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Dr. Sophia L. Borgias joined Boise State University in 2021 and is currently an Assistant Professor with the School of Public Service. She earned both a Ph.D. in Geography with a minor in Law and an M.A. in Geography with a certificate in Water Policy from the University of Arizona. Dr. Borgias is a human-environment geographer with interests in water and environmental governance in the arid Americas. Her most recent research focuses on rural-to-urban water transfers in the American West, with an emphasis on their impacts for Indigenous land and water rights. Dr. Borgias is currently a member of the American Association of Geographers and the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers.
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The new era of contested hydropower development: A systematic review from 2000 to 2022
Mills-Novoa, M. & Borgias, S., Dec 2025, In: World Development. 196, 107162.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Denaturalizing Dispossession in the Political Ecology of the American West: Reassessing the History of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and Its Implications for Indigenous Land and Water Rights
Borgias, S. L., 2024, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 114, 6, p. 1232-1250 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Drought, settler law, and the Los Angeles Aqueduct: The shifting political ecology of water scarcity in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada
Borgias, S. L., 2024, In: Journal of Political Ecology. 31, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations -
Navigating Diverse Visions of Water Justice Within Unlikely Alliances
Borgias, S. L. & Berry, K. A., 2024, In: Water Alternatives. 17, 3, p. 607-627 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unlikely Alliances in Action: Balancing Alignment and Autonomy in Rural-Urban Water Conflicts
Borgias, S., Berry, K. & Fox, D., 2024, In: Society and Natural Resources. 37, 10, p. 1452-1470 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Activities
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Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (External organization)
Borgias, S. (Member)
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American Association of Geographers (External organization)
Borgias, S. (Member)
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Prizes
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2022: Dissertation Award - Universities Council on Water Resources
Borgias, S. (Recipient), 2022
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2023: Faculty Research Award - The Institute for Advancing American Values
Borgias, S. (Recipient), 2023
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