Dr. Joanna Endter-Wada

Environment & Society

Professor and Program Director

Contact Information

Office Hours: By Appointment
Office Location: BNR 270A
Phone: (435) 797-2487
Email: joanna.endter-wada@usu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Endter-Wada is a Professor of Natural Resource Policy and Social Science. She has Extension, research and teaching responsibilities as part of her faculty role. Her USU Extension activities include working with the Center for Water Efficient Landscaping, leading the WaterMAPS™ applied research team, and helping to implement Growing Water Smart workshops in Utah. Her research focuses on water policy, urban landscape water use and conservation, human dimensions of drought and climate change, the integration of land and water planning, and the Great Salt Lake and its wetlands. Her teaching role includes being a co-director of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Graduate Certificate Program and teaching water policy classes. During her professional career, Dr. Endter-Wada has been involved in many interdisciplinary academic programs and research projects. She has served at state and federal levels in policy-related appointments, including on the Water Advisory Team appointed by Governor Herbert that produced Utah’s 2017 Recommended State Water Strategy and currently on the Great Salt Lake Strike Team. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the School of Social Sciences at the University of California at Irvine.