Professor Astoria teaches courses on policy and law at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, including constitutional law, introduction to law, and environmental policy. He has published on constitutional law, international law, California’s cap-and-trade program, and utility law. He has over 15 years experience in designing and constructing curriculum and has recently organized a model international climate negotiations and a model constitutional convention.

Ross has been a CCL volunteer since 2011 and is presently serving as the chair of the board of directors for Citizens’ Climate Lobby. He and his family enjoy eating homemade pasta and climbing in the mountains.