meet water talk
Water Talk brings together communities to explore water issues, including climate change, scarcity, and access.
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our podcast hosts
Dr. Mallika Nocco
Mallika is an Assistant Professor and State Cooperative Extension Specialist specializing in agricultural water management and director of the Conservation Irrigation Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a 2014 EPA STAR Fellow and 2017 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow who is passionate about policy-relevant science and communication. Find her on X, LinkedIn, and Bluesky.
Dr. Faith Kearns
Faith is a scientist and science communication practitioner with the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative at Arizona State University. She writes primarily about water and drought, wildfire, and climate change. Kearns is the author of Getting to the Heart of Science Communication: A Guide to Engagement and her work has been published at New Republic, On Being, Bay Nature, and more. Find her on Bluesky @fkearns and at faithkearns.com.
Dr. Samuel
Sandoval
Samuel is a Professor and Cooperative Extension in Water Resources Management at University of California, Davis. He has developed effective communication programs in English and Spanish for topics related to water and created virtual forums that foster communities of scientists for exchanging ideas, collaborative projects, fact checking and myth busters. To learn more, visit his website.