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Linda Méndez-Barrientos

Assistant Professor

University of Denver

Affiliations

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Linda Méndez-barrientos is currently serving as a Josef Korbel School Of International Studies Assistant Professor at University of Denver.

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Linda Méndez-Barrientos

University of Denver

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public policy water resources groundwater management social sciences political science environmental justice water governance ecology governance environmental policy water security drought management water systems farmer participation commercial farmers south africa central valley sustainability science environmental economics civic engagement racial discrimination urban geography geopolitics political geography latin american politics pest management plant science agronomy livestock science flood risk management water resource management climatic change social inclusion water policy environmental geography spatial planning environmental politics water scarcity biopolitics agricultural sciences watershed management agricultural water management agricultural systems injustice decentralised system environmental governance river basin management drought resilience drought risk management sustainable groundwater management rural development groundwater resources rural south africa institutional capture collaborative water governance climate justice empirical view california farms disadvantaged communities collective learning continuum science-policy forums applied framework water resource policy resource policy environmental planning institutional change

Notable Scholarly Works

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Collaborators

Centering Environmental Justice in United States (U.S.) National Climate Assessments (Ncas): A Historical and Contemporary Analysis. Climatic Change (2025)

Michael MéndezSameer H. ShahCynthia GolembeskiLouise BedsworthJ. Mijin ChaLeo GoldsmithTisha J. HolmesJulie MaldonadoBeth Rose Middleton ManningLinda Estelí Méndez-BarrientosMegan Mills-Novoa

environmental justicecontemporary analysisclimatic changeenvironmental scienceunited statesclimate changenational climate assessments

Assessing Environmental Justice Contributions in Research and Public Policy: An Applied Framework and Methodology. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2024)

L. E. Méndez-BarrientosS. H. ShahA. D. RoqueV. MacClementsA. K. Stern

environmental justicepublic policyapplied framework

Author Correction: Thousands of Domestic and Public Supply Wells Face Failure Despite Groundwater Sustainability Reform in California’s Central Valley. Scientific Reports (2024)

Darcy BosticLinda Mendez-BarrientosRich PaulooKristin DobbinVictoria MacClements

environmental engineeringcentral valleygroundwater sustainability reformearth sciencewater resourcesauthor correction

Illuminating the Collective Learning Continuum in the Colorado River Basin Science‐Policy Forums. Environmental Policy and Governance (2024)

Meredith HovisAndrea K. GerlakTanya HeikkilaPam RittelmeyerElizabeth KoebeleLinda Estelí Méndez‐BarrientosMark Lubell

collective learning continuumgovernanceenvironmental scienceenvironmental policyenvironmental governancescience-policy forumsriver basin management

Beyond Engagement: Enhancing Equity in Collaborative Water Governance. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water (2023)

Elizabeth A. KoebeleLinda E. Méndez‐BarrientosNikki NadeauAndrea K. Gerlak

water governancecollaborative water governancepolitical sciencecivic engagement

Justice and Injustice in “Modular, Adaptive and Decentralized” (Mad) Water Systems. Water Security (2023)

Anais Delilah RoqueAmber WutichSameer H. ShahCassandra L. WorkmanLinda E. Méndez-BarrientosYasmina ChoueiriLucas BeluryCharlayne Mitchell

injusticepolitical sciencewater securitywater systemsdecentralised systempublic policywater governancewater resources

Moving From Measurement to Governance of Shared Groundwater Resources. Nature Water (2023)

Meagan E. SchipanskiMatthew R. SandersonLinda Estelí Méndez-BarrientosAmy KremenPrasanna GowdaDana PorterKevin WagnerCharles WestCharles W. RiceMark MarsalisBridget GuerreroErin HaackerJames DobrowolskiChittaranjan RayBrent Auvermann

governancewater governancegroundwater resourcespublic policy

Race, Citizenship, and Belonging in the Pursuit of Water and Climate Justice in California. Environment and Planning E Nature and Space (2022)

Linda E Méndez-BarrientosAmanda L FenclCassandra L WorkmanSameer H Shah

political geographyraceenvironmental politicsenvironmental justicespatial planningracial discriminationsociologyurban geographycritical race theoryenvironmental geographysocial sciencespublic policywater scarcitylatin american politicsclimate justicegeopoliticssocial justicebiopolitics

Developing a Sustainability Science Approach for Water Systems. Ecology and Society (2020)

Christa BrelsfordMarion DumasEdella SchlagerBrian J. DermodyMichael AiuvalasitMelissa R. Allen-DumasJanice BeecherUdit BhatiaPaolo D'OdoricoMargaret GarciaPatricia GoberDavid GroenfeldtSteve LansingKaveh MadaniLinda Estelí Méndez-BarrientosElena MondinoMarc F. MüllerFrances C. O'DonnellPatrick M. OwuorJames RisingMatthew R. SandersonFelipe A. A. SouzaSamuel C. Zipper

water systemsecologysustainability science

Farmer Participation and Institutional Capture in Common-Pool Resource Governance Reforms. the Case of Groundwater Management in California. Society & Natural Resources (2020)

Linda Estelí Méndez-BarrientosAlyssa DeVincentisJessica RudnickRuth Dahlquist-WillardBridget LowryKennedy Gould

institutional capturesocial sciencespublic policyenvironmental economicsgroundwater managementfarmer participation

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Linda Méndez-Barrientos

Assistant Professor

University of Denver

Affiliations

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

Linda Méndez-barrientos is currently serving as a Josef Korbel School Of International Studies Assistant Professor at University of Denver.

Honors

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Linda Méndez-Barrientos

University of Denver

Assistant Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Centering Environmental Justice in United States (U.S.) National Climate Assessments (Ncas): A Historical and Contemporary Analysis. Climatic Change (2025)

Michael MéndezSameer H. ShahCynthia GolembeskiLouise BedsworthJ. Mijin ChaLeo GoldsmithTisha J. HolmesJulie MaldonadoBeth Rose Middleton ManningLinda Estelí Méndez-BarrientosMegan Mills-Novoa

environmental justicecontemporary analysisclimatic changeenvironmental scienceunited statesclimate changenational climate assessments

Assessing Environmental Justice Contributions in Research and Public Policy: An Applied Framework and Methodology. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2024)

L. E. Méndez-BarrientosS. H. ShahA. D. RoqueV. MacClementsA. K. Stern

environmental justicepublic policyapplied framework

Author Correction: Thousands of Domestic and Public Supply Wells Face Failure Despite Groundwater Sustainability Reform in California’s Central Valley. Scientific Reports (2024)

Darcy BosticLinda Mendez-BarrientosRich PaulooKristin DobbinVictoria MacClements

environmental engineeringcentral valleygroundwater sustainability reformearth sciencewater resourcesauthor correction

Illuminating the Collective Learning Continuum in the Colorado River Basin Science‐Policy Forums. Environmental Policy and Governance (2024)

Meredith HovisAndrea K. GerlakTanya HeikkilaPam RittelmeyerElizabeth KoebeleLinda Estelí Méndez‐BarrientosMark Lubell

collective learning continuumgovernanceenvironmental scienceenvironmental policyenvironmental governancescience-policy forumsriver basin management

Beyond Engagement: Enhancing Equity in Collaborative Water Governance. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water (2023)

Elizabeth A. KoebeleLinda E. Méndez‐BarrientosNikki NadeauAndrea K. Gerlak

water governancecollaborative water governancepolitical sciencecivic engagement

Justice and Injustice in “Modular, Adaptive and Decentralized” (Mad) Water Systems. Water Security (2023)

Anais Delilah RoqueAmber WutichSameer H. ShahCassandra L. WorkmanLinda E. Méndez-BarrientosYasmina ChoueiriLucas BeluryCharlayne Mitchell

injusticepolitical sciencewater securitywater systemsdecentralised systempublic policywater governancewater resources

Moving From Measurement to Governance of Shared Groundwater Resources. Nature Water (2023)

governancewater governancegroundwater resourcespublic policy

Race, Citizenship, and Belonging in the Pursuit of Water and Climate Justice in California. Environment and Planning E Nature and Space (2022)

Linda E Méndez-BarrientosAmanda L FenclCassandra L WorkmanSameer H Shah

Developing a Sustainability Science Approach for Water Systems. Ecology and Society (2020)

water systemsecologysustainability science

Farmer Participation and Institutional Capture in Common-Pool Resource Governance Reforms. the Case of Groundwater Management in California. Society & Natural Resources (2020)

Linda Estelí Méndez-BarrientosAlyssa DeVincentisJessica RudnickRuth Dahlquist-WillardBridget LowryKennedy Gould

institutional capturesocial sciencespublic policyenvironmental economicsgroundwater managementfarmer participation

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