Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Programs
Environmental Research Building Fifth Floor, 5135
sophiaborgias@boisestate.edu
(208) 426-3593
Dr. Sophia Borgias is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University who teaches in the Interdisciplinary Programs of the School of Public Service. Trained as a human-environment geographer, her research and teaching focus on water and environmental governance in the arid Americas. She is currently working on community-engaged research in the Great Basin that examines energy transition development and its implications for water resources, as well as the communities and ecosystems that depend on them. Her previous work in the region centered on rural-urban water transfers and the unlikely alliances of environmentalists, ranchers, and Tribes that have formed to protect rural landscapes and livelihoods from their impacts. Dr. Borgias earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Geography at the University of Arizona and holds a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from the University of Oregon.