Dr. Emma S. Norman
Biography: Dr. Norman is currently a faculty member at Northwest Indian 
College in Bellingham, Washington (US), where she teaches course in environmental governance and policy. Her research interests are at the nexus of environmental and political geography, with a particular interest in water governance and border studies. Her work investigates how flow resources, such as water, are governed across political jurisdictions and at multiple scales. Dr. Norman completed her PhD in the Geography Department at UBC in 2009 and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Program on Water Governance from 2009-2011.
Dr. Norman has published in a wide range of journals including the Annals of the Association of American Geography, Geoforum, and the Canadian Water Resources Journal. Beyond academe, she has written numerous policy reports, briefing papers, and book chapters that aim to translate her research to a wider audience. A current project is the co-edited volume, Water without Borders?: Canada, the U.S. and Shared Waters (aimed for publication in 2012 with University of Toronto Press). In addition, she recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Water Alternatives on water governance and the politics of scale.
In addition to her work on Canada-U.S. water issues, Dr. Norman has a diverse range of experience working with international resource issues. Examples of previous projects include: investigating the role of civil society at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development; assessing the community health impacts of the flower industry in rural Ecuador; and working in Malawi as an environmental educator through the U.S. Peace Corps.
Contact: enorman(at)nwic.edu or Emma.Norman(at)ubc.ca
Education:
Ph.D. Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., March 2009. Dissertation Title: Navigating Bordered Geographies: Water Governance along the Canada – U.S. Border
M.S. Geography, Huxley College, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, June 2001. Thesis Title: Transboundary Environmental Management: A Study of the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer in Western Washington and Southern British Columbia
B.A. International Studies, Environmental Policy, Colby College, Waterville, ME, May 1995. Senior Thesis Project Title: Population Growth and Deforestation in Rural Nepal: An Environmental History from 1814-1948.
Publications:
Norman, Emma S. Forthcoming. “Nature Knows No Borders…..But the Mangers Certainly do: Transboundary Water Governance Post-9/11” in The Governance of Borderland Regions in an Era of Security, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, editors Emmanuel Brunet Jailly and Don Alper.
Norman, Emma, Karen Bakker, and Christina Cook. (2012). Introduction to the Themed Section: Water Governance and the Politics of Scale. Water Alternatives 5(1)
Norman, Emma (2012) Cultural Politics and Transboundary Resource Governance in the Salish Sea. Water Alternatives 5(1)
Norman, Emma S., Karen Bakker, and Gemma Dunn. 2011. Recent Developments in Canadian Water Policy: An emerging water security paradigm. Canadian Water Resources Journal. 36(1), 53-66.
Norman, E. and D. Carr. 2010. “World Summit on Sustainable Development” in B. Warf (ed) Encyclopedia of Geography. London: Sage Publications. Vol. 6, pages 3132-3133 Available: http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Abstract_n1260.html
Carr, D.L. and E. Norman. 2010. “United Nations. Environmental Summits” in B. Warf (ed) Encyclopedia of Geography. London: Sage Publications. Vol. 6, pages 2906-2907 Available: http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Abstract_n1174.html
Lopez, A.C., E. Norman and D.L. Carr David. 2010. “United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio 1992.” in B. Warf (ed) Encyclopedia of Geography. London: Sage Publications. Vol. 6 2905-2906. Available: http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Abstract_n1173.html
Emma Norman with Karen Bakker, Christina Cook, Gemma Dunn and Diana Allen. (2010). Water Security: A Primer (Policy Report). Vancouver, BC: UBC Program on Water Governance.
Norman, Emma, Karen Bakker and Gemma Dunn. (2010). Recent development in Canadian water policy: An emerging water security paradigm. Working Paper: Manuscript submitted to Canadian Water Resources Journal.
Norman, Emma and K. Bakker. (2010). “Governing Water across the Canada-U.S. Borderland” in Borders and Bridges: Navigating Canada’s International Policy Relations in a North American Context. Oxford: Oxford University Press, editors Geoffrey Hale and Monica Gattinger. 194-212.
Norman, Emma and Karen Bakker. (2009). “Transgressing Scales: Transboundary Water Governance across the Canada – U.S. Border.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 99 (1): 99 – 117.
Norman, Emma S. and Jean O. Melious. (2008). “Hidden Waters: Transboundary Environmental Management across the 49th Parallel.” Border Bio-Regions and Coastal Corridors: Transnational Policy Challenges in Western North America. University of Calgary Press. Editors Don Alper, Chad Day, and James Loucky. 195-218.
Norman, Emma and Karen Bakker. (2007). Local Canada – U.S. Transboundary Water Governance: Issues, Drivers and Barriers. (Briefing Note). Vancouver, BC: Program on Water Governance.
Norman, Emma and Karen Bakker. (2007) “Local Stakeholders Governing Water across the 49th Parallel.” Bellingham, WA: Border Policy Research Institute: Western Washington University, 2007. 1-4. Vol. 2.
Norman, Emma and Karen Bakker. (2005). “Drivers and Barriers of Cooperation in Transboundary Water Governance: A Case Study of Western Canada and the United States.” Report to The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.
Norman, Emma and Karen Bakker. (2004) Transboundary Groundwater Governance: An Annotated Bibliography. Vancouver, BC: Program on Water Governance.
