ABIGAIL BROWN

Abigail Brown is an enthusiastic and dedicated researcher and educator with over fifteen years of experience in the environmental field. She is a developer and lecturer of an online course on water and sanitation justice with University of California. She was a Sociology PhD student at UC Santa Cruz. She holds a BSc in Environmental Studies from The Evergreen State College, an MSc in Water Resources Policy and Management from Oregon State University, and an MA in Sociology from UC Santa Cruz. Her interests include urban water and sanitation access, water and sanitation infrastructure, and urban planning and sustainable development. Her master’s projects focused on: 1) empowerment and gender equality around water and sanitation in rural India and 2) equitable participation around groundwater decision-making in Central California. Her professional background includes positions evaluating surface and groundwater policies with state water agencies, conducting watershed restoration with non-profit organizations, and teaching about water issues with non-profits and universities.