Denise Lach
Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Transitional Director,School of Public Policy
Phone:
541-737-5471
Fax:
541-737-2735
Office:
307 Fairbanks Hall Member of Graduate Faculty in:
Water Resources Policy and Management
Willing to Advise Students for:
MS
Willing to serve on Graduate Committees for:
MS
Primary Areas of Research Interest:
Watersheds
Detailed Research Interest :
water governance
international water policy
water resource policy
Current Research Interests:
- Examination of changing roles and expectations for science and scientists in natural resource decision making
- Institutional resistance to changes in the water sector
- Transformation of water resources governance structures
Other Information:
Specialty:
- Environmental natural resource sociology
- Applied sociology including social impact assessment, program evaluation, and organizational development
- Organizational sociology
- Water conflict and dispute resolution