Sharon Megdal | Water Sustainability Program

Title:

Director WSP; Director WRRC

Email Address:

smegdal@cals.arizona.edu

Research Interests:

Water resources management and policy

Sharon B. Megdal is Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center and C.W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor. She is Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science and serves as Director of The University of Arizona Water Sustainability Program, which is funded by the Technology Research Initiative Fund (TRIF).

Dr. Megdal teaches the multi-disciplinary graduate course Arizona Water Policy. In November 2008 she was elected to a six-year term as a member of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board of Directors, which oversees the Central Arizona Project. Dr. Megdal has served on numerous state boards and commissions, including the Arizona Corporation Commission and the Arizona State Transportation Board. Sharon B. Megdal holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University.

Web Site:

http://www.ag.arizona.edu/azwater/