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About Barbara Cosens

Barbara is a University Distinguished Professor Emerita with the University of Idaho College of Law, where she taught for sixteen years. She was instrumental in the development of the Program in Natural Resources and Environmental Law at the College, and the development of the interdisciplinary Water Resources graduate program that included concurrent JD/MS and JD/PhD degrees. Her teaching and research expertise is in water law, the law-science interface and water dispute resolution. She co-chaired the Adaptive Water Governance project made possible through support from the NSF funded National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, SESYNC, and spent spring 2015 at the Goyder Institute in Australia comparing water law reform in the western U.S. and Australia during drought. In retirement she continues to be active in publication, serves in a senior advisory capacity on grants, and provides graduate student advising. In her outreach and engagement, she continues to provide education and expertise on the Columbia River Treaty as part of the Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance. She is also working as a mediator on water disputes, particularly disputes among governments.

Positions

Present Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law
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Law

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