. Luke,” Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Surak, S. (2017). “Environmentalism.” In Turner, B.S, C. Kyung-Sup, C. Epstein, P. Kivisto, W. Outhwaite, and J.M. Ryan (eds.). Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.
Surak, S. (2012). “Downcycling.” In Rathje, A., and J.G. Golson (eds.), Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Surak, S. (2012). “Avoided Cost.” In Rathje, A., and J.G. Golson (eds.), Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Surak, S. (2011). “Extended Producer Responsibility.” In Robbins, P., D. Mulvaney, and J.G. Golson (eds.), Green Technology. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Surak, S. (2011). Product Stewardship.” In Robbins, P., D. Mulvaney, and J.G. Golson (eds.), Green Technology. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Special Issue and Symposium Guest Editing: Editorial Introductions
Roof, D. and S.M. Surak (2024). “Introduction: Cultivating the Commons in Uncertain Times: Dialogue, Deliberation, and Community in Higher Education and in our Democracy” in the special issue, “Dialogue, Deliberation, and Community in Civic Life,” The Good Society, 33(1), 1-8.
Boryczka, J.M. and S.M. Surak (2020). “Introduction: Beyond Citizenship and the Nation State.” New Political Science 38 (4), 447-481.
Kirsch, R.E., and S. Surak (2016). “Introduction to the Special Issue: Marcuse in the Twenty-First Century: Radical Politics, Critical Theory, and Revolutionary Praxis.” New Political Science 38 (4).
Surak, S. (2016). Introduction to the Symposium: “Utopian Ideals in Public Administration: Engineering Techno-Utopias?” Administrative Theory & Praxis 38 (1), 1–4.
Surak, S. (2015). Introduction to the Symposium: “Utopian Ideals in Public Administration.” Administrative Theory and Praxis 37 (2), 77–80.
Non-Peer Reviewed Academic Publications
Boryczka, J.M., Surak, S.M. and R.E. Kirsch (2020). “New Political Science and Blacklives Matter Statement.” New Political Science 42 (3), p. 417.
Boryczka, J.M. and S. M. Surak (2020). “Epilogue.” New Political Science 42 (3), p. 459.