Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Politics & International Relations, Director of Urban Studies Program
On Faculty since 2006
Phone: (630)752-5730
Fax: (630)752-5731
Email: Noah.Toly@wheaton.edu
Education
Ph.D. University of Delaware, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, 2006
M.A. Wheaton College, Theology, 2012
M.A. University of Delaware, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, 2004
B.A. Wheaton College, Interdisciplinary Studies and Spanish, 1999
About Noah Toly
Dr. Toly’s chief interests are in urban and global environmental governance. He is the co-author or co-editor of five books and has authored numerous other publications on topics such as global cities, environmental issues, and religion. He is editor of the Routledge series, Cities and Global Governance and was selected to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Emerging Leaders Program for 2011-2013. His expertise includes issues related to urban and environmental politics, global cities, and public policy. Dr. Toly directs the Urban Studies and Wheaton in Chicago programs.
For 2012-2013, Dr. Toly has been appointed a Senior Fellow at the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago.
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Courses Taught
- URBN 231 Chicago I: An Introduction
- URBN 352 Topics in Urban Studies
- URBN 362 Global Cities*
- URBN 370 Faith & Globalization**
- URBN 385 Urban Politics*
- URBN 494 Advanced Urban Studies Seminar
- IR 382 Global Warming Politics
- PSCI 373 Environmental Politics
- Technology, Politics, & Ethics in the Writings of Jaques Ellul
* Indicates courses cross-listed with Politics and International Relation
** Indicates course cross-listed with Bible and Theological Studies and Sociology
Membership in Professional Societies
- Urban Affairs Association
- American Political Science Association
- International Studies Association
- Society for Christian Ethics
- American Academy of Religion
Research
Dr. Toly is currently working on research related to global environmental governance and Christian ethics.
Selected Publications
Refereed Articles
Toly, Noah J. (Forthcoming). "‘Risk and Responsibility in Global Environmental Governance." Christian Scholars Review.
Toly, Noah J. (2012). “The Meaning of the Global City: Jacques Ellul's Continued Relevance to 21st Century Urbanism.” Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society.
Toly, Noah J., Sofie Bouteligier, Ben Gibson, and Graham Smith (2012). “American Cities, Global Networks: Mapping Multiple Geographies of Globalization in the Americas.” URBE: Revista Brasileira de Gestao Urbana 4(1): 73-86.
Toly, Noah J., Sofie Bouteligier, Ben Gibson, and Graham Smith (2012). "New Maps, New Questions: Global Cities Beyond the Advanced Producer and Financial Services Sector." Globalizations 9(2): 289-306.
Toly, Noah J. (2008). “Transnational Municipal Networks and Climate Change: From Global Governance to Global Politics.” Globalizations 5(3): 341-356.
Byrne, John, Kristen Hughes, Noah J. Toly, and Young-Doo Wang. (2006). “Can Cities Sustain Life in the Greenhouse?” Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society 26(2): 84-95.
Toly, Noah J. (2005). “Climate Change and Climate Change Policy as Human Sacrifice: Artifice, Idolatry, and Environment in a Technological Society.” Christian Scholar’s Review XXXV(1): 63-78.
Toly, Noah J. (2005). “A Tale of Two Regimes: Instrumentality and Commons Access.” Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society 25(1): 26-36.
Toly, Noah J. (2004). “Globalization and the Capitalization of Nature: A Political Ecology of Biodiversity in Mesoamerica.” Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society 24(1): 47-54.
Selected Books
Greenman, Jeff, Read Schuchardt, and Noah Toly. (2012). Understanding Jacques Ellul. Eugene, OR: Cascade.
Amen, Mark, Noah J. Toly, Patricia McCarney, and Klaus Segbers, (Eds.). (2011). Cities and International Relations: New Sites and Actors in Global Politics. London: Ashgate.
Toly, Noah J. and Daniel I. Block (Eds.). (2010). Keeping God’s Earth: The Global Environment in Biblical Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
Byrne, John, Noah J. Toly, and Leigh Glover (Eds.). (2006). Transforming Power: Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict. In the Energy and Environmental Policy Series. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Book Chapters
Toly, Noah J. (2012). “Cambio climático: Problema global, soluciones globales” in Cristianos, desarrollo sostenible, y cambio climático. Eugene, OR and Mexico City: Wipf & Stock and Kairos.
Toly, Noah J. (2011). "Cities, the Environment, and Global Governance: A Political Ecological Perspective” in Cities and International Relations: New Sites and Actors in Global Politics. London: Ashgate.
Amen, Mark, Noah J. Toly, Patricia McCarney, and Klaus Segbers (2011). "Introduction" in Cities and International Relations: New Sites and Actors in Global Politics. London: Ashgate.
Amen, Mark, Noah J. Toly, Patricia McCarney, and Klaus Segbers (2011). "Sighting or Slighting Cities in Global Politics" in Cities and International Relations: New Sites and Actors in Global Politics. London: Ashgate.
McCarney, Patricia, Klaus Segbers, Mark Amen, and Noah Toly (2011). "Concluding Remarks" in Cities and International Relations: New Sites and Actors in Global Politics. London: Ashgate.
Toly, Noah J. (2011). “Evangelicals and the Environment: From Political Realism to a Politics of Freedom” in Is the Good Book Good Enough? Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Toly, Noah J. (2010). “Cities and the Global Environment” in Keeping God’s Earth: Creation Care and the Global Environment in Biblical Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
Toly, Noah J. and Daniel I. Block. (2010). “Toward an Evangelical Response to Environmental Challenges” in Keeping God’s Earth: Creation Care and the Global Environment in Biblical Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
Toly, Noah J. (2009). “Changing the Climate of Religious Internationalism: Evangelical Responses to Global Warming and Human Suffering” in the Handbook of Religion and Politics (403-418). New York: Routledge.
Toly, Noah J. (2008). “Climate Change: Global Problem, Global Solutions” in Christians, the Care of Creation, and Climate Change (49-68). Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
Byrne, John and Noah J. Toly. (2006). “Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse” in Transforming Power: Energy as a Social Project. In the Energy and Environmental Policy Series. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Byrne, John, Noah J. Toly, and Young-Doo Wang. (2006). “Introduction: Modern Energy and Modern Society” in Transforming Power: Energy as a Social Project. In the Energy and Environmental Policy Series. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Knudsen, Marie Trydeman, Niels Halberg, Jorgen E. Olesen, John Byrne, Venkatesh Iyer, and Noah J. Toly. (2006). “Global Trends in Agriculture and Food Systems” in Global Development of Organic Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects. Oxfordshire, UK: CABI.
Byrne, John, Leigh Glover, Vernese Inniss, Jyoti Kulkarni, Yu-Mi Mun, Noah J. Toly, and Young-Doo Wang. (2004). “Beyond Kyoto: Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons” in Climate Change: Five Years After Kyoto (429 – 452). Enfield, NH: Science Publishers.