Researchers

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Geography and Development. I am interested in the politics of water allocation and reallocation in arid and semi-arid environments. Specifically, my dissertation research focuses on the impacts of climate change, economic policy, geopolitics, and drought on water use and land use decisions in drought-prone ejidos in the Sonoran borderlands. I seek to improve ties between academic research and activist efforts to improve social and environmental justice in water-dependent communities. My research draws from theoretical, conceptual, and methodological insights from political ecology, hydrology, remote sensing and spatial analysis, climate science, and human-environment traditions in geography. I am spending the 2013-2014 academic year in Sonora, Mexico conducting dissertation fieldwork with funding from Fulbright, the University of Arizona Water Sustainability Program, and the P.E.O. organization. In addition to my current research focus on the Arizona-Sonora (US-MX) borderlands, I have examined issues associated with water supply and demand in diverse cities and climates across the globe, including Portland, Oregon; Melbourne, Australia; Granada, Spain; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[title size=”2″]Where I Work[/title][map address=”Ensenada, Mexico|Cabo San Lucas, Mexico” type=”terrain” width=”100%” height=”260px” zoom=”4″ scrollwheel=”yes” scale=”yes” zoom_pancontrol=”yes”][/map]