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Brent M. Haddad is Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz. He has published extensively on water policy and management, water and climate change, and urban water strategies. A multiple-award-winning teacher, he has also served on numerous editorial boards and research guidance comittees, including those of the WateReuse Foundation and the University of California Water Research Center. He has lectured on water management and policy throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. He has apeared on regional and national radio programs advocating integrated long-range planning of water infrastructure and supply, and served as Principal Investigator on numerous projects.

Professor Haddad teaches two courses each year at UC Santa Cruz. The syllabus for his fresh water policy shows the breadth of topics he lectures on and his emphasis to bring guest lecturers to campus. High profile experts in the field of natural resources management and policy have come to campus for his courses. In the winter quarter of 2009 his course on political economy and the environment will have approximately 450 students and others who want to attend the lectures.

Upcoming Lectures

The Honorable Sam Farr, U.S. House of Representatives

James Crook Ph.D., P.E. Water Reclamation and Reuse Advisor, Consultant

Renee Kidson, Ph.D., Sydney Water Corporation, Australia

Robin L. Newmark, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Past Guest Lectures

Winter 2008
Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, Representative of the 38th Congressional District of California, and Chair, House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power

Curtis Brown, Ph.D., Director, Research and Development, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Dennis Kelso, Ph.D., Executive Director and Senior Vice President, Ocean Conservancy

Mr. Jeff Garwood, President and CEO, GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies

Geoff Boraston, Director of Environmental Affairs, Granite Construction, Inc.

David M. Weiman, President, Agricultural Resources, Washington, D.C.

Barbara Graves, Vice-Chair, Capitola Commission on the Environment

Fall 2007
Diana Brooks, Division of Ratepayer Advocates, California Public Utilities Commission, “Public Oversight of Private Water Utilities”

Roger Masuda, Esq., Partner, Griffith and Masuda, and General Counsel to the Turlock Irrigation District, “The Tuolumne River:  Sharing a Vital Water Resource”

Brian Petersen, Doctoral Candidate, UCSC Environmental Studies, “Prospects for Water Quality Improvement in Developing Nation Cities”

G. Wade Miller, Executive Director, WateReuse Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia, “The Future of Water Reuse and Desalination in the U.S.”

Jean Debroux, Ph.D., Kennedy Jenks Consulting, “Russian River Management:  Balancing Multiple Interests”

John Hunt, Doctoral Candidate, Environmental Studies, UCSC, and President, Granite Canyon Laboratories, “Understanding Surface Water and Groundwater Concepts”

Michael Gabaldon, Director, Technical Service Center, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Studies, “Adaptive Management of the Colorado River”

Robert Raucher, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Stratus Consulting, Denver, CO, “Providing Safe Drinking Water: Health, Risk, and Cost Assessment”

Rita Schmidt Sudman, Executive Director, Water Education Foundation, “Teaching about Water: The Experience of the Water Education Foundation”