Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Award Number ICER 1747709 “Water in the Native World; A Symposium on Indigenous Water Knowledge and Hydrologic Science”; and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Water for Agriculture Challenge Area Award Number 2015-69007-23190 “Enhancing climate resiliency and agriculture on American Indian Land.”References
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About the Author
Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné) is an Assistant Professor and Specialist in Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Arizona (UA). Her research focuses on understanding, tools, and predictions of watershed hydrology, unsaturated flow in arid environments, and how natural and human disturbances impact water resources. Two of her primary tribal projects are The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Climate Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge and the Gold King Mine Diné Exposure Project. Dr. Chief received a B.S. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University in 1998 and 2000 and a Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources from UA in 2007. As a first-generation college graduate who was raised on the Navajo Nation without electricity or running water and with a strong indigenous cultural and language upbringing, pursuing a STEM career was always motivated by the desire to address water challenges facing indigenous communities. Today as an assistant professor and extension specialist in hydrology, Dr. Chief bridges relevant science to Native American communities in a culturally sensitive manner by providing hydrology expertise, transferring knowledge, assessing information needs, and developing applied 5 Karletta Chief UCOWR Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education science projects. Since 2011, Dr. Chief collaborated in securing $14.4M in grants and $6.8M of that total is directed towards extension programs. Since 2011, she had conducted 86 conference/scholarly presentations including 7 invited national talks and 4 internationally invited talks, and conducted over 114 community presentations. She may be contacted at: University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, PO Box 210038, Room 429, Tucson, AZ 85721; or via email at kchief@email.arizona.edu.
