Degrees
PhD, Columbia University
MEM, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
BA, Oxford University.
About
Jessica’s research examines the intersection of water management, agricultural policy, and climate change impacts in the Middle East. At Yale she is working on a book manuscript, provisionally titled Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt. In addition, she is developing a new project that explores how government officials, scientists, and farmers variously understand the nature of Egypt’s climate change challenge, and how those understandings translate into policies for managing the waters of the Nile and agricultural development. This project will provide insights into how climate change science is produced, interpreted, and negotiated in a region that has been largely marginalized within climate change debates.
