James Wescoat

Professor, Geography Department,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0260

Email

• Email: wescoat@spot

Courses

• Geog 4430 -- Conservation Trends: Urban Water
• Geog 4501/5501 -- Water Resources in the Western U.S.
• Geog 5152 -- History and Theory of Geography
• Geog 6402 -- Comparative Environmental Studies: International Water
• Arsc 5010/7010 -- Environmental Policy: Policy Responses to Global Change

Recent Professional Experience

• The University of Colorado, Professor of Geography 1999 to present, Associate Professor of Geography 1993 to 1999, Assistant Professor of Geography 1989-93; member, Institute of Behavioral Science, Environment and Behavior Program, 1993- present; Advisory Board Natural Hazards Research Center, 1992-94.
• The University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Geography; Member of the Committee on Public Policy, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Committee on Southern Asian Studies. 9/1983- 8/1989.

Personal Summary

James L. Wescoat Jr., Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1983, is a Professor of Geography with research interests in water management and policy issues in the western U.S. and South Asia (primarily Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh). He has conducted research on the geographic logic of water law; the historical and cultural geography of water development; and the linkages between water policy and landscape planning. Jim teaches courses on international, western, and urban water policy. He is a member of the Environment and Behavior Program in the Institute of Behavioral Sciences, the advisory board for the CU Natural Hazards Center, and is the faculty advisor for the CU Student Water Issues Group.