Sarah Michaels

Professor

Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1990
Fields: Water Resources, Science-Policy Interface, and Comparative Environmental Policy.

Sarah's interests include water resources policy and management, knowledge gains in response to disasters, the science-policy interface, and comparative environmental policy. She is author of numerous publications and conference presentation related to the above topics and has held positions in the Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University, Department of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She was also a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography and Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her positions prior to joining UNL was with University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario where she was associate professor and associate director of the School of Planning. She routinely consults with government and private agencies related to her expertise and has a strong record in securing grants.