Research Themes
Education
Efficiency
Emotion
Gender
Sample Publications
“Terror Management Theory and mortality awareness: A missing link in climate response studies?” WIREs Climate Change
“Mortality awareness and water decisions: a social psychological analysis of supply-management, demand management
and soft-path paradigms”
Water International
“Sounding the water alarm will backfire thanks to human nature” The Globe and Mail
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News
Urban flooding in the news
Global News covers flooding events You can be pretty sure that urban water managers did not plan for this type of 'extreme' event when the infrastructure was constructed way back when. But these types of [...]
Gender: Funded Graduate Opportunity
Funded Graduate (MES) Opportunity starting in September 2015. The funded research is a comparative analysis of female water professionals (CND) who indicate that mentorship and/or sponsorship have played a role in their career progression or [...]
Trades: Graduate Opportunity (Fall 2015)
Funded Graduate (Courses + Project) Opportunity (starting in September 2015). The research requires an analysis of existing data on 'blue builders' and 'green plumbers' -- residential builders and plumbers who subscribe to water efficiency practices [...]
Writing, always writing….
Thankfully, I (mostly) enjoy writing. But I sympathize with my students and their never-ending deadlines for essays, assignments, reports etc. I try to make it easier for them by suggesting tips and tricks -- write [...]
Thinking about Water: What, why and how we teach to engage the next generation of interdisciplinary water leaders.
On October 24th and 25th, 2013 I hosted a small workshop on the nature of interdisciplinary, graduate-level water education. The complex, multi-faceted nature of most current major water issues transcends disciplinary boundaries. As a result, [...]
Recruiting Grads for 2014
I am currently recruiting self-directed, interdisciplinary students with an interest in the social dimensions of water for Sept 2014 or 2015. Potential grad students should have a very strong GPA, diverse resume and an academic background [...]